Oliver MacGreevy
Birthday
Aug 03, 1928
Day of Death
Oct 01, 1981 (53 years)
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Biography
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.
Movies (24)
The Rivals
1963
Flash Gordon
1980
Modesty Blaise
1966
Thrills Galore
1972
The Ruling Class
1972
Tales from the Crypt
1972
The Four Musketeers
1974
The Whisperers
1967
The Ipcress File
1965
Salt & Pepper
1968
The Leather Boys
1964
When Eight Bells Toll
1971
Great Catherine
1968
The Frozen Dead
1966
The Scamp
1957
Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World
1964
Time in Advance
1965
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
1969
TV Shows (15)
The Avengers
1961
Theatre 625
1964
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
The Prisoner
1967
Thriller
1973
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Festival
1963
The Buccaneers
1956
Jason King
1971
Gideon's Way
1965
Mystery and Imagination
1966
Department S
1969
The Four Just Men
1959
The Scales of Justice
1962
Six
1964