
Known for
Acting
Born
October 30, 1925
Birthplace
Naples, Campania, Italy
Died
December 3, 1998 (aged 73)
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,...
2022
as Professor Rudolph Popkiss / Black Morgan (voice) (1 episode), as Professor Rudolph Popkiss (voice) (credit only) (1 episode)
1996
1995
as Mordachai Fingers
1991
as Pierre Bernier
1988
as Herr Gesing
1986
1982
1981
1977
1977
1975
1975
as Owen
1974
1974
as Maître Rabut
1973
as Doctor Merrick
1973
1971
1971
1971
1971
as Mizrar
1970
as George
1970
1969
as The Captain
1969
as Liputin
1969
as Zeppelin pilot