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- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 30, 1925
- Place of Birth
- Naples, Campania, Italy
- Died
- December 3, 1998
George Murcell
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 …
Filmography
tvPresented in Supercolorisation
2022 · Professor Rudolph Popkiss / Black Morgan (voice), Professor Rudolph Popkiss (voice) (credit only)
movieThe Ice Princess
1996
movieCutthroat Island
1995 · Mordachai Fingers
movieYear of the Gun
1991 · Pierre Bernier
moviePascali's Island
1988 · Herr Gesing
tvPeter the Great
1986
tvInside the Third Reich
1982 · Herman Goering
tvSmuggler
1981 · Silas Kemble
tvThe Professionals
1977 · Yashinkov
tv1990
1977 · Tiny
movieRime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
moviePenelope Pulls It Off
1975 · Owen
tvArmchair Cinema
1974 · Maître Rabut
movieThe Prison
1974 · Maître Rabut
moviePenny Gold
1973 · Doctor Merrick
movieMafia Junction
1973
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Inspector Vandeleur
tvThe Persuaders!
1971 · Zorakin
tvJason King
1971
movieThe Horsemen
1971 · Mizrar
A Sound from the Sea
movieA Sound from the Sea
1970 · George
tvManhunt
1970 · Franco
movieA Walk with Love and Death
1969 · The Captain
movieThe Possessed
1969 · Liputin
movieThe Assassination Bureau
1969 · Zeppelin pilot
tvThe Champions
1968 · Nikko, El Gaudillo
movieThe Year of the Sex Olympics
1968 · Grels
movieA Dandy in Aspic
1968
Rogues' Gallery
tvRogues' Gallery
1968 · Sir Esmond Bellasize
movieThe Naked Runner
1967
movieYou Only Live Twice
1967 · Russian Diplomat (uncredited)
tvThe Informer
1966 · Willie Cluff
movieKaleidoscope
1966 · Johnny
movieThe Heroes of Telemark
1965 · Sturmfuhrer
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Second Man
tvGideon's Way
1965 · Kautsky
tvTheatre 625
1964 · Delamarche, Wensley Grafton, Grels
movieThe Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · Victorinus
movieIn Search of the Castaways
1962 · Ayerton's Assistant
tvThe Saint
1962 · Vogler, Abdul Graner
movieThe Cherry Orchard
1962 · Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin
movieThe Pursuers
1961 · Freddy
tvSupercar
1961
tvThe Avengers
1961 · Needle
movieCrossroads to Crime
1960 · Diamond
Sunday-Night Play
tvSunday-Night Play
1960 · Gannerac
tvDanger Man
1960 · Bruno
movieThere Was a Crooked Man
1960 · Receptionist at 'The McKillup Arms'
movieThe Angry Silence
1960 · Jones
movieDon't Panic Chaps
1959 · Meister
tvNo Hiding Place
1959
movieSea of Sand
1958 · Cpl. Simms
movieSea Fury
1958 · Loudon
movieBlood of the Vampire
1958 · First Guard
movieCampbell's Kingdom
1957 · Max, a worker
movieHell Drivers
1957 · Tub
movieThe Battle of the River Plate
1956 · Chief Officer, Newton Beach
tvThe Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956 · Jaggyd
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Beno
The Merry Christmas
movieThe Merry Christmas
1955 · Mr. Fezziwig
tvThe Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · Sheriff's Guard
tvSunday Night Theatre
1950 · M. Lafarge