Oliver MacGreevy

Known for ActingBorn 1928-08-03Died 1981-10-01Dublin, Ireland

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Espionage

The Fall of the House of Usher

Time in Advance

Where the Action Is

Festival

Jason King

The Avengers

The Prisoner

The Four Just Men

Theatre 625

Thrills Galore

The Christmas Tree

Gideon's Way

Thriller

Incident at Midnight

Tales from the Crypt

The Ipcress File

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die

The Scales of Justice

The Ruling Class

The Four Musketeers

The Whisperers

The Leather Boys

Flash Gordon

The Buccaneers

The Scamp

The Rivals

Great Catherine

Mystery and Imagination

When Eight Bells Toll

Department S

Salt & Pepper

Modesty Blaise

The Frozen Dead

Thirty-Minute Theatre

No. 1 of the Secret Service

ITV Play of the Week

The Nine Ages of Nakedness

Sunday Night Theatre

A Wicked World

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