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George Murcell
Actor
Born October 30, 1925Died December 3, 1998 (73 years)
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.
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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Filmography
| 2017 | |
| 1996 | Die Eisprinzessin · as Cast |
| 1995 | Catherine the Great · as Cast |
| 1995 | Cutthroat Island · as Mordachai Fingers |
| 1992 | The Assassinator · as Colonel Bradley |
| 1991 | Year of the Gun · as Pierre Bernier |
| 1988 | Pascali's Island · as Herr Gesing |
| 1986 | Peter the Great (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Inside the Third Reich · as Herman Goering |
| 1981 | Smuggler (TV Series) · as Silas Kemble |
| 1977 | The Professionals (TV Series) · as Yashinkov |
| 1977 | 1990 (TV Series) · as Tiny |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Penelope Pulls It Off · as Owen |
| 1974 | Armchair Cinema (TV Series) · as Maître Rabut |
| 1973 | Casanova '73 (TV Series) · as Montague |
| 1973 | Penny Gold · as Doctor Merrick |
| 1973 | |
| 1972 | The Adventures of Black Beauty (TV Series) · as Mr. John Abbott |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Inspector Vandeleur |
| 1971 | The Persuaders! (TV Series) · as Zorakin |
| 1971 | Jason King (TV Series) |
| 1971 | The Horsemen · as Mizrar |
| 1970 | Manhunt (TV Series) · as Franco |
| 1969 | A Walk with Love and Death · as The Captain |
| 1969 | Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969) (TV Series) · as Mandrake |
| 1969 | Special Branch (TV Series) · as Jean-Paul Rostand |
| 1969 | The Assassination Bureau · as Zeppelin Pilot |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Nils Krogstad |
| 1968 | The Fixer · as Deputy Warden |
| 1968 | The Year of the Sex Olympics · as Grels |
| 1968 | The Champions (TV Series) · as Nikko |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as George |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | You Only Live Twice · as Russian Diplomat (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Kaleidoscope · as Johnny |
| 1966 | The Baron (TV Series) · as Captain Sereda |
| 1965 | The Heroes of Telemark · as Sturmfuhrer |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Abashidze |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters (TV Series) · as Al Nillson |
| 1964 | Gideon C.I.D. (TV Series) · as Kautsky |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Poslanetz |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Delamarche |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire · as Victorinus |
| 1962 | In Search of the Castaways · as Ayerton's Assistant |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Suspense (1962) (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Cherry Orchard · as Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Mr. Frazer |
| 1961 | The Pursuers · as Freddy |
| 1961 | Ghost Squad (TV Series) · as Slattery |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 (TV Series) · as Mr Kittel |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | The Avengers (TV Series) · as Needle |
| 1960 | There Was a Crooked Man · as Receptionist At 'the Mckillup Arms' |
| 1960 | Crossroads to Crime · as Diamond |
| 1960 | Danger Man (TV Series) · as Bruno |
| 1960 | The Angry Silence · as Jones |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Gannerac |
| 1959 | Jet Storm · as Saunders |
| 1959 | The Four Just Men (TV Series) · as Ernst Frenke |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Don't Panic Chaps · as Meister |
| 1958 | Desert Patrol · as Cpl. Simms |
| 1958 | Sea Fury · as Loudon |
| 1958 | Blood of the Vampire · as First Guard |
| 1957 | Campbell's Kingdom · as Max, A Worker |
| 1957 | The Steel Bayonet · as Warren |
| 1957 | Hell Drivers · as Tub |
| 1957 | High Tide at Noon · as Ash Breck |
| 1956 | Pursuit of the Graf Spee · as Chief Officer, Newton Beach |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (TV Series) · as Jaggyd |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Beno |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Luhan |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series) · as Sheriff's Guard |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Joe Cartey |
| 1954 | Diplomatic Passport · as Cafe Owner |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as François, Bernadette's Father |