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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 Avengers. He specialised in playing foreign characters, including Germans, Russians and South Americans. A number of these roles were in ITC adventure TV series of the 1960s and 1970s, such as Danger Man, The Baron, The Saint, The Champions (Reply Box No.666 episode, 1967) Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Persuaders! and Jason King. His film roles included Sea of Sand (1958), The Fall of the Roman...
Known for
The AvengersSeries • 1961
The SaintSeries • 1962
The ProfessionalsSeries • 1977
The Adventures of Robin HoodSeries • 1955
No Hiding PlaceSeries • 1959
Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965
Danger ManSeries • 1960
Theatre 625Series • 1964
Sunday Night TheatreSeries • 1950
You Only Live TwiceMovie • 1967
The ChampionsSeries • 1968
The Persuaders!Series • 1971
Jason KingSeries • 1971
The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesSeries • 1971
Gideon's WaySeries • 1965
The Adventures of Sir LancelotSeries • 1956
ManhuntSeries • 1970
Cutthroat IslandMovie • 1995
The Fall of the Roman EmpireMovie • 1964
The Heroes of TelemarkMovie • 1965
The Battle of the River PlateMovie • 1956
Pascali's IslandMovie • 1988
The Assassination BureauMovie • 1969
A Dandy in AspicMovie • 1968