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Oliver MacGreevy

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Oliver John MacGreevy
Born25 July 1928
Dublin, Ireland
DiedOctober 1981 (age 53)
Years active1957-1980

Oliver John MacGreevy (25 July 1928 – October 1981)[1][2][3] was an Irish actor who appeared in many British films and television series from the mid 1950s until he retired in 1980, often as brutish, shaven-headed villains.[4][5]

Among his roles he played Housemartin in The Ipcress File (1965) and made an appearance as both the Gardener and the Electrician in the first episode of The Prisoner TV series ("Arrival", 1967).[6] He also appeared in an episode of Thriller (1975).

On stage, he appeared in Tom Murphy's A Whistle in the Dark at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Royal, Stratford East, in London, 1961.[7]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1957 The Scamp Building Foreman
1963 The Rivals Cafe owner Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1963 Incident at Midnight Wilkinson Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1964 The Leather Boys Merchant Seaman
1964 Girl with Green Eyes Duggan uncredited
1965 The Ipcress File Housemartin
1965 Licensed to Kill First Russian Commissar
1965 Up Jumped a Swagman The Bald Man
1966 Modesty Blaise Tattooed Man
1966 Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die Ringo
1966 The Frozen Dead Joseph the butler
1966 The Christmas Tree The Crook
1967 The Whisperers 2nd Redeemer at Mission
1968 Salt and Pepper Rack
1968 Great Catherine General Pskov
1968 The Fixer Guard uncredited
1969 The Nine Ages of Nakedness Hargreaves (Segment: The Old Dark House)
1971 When Eight Bells Toll Quinn
1972 Tales from the Crypt Maniac (Segment: And All Through the House)
1972 The Ruling Class Inmate #3
1974 The Four Musketeers Headsman uncredited
1977 No. 1 of the Secret Service Simms
1980 Flash Gordon Klytus Observer No. 1

References

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  1. ^ "Oliver John Macgreevy - Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.co.uk.
  2. ^ John Stewart (1994). Italian film: a who's who. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-89950-761-3.
  3. ^ McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Oliver MacGreevy | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  5. ^ "Oliver MacGreevy". www.aveleyman.com.
  6. ^ "Oliver Macgreevy". BFI. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Production of A Whistle in the Dark, by Thomas Murphy | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
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