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Oliver MacGreevy

Actor • Born 1928

Oliver MacGreevy

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About

Oliver John MacGreevy (25 July 1928 – October 1981) 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. 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). 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.

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The Avengers posterThe AvengersSeries • 1961Theatre 625 posterTheatre 625Series • 1964Thirty-Minute Theatre posterThirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965Sunday Night Theatre posterSunday Night TheatreSeries • 1950Thriller posterThrillerSeries • 1973The Prisoner posterThe PrisonerSeries • 1967ITV Play of the Week posterITV Play of the WeekSeries • 1955Department S posterDepartment SSeries • 1969Jason King posterJason KingSeries • 1971The Buccaneers posterThe BuccaneersSeries • 1956Espionage posterEspionageSeries • 1963Mystery and Imagination posterMystery and ImaginationSeries • 1966Gideon's Way posterGideon's WaySeries • 1965Flash Gordon posterFlash GordonMovie • 1980The Four Musketeers posterThe Four MusketeersMovie • 1974The Ipcress File posterThe Ipcress FileMovie • 1965Modesty Blaise posterModesty BlaiseMovie • 1966Tales from the Crypt posterTales from the CryptMovie • 1972Salt & Pepper posterSalt & PepperMovie • 1968When Eight Bells Toll posterWhen Eight Bells TollMovie • 1971The Ruling Class posterThe Ruling ClassMovie • 1972The Frozen Dead posterThe Frozen DeadMovie • 1966The Leather Boys posterThe Leather BoysMovie • 1964The Whisperers posterThe WhisperersMovie • 1967