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    George Murcell

    1925-10-30 (99 years old) in 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.

    Movies

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    Cutthroat Island
    57.830000000000005 %|Dec 22, 1995
    Action, Adventure
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    Year of the Gun
    49 %|Sep 10, 1991
    Action, Thriller, Romance
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    Pascali's Island
    64 %|Jul 22, 1988
    Drama
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    Inside the Third Reich
    73 %|May 9, 1982
    History, War, Drama, TV Movie
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    Rime of the Ancient Mariner
    70 %|Jun 11, 1975
    Adventure, Drama
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    Penelope Pulls It Off
    13 %|May 2, 1975
    Comedy
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    Penny Gold
    57 %|Jun 22, 1973
    Thriller, Drama
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    Mafia Junction
    52 %|Mar 5, 1973
    Action
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    The Horsemen
    65 %|Aug 16, 1971
    Action, Adventure, Drama
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    A Sound from the Sea
    0 %|Aug 17, 1970
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    A Walk with Love and Death
    60 %|Oct 5, 1969
    Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
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    The Possessed
    0 %|May 2, 1969
    TV Movie, Horror
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    The Assassination Bureau
    64 %|Mar 9, 1969
    Comedy, Crime, Adventure
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    The Year of the Sex Olympics
    53 %|Jul 29, 1968
    Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie
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    A Dandy in Aspic
    68 %|Apr 2, 1968
    Thriller, Drama
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    The Naked Runner
    60 %|Jul 19, 1967
    Drama, Thriller
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    You Only Live Twice
    66 %|Jun 13, 1967
    Action, Thriller, Adventure
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    Kaleidoscope
    48 %|Jul 1, 1966
    Comedy, Crime
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    The Heroes of Telemark
    69 %|Nov 12, 1965
    Action, Drama, War
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    The Fall of the Roman Empire
    65 %|Mar 24, 1964
    Drama, History, War
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    In Search of the Castaways
    64 %|Dec 1, 1962
    Adventure, Family
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    The Cherry Orchard
    80 %|Apr 17, 1962
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Pursuers
    50 %|Dec 31, 1961
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    Crossroads to Crime
    55 %|Nov 1, 1960
    Crime
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    There Was a Crooked Man
    61 %|Aug 31, 1960
    Comedy
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    The Angry Silence
    71 %|Mar 10, 1960
    Drama
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    Don't Panic Chaps!
    56 %|Jan 1, 1959
    War, Comedy
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    Sea of Sand
    65 %|Nov 4, 1958
    Drama, War
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    Sea Fury
    60 %|Aug 26, 1958
    Adventure
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    Blood of the Vampire
    57 %|Aug 25, 1958
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    Campbell's Kingdom
    56 %|Sep 3, 1957
    Adventure, Drama
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    Hell Drivers
    68 %|Jul 23, 1957
    Thriller, Drama, Crime
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    The Battle of the River Plate
    62 %|Oct 30, 1956
    Drama, History, War
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    The Merry Christmas
    0 %|Dec 21, 1955
    Drama, Fantasy, Music

    Series

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    Peter the Great
    82 %|Feb 2, 1986
    War & Politics, Drama
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    Smuggler
    50 %|Apr 5, 1981
    Action & Adventure
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    The Professionals
    74 %|Dec 30, 1977
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
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    1990
    60 %|Sep 18, 1977
    Drama
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    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
    73 %|Sep 20, 1971
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    The Persuaders!
    76 %|Sep 17, 1971
    Comedy, Action & Adventure, Crime
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    Jason King
    73 %|Sep 15, 1971
    Action & Adventure
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    Manhunt
    65 %|Jan 2, 1970
    Drama, War & Politics
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    The Champions
    61.31999999999999 %|Sep 25, 1968
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
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    The Champions
    61.31999999999999 %|Sep 25, 1968
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
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    Rogues' Gallery
    100 %|Jan 1, 1968
    Drama
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    Gideon's Way
    68 %|Mar 18, 1965
    Drama
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    The Saint
    73 %|Oct 4, 1962
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    The Saint
    73 %|Oct 4, 1962
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Suspense
    55 %|Apr 30, 1962
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    Supercar
    68 %|Jan 28, 1961
    Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    The Avengers
    77 %|Jan 7, 1961
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    No Hiding Place
    37 %|Sep 16, 1959
    Crime, Drama
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    The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
    65 %|Sep 15, 1956
    Action & Adventure
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    The Adventures of Robin Hood
    61 %|Sep 26, 1955
    Action & Adventure, Family