
George Murcell
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 Avenge...
Known For
Filmography

Presented in Supercolorisation
2022
as Professor Rudolph Popkiss / Black Morgan (voice)

Presented in Supercolorisation
2022
as Professor Rudolph Popkiss (voice) (credit only)

The Ice Princess
1996

Cutthroat Island
1995
as Mordachai Fingers

Year of the Gun
1991
as Pierre Bernier

Pascali's Island
1988
as Herr Gesing

Peter the Great
1986

Inside the Third Reich
1982
as Herman Goering

Smuggler
1981
as Silas Kemble

1990
1977
as Tiny

The Professionals
1977
as Yashinkov

Penelope Pulls It Off
1975
as Owen

Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975

The Prison
1974
as Maître Rabut

Armchair Cinema
1974
as Maître Rabut

Mafia Junction
1973

Penny Gold
1973
as Doctor Merrick

The Horsemen
1971
as Mizrar

The Persuaders!
1971
as Zorakin

Jason King
1971

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Inspector Vandeleur
A Sound from the Sea
1970
as George

Manhunt
1970
as Franco

The Assassination Bureau
1969
as Zeppelin pilot

A Walk with Love and Death
1969
as The Captain

The Possessed
1969
as Liputin

The Year of the Sex Olympics
1968
as Grels

A Dandy in Aspic
1968

The Champions
1968
as Nikko

The Champions
1968
as El Gaudillo
Rogues' Gallery
1968
as Sir Esmond Bellasize

The Naked Runner
1967

You Only Live Twice
1967
as Russian Diplomat (uncredited)

Kaleidoscope
1966
as Johnny

The Informer
1966
as Willie Cluff

The Heroes of Telemark
1965
as Sturmfuhrer

Gideon's Way
1965
as Kautsky

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Second Man

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Victorinus

Theatre 625
1964
as Delamarche

Theatre 625
1964
as Wensley Grafton

Theatre 625
1964
as Grels

In Search of the Castaways
1962
as Ayerton's Assistant

The Cherry Orchard
1962
as Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin

The Saint
1962
as Vogler

The Saint
1962
as Abdul Graner

The Pursuers
1961
as Freddy

Supercar
1961

The Avengers
1961
as Needle

The Angry Silence
1960
as Jones

There Was a Crooked Man
1960
as Receptionist at 'The McKillup Arms'

Crossroads to Crime
1960
as Diamond
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Gannerac

Danger Man
1960
as Bruno

Don't Panic Chaps
1959
as Meister

No Hiding Place
1959

Sea of Sand
1958
as Cpl. Simms

Blood of the Vampire
1958
as First Guard

Sea Fury
1958
as Loudon

Campbell's Kingdom
1957
as Max, a worker

Hell Drivers
1957
as Tub

The Battle of the River Plate
1956
as Chief Officer, Newton Beach

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
as Jaggyd

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Beno
The Merry Christmas
1955
as Mr. Fezziwig

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Sheriff's Guard

Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as M. Lafarge

Sunday Night Theatre
1950