Oliver MacGreevy

Oliver MacGreevy

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Born 1928-08-03 Dublin, Ireland 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.2
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 a...
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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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Thriller poster
Thriller
as Henry
1973-04-14
Department S poster
Department S
as Karnack
1969-09-09
The Prisoner poster
The Prisoner
as Gardener / Electrician
1967-09-29
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Landlord
1965-10-07
Theatre 625 poster
Theatre 625
as Terry Flynn
1964-05-03
Espionage poster
Espionage
as Charlie – Barfly
1963-10-02
The Avengers poster
The Avengers
as Barman
1961-01-07
The Buccaneers poster
The Buccaneers
as Noll
1956-09-19

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