George Murcell
Known for: Acting
Born: October 30, 1925
Died: December 3, 1998
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 Aveng…
Known for

The Cherry Orchard
1962

Crossroads to Crime
1960

The Pursuers
1961

Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975

The Prison
1974

The Year of the Sex Olympics
1968
A Sound from the Sea
1970

The Horsemen
1971

The Possessed
1969

Sea Fury
1958

Campbell's Kingdom
1957

Sea of Sand
1958

A Walk with Love and Death
1969

Don't Panic Chaps
1959

Penelope Pulls It Off
1975

Year of the Gun
1991

Pascali's Island
1988

Penny Gold
1973

Blood of the Vampire
1958
The Merry Christmas
1955

In Search of the Castaways
1962

The Ice Princess
1996

Kaleidoscope
1966

Mafia Junction
1973

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964

The Naked Runner
1967

The Assassination Bureau
1969

Hell Drivers
1957

Cutthroat Island
1995

A Dandy in Aspic
1968

The Angry Silence
1960

The Battle of the River Plate
1956

There Was a Crooked Man
1960

You Only Live Twice
1967

The Heroes of Telemark
1965

Supercar
1961

Gideon's Way
1965

The Avengers
1961

The Persuaders!
1971

Jason King
1971

The Saint
1962

The Champions
1968

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971

No Hiding Place
1959

Smuggler
1981

Peter the Great
1986
Rogues' Gallery
1968

Manhunt
1970

1990
1977

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956

The Professionals
1977

Presented in Supercolorisation
2022

Armchair Cinema
1974

The Informer
1966

Theatre 625
1964

Inside the Third Reich
1982

Sunday Night Theatre
1950

Armchair Theatre
1956
Sunday-Night Play
1960

Danger Man
1960

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965