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Arthur George Murcell (30 October 1925 – 3 December 1998) was a British character actor.
1962
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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
October 30, 1925
Died
December 3, 1998
Birthplace
Naples, Campania, Italy
You Only Live Twice
1967
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
In Search of the Castaways
1962
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
Blood of the Vampire
1958
Campbell's Kingdom
1957
Penny Gold
1973
Sea Fury
1958
Hell Drivers
1957
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
The Prison
1974
Don't Panic Chaps!
1959
Cutthroat Island
1995
The Assassination Bureau
1969
The Year of the Sex Olympics
1968
The Heroes of Telemark
1965
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
Pascali's Island
1988
Kaleidoscope
1966
The Angry Silence
1960
+ 15 more movies
The Avengers
1961
The Saint
1962
The Saint
1962
The Professionals
1977
The Persuaders!
1971
Gideon's Way
1965
No Hiding Place
1959
Theatre 625
1964
Theatre 625
1964
Theatre 625
1964
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
The Champions
1968
The Champions
1968
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
1990
1977
Jason King
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Manhunt
1970
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
Supercar
1961
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