Oliver John MacGreevy
Born25 July 1928
DiedOctober 1981 (age 52)
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

Year Title Role Notes
1957The ScampBuilding Foreman
1963The RivalsCafe ownerEdgar Wallace Mysteries
1963Incident at MidnightWilkinsonEdgar Wallace Mysteries
1964The Leather BoysMerchant Seaman
1964Girl with Green EyesDugganuncredited
1965The Ipcress FileHousemartin
1965Licensed to KillFirst Russian Commissar
1965Up Jumped a SwagmanThe Bald Man
1966Modesty BlaiseTattooed Man
1966Kiss the Girls and Make Them DieRingo
1966The Frozen DeadJoseph the butler
1966The Christmas TreeThe Crook
1967The Whisperers2nd Redeemer at Mission
1968Salt and PepperRack
1968Great CatherineGeneral Pskov
1968The FixerGuarduncredited
1969The Nine Ages of NakednessHargreaves(Segment: The Old Dark House)
1971When Eight Bells TollQuinn
1972Tales from the CryptManiac(Segment: And All Through the House)
1972The Ruling ClassInmate #3
1974The Four MusketeersHeadsmanuncredited
1977No. 1 of the Secret ServiceSimms
1980Flash GordonKlytus Observer No. 1

References

  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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