Oliver MacGreevy
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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TV Series
The Prisoner
7.735
Department S
4.9
Gideon's Way
6.8
Jason King
7.3
The Scales of Justice
6.7
The Buccaneers
5.5
Mystery and Imagination
5.5
Six
0
Thriller
6.6
The Avengers
7.734
Sunday Night Theatre
3.5
The Four Just Men
6.5
Movies
Modesty Blaise
5.199
The Ipcress File
6.81
The Whisperers
6.4
The Frozen Dead
5
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
3.667
The Four Musketeers
6.381
The Ruling Class
6.4
The Christmas Tree
7
Time in Advance
0
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
6.7
The Fall of the House of Usher
0
When Eight Bells Toll
5.68
Great Catherine
5.8
The Scamp
6.3
Tales from the Crypt
6.854
The Leather Boys
6.6
Salt & Pepper
5.3
Flash Gordon
6.233
Where the Action Is
0
No. 1 of the Secret Service
3.583