George Murcell
Acting
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 Aveng…

You Only Live Twice
1967
Russian Diplomat (uncredited)

Cutthroat Island
1995
Mordachai Fingers

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
Victorinus

The Heroes of Telemark
1965
Sturmfuhrer

The Avengers
1961
Needle

The Persuaders!
1971
Zorakin

The Saint
1962
Vogler

The Saint
1962
Abdul Graner

The Assassination Bureau
1969
Zeppelin pilot

In Search of the Castaways
1962
Ayerton's Assistant

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

Hell Drivers
1957
Tub

Year of the Gun
1991
Pierre Bernier

The Professionals
1977
Yashinkov

Blood of the Vampire
1958
First Guard

The Angry Silence
1960
Jones

A Dandy in Aspic
1968

The Horsemen
1971
Mizrar

Sea of Sand
1958
Cpl. Simms

A Walk with Love and Death
1969
The Captain