Known For
Acting
Known Credits
68
Gender
Male
Birthday
October 30, 1925 (100 years old)
Place of Birth
Naples, Campania, Italy
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 Empire (1964), The Heroes of Telemark (1965), Kaleidoscope (1966), The Fixer (1968), A Dandy in Aspic (1968), The Assassination Bureau (1969), A Walk with Love and Death (1969), Penny Gold (1973), Special Branch (1974), Inside the Third Reich (1982, as Hermann Göring), Year of the Gun (1991), and Cutthroat Island (1995).
He enjoyed a long stage career, which involved working with Tyrone Guthrie and Peter Brook, and was active in the Royal Shakespeare Company.In the 1970s, he acquired a Victorian church in North London, which he converted into an Elizabethan-style theatre in collaboration with director Adrian Brown. In 1973, he opened it as "St George's Theatre", intending that it present little-seen classical plays.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he continued to work at St George's Theatre as both an actor and a director, often with his wife, Elvi Hale.
| 2022 | Presented in Supercolorisationas Professor Rudolph Popkiss (voice) (credit only) | |
| 2022 | Presented in Supercolorisationas Professor Rudolph Popkiss / Black Morgan (voice) | |
| 1996 | The Ice Princessas | |
| 1995 | Cutthroat Islandas Mordachai Fingers | |
| 1991 | Year of the Gunas Pierre Bernier | |
| 1988 | Pascali's Islandas Herr Gesing | |
| 1986 | Peter the Greatas | |
| 1982 | Inside the Third Reichas Herman Goering | |
| 1981 | Smuggleras Silas Kemble | |
| 1977 | The Professionalsas Yashinkov | |
| 1977 | 1990as Tiny | |
| 1975 | Rime of the Ancient Marineras | |
| 1975 | Penelope Pulls It Offas Owen | |
| 1974 | Armchair Cinemaas Maître Rabut | |
| 1974 | The Prisonas Maître Rabut | |
| 1973 | Penny Goldas Doctor Merrick | |
| 1973 | Mafia Junctionas | |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmesas Inspector Vandeleur | |
| 1971 | The Persuaders!as Zorakin | |
| 1971 | Jason Kingas | |
| 1971 | The Horsemenas Mizrar | |
| 1970 | A Sound from the Seaas George | |
| 1970 | Manhuntas Franco | |
| 1969 | A Walk with Love and Deathas The Captain | |
| 1969 | The Possessedas Liputin | |
| 1969 | The Assassination Bureauas Zeppelin pilot | |
| 1968 | The Championsas El Gaudillo | |
| 1968 | The Championsas Nikko | |
| 1968 | The Year of the Sex Olympicsas Grels | |
| 1968 | A Dandy in Aspicas | |
| 1968 | Rogues' Galleryas Sir Esmond Bellasize | |
| 1967 | The Naked Runneras | |
| 1967 | You Only Live Twiceas Russian Diplomat (uncredited) | |
| 1966 | The Informeras Willie Cluff | |
| 1966 | Kaleidoscopeas Johnny | |
| 1965 | The Heroes of Telemarkas Sturmfuhrer | |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatreas Second Man | |
| 1965 | Gideon's Wayas Kautsky | |
| 1964 | Theatre 625as Delamarche | |
| 1964 | Theatre 625as Grels | |
| 1964 | Theatre 625as Wensley Grafton | |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empireas Victorinus | |
| 1962 | In Search of the Castawaysas Ayerton's Assistant | |
| 1962 | The Saintas Abdul Graner | |
| 1962 | The Saintas Vogler | |
| 1962 | The Cherry Orchardas Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin | |
| 1961 | The Pursuersas Freddy | |
| 1961 | Supercaras | |
| 1961 | The Avengersas Needle | |
| 1960 | Crossroads to Crimeas Diamond | |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Playas Gannerac | |
| 1960 | Danger Manas Bruno | |
| 1960 | There Was a Crooked Manas Receptionist at 'The McKillup Arms' | |
| 1960 | The Angry Silenceas Jones | |
| 1959 | Don't Panic Chapsas Meister | |
| 1959 | No Hiding Placeas | |
| 1958 | Sea of Sandas Cpl. Simms | |
| 1958 | Sea Furyas Loudon | |
| 1958 | Blood of the Vampireas First Guard | |
| 1957 | Campbell's Kingdomas Max, a worker | |
| 1957 | Hell Driversas Tub | |
| 1956 | The Battle of the River Plateas Chief Officer, Newton Beach | |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Sir Lancelotas Jaggyd | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatreas Beno | |
| 1955 | The Merry Christmasas Mr. Fezziwig | |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hoodas Sheriff's Guard | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatreas | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatreas M. Lafarge |