George Murcell

George Murcell

Born

October 30, 1925

Died

December 3, 1998 (73 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Naples, Campania, Italy

Arthur George Murcell (30 October 1925 – 3 December 1998) was a British character actor.

Born in Italy, he made his film debut in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Battle of the River Plate (1956), Murcell went on to develop a career playing snarling villains in both film and television. These could either be stupid, brutish henchmen, as in Hell Drivers and Campbell's Kingdom (both 1957), or sophisticated rogues, such as Needle in "You Have Just Been Murdered", an episode of The Avengers.

He specialised in playing foreign characters, including Germans, Russians and South Americans. A number of these roles were in ITC adventure TV series of the 1960s and 1970s, such as Danger Man, The Baron, The Saint, The Champions (Reply Box No.666 episode, 1967) Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Persuaders! and Jason King. His film roles included Sea of Sand (1958), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), The Heroes of Telemark (1965), Kaleidoscope (1966), The Fixer (1968), A Dandy in Aspic (1968), The Assassination Bureau (1969), A Walk with Love and Death (1969), Penny Gold (1973), Special Branch (1974), Inside the Third Reich (1982, as Hermann Göring), Year of the Gun (1991), and Cutthroat Island (1995).

He enjoyed a long stage career, which involved working with Tyrone Guthrie and Peter Brook, and was active in the Royal Shakespeare Company.In the 1970s, he acquired a Victorian church in North London, which he converted into an Elizabethan-style theatre in collaboration with director Adrian Brown. In 1973, he opened it as "St George's Theatre", intending that it present little-seen classical plays.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he continued to work at St George's Theatre as both an actor and a director, often with his wife, Elvi Hale.

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Presented in Supercolorisation

Professor Rudolph Popkiss / Black Morgan (voice) · (1 episode)

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Presented in Supercolorisation

Professor Rudolph Popkiss (voice) (credit only) · (1 episode)

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Cutthroat Island

Cutthroat Island

Mordachai Fingers

5.8

1995

Year of the Gun

Year of the Gun

Pierre Bernier

5.0

1991

Pascali's Island

Pascali's Island

Herr Gesing

6.4

1988

Peter the Great

Peter the Great

(4 episodes)

8.0

1986

Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich

Herman Goering

7.2

1982

Smuggler

Smuggler

Silas Kemble · (13 episodes)

5.0

1981

The Professionals

The Professionals

Yashinkov · (1 episode)

7.4

1977

1990

1990

Tiny · (8 episodes)

6.0

1977

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

7.0

1975

Penelope Pulls It Off

Penelope Pulls It Off

Owen

1.2

1975

Penny Gold

Penny Gold

Doctor Merrick

5.7

1973

Mafia Junction

Mafia Junction

5.2

1973

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Inspector Vandeleur · (1 episode)

7.4

1971

The Persuaders!

The Persuaders!

Zorakin · (1 episode)

7.6

1971

Jason King

Jason King

(1 episode)

7.3

1971

The Horsemen

The Horsemen

Mizrar

6.5

1971

A Sound from the Sea

George

0.0

1970

Manhunt

Manhunt

Franco · (1 episode)

6.5

1970

A Walk with Love and Death

A Walk with Love and Death

The Captain

6.1

1969

The Possessed

The Possessed

Liputin

0.0

1969

The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau

Zeppelin pilot

6.6

1969

The Champions

The Champions

Nikko · (1 episode)

6.1

1968

The Champions

The Champions

El Gaudillo · (1 episode)

6.1

1968

The Year of the Sex Olympics

The Year of the Sex Olympics

Grels

5.3

1968

A Dandy in Aspic

A Dandy in Aspic

6.8

1968

Rogues' Gallery

Sir Esmond Bellasize · (1 episode)

10.0

1968

The Naked Runner

The Naked Runner

6.0

1967

You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

Russian Diplomat (uncredited)

6.6

1967

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

Johnny

4.9

1966

The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark

Sturmfuhrer

6.9

1965

Gideon's Way

Gideon's Way

Kautsky · (1 episode)

6.8

1965

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Victorinus

6.5

1964

In Search of the Castaways

In Search of the Castaways

Ayerton's Assistant

6.4

1962

The Saint

The Saint

Vogler · (2 episodes)

7.3

1962

The Saint

The Saint

Abdul Graner · (1 episode)

7.3

1962

Suspense

Suspense

(1 episode)

5.5

1962

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin

8.0

1962

The Pursuers

The Pursuers

Freddy

5.0

1961

Supercar

Supercar

(39 episodes)

6.6

1961

The Avengers

The Avengers

Needle · (2 episodes)

7.7

1961

Crossroads to Crime

Crossroads to Crime

Diamond

5.5

1960

There Was a Crooked Man

There Was a Crooked Man

Receptionist at 'The McKillup Arms'

6.1

1960

The Angry Silence

The Angry Silence

Jones

7.1

1960

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

(1 episode)

3.7

1959

Don't Panic Chaps!

Don't Panic Chaps!

Meister

5.6

1959

Sea of Sand

Sea of Sand

Cpl. Simms

6.5

1958

Sea Fury

Sea Fury

Loudon

6.0

1958

Blood of the Vampire

Blood of the Vampire

First Guard

5.7

1958

Campbell's Kingdom

Campbell's Kingdom

Max, a worker

5.6

1957

Hell Drivers

Hell Drivers

Tub

6.8

1957

The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate

Chief Officer, Newton Beach

6.2

1956

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

Jaggyd · (1 episode)

6.5

1956

The Merry Christmas

Mr. Fezziwig

0.0

1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Sheriff's Guard · (1 episode)

6.1

1955