Oliver MacGreevy

Born: 1928-08-03, Dublin, Ireland

Died: 1981-10-01

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.

Filmography

• Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
• ITV Play of the Week (1955)
• Theatre 625 (1964)
• The Prisoner (1967)
• Gideon's Way (1965)
• Espionage (1963)
• Flash Gordon (1980)
• Jason King (1971)
• The Four Musketeers (1974)
• When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
• The Ruling Class (1972)
• Salt & Pepper (1968)
• Modesty Blaise (1966)
• The Leather Boys (1964)
• The Whisperers (1967)
• No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977)
• Incident at Midnight (1963)
• Se tutte le donne del mondo (1966)
• Great Catherine (1968)
• The Scamp (1957)
• The Frozen Dead (1966)
• Where the Action Is (1975)
• A Wicked World (1964)
• Time in Advance (1965)
• Thrills Galore (1972)