Oliver MacGreevy
Date of birth: 1928-08-03
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Oliver John MacGreevy
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.
Movie Credits
Modesty Blaise
1966-05-01
Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of he
The Ipcress File
1965-03-18
Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence securi
The Whisperers
1967-07-18
Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fa
The Frozen Dead
1966-10-15
A crazed scientist keeps the heads of Nazi war criminals alive until he can find appropriate bodies
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
1969-06-01
A man attempts to deal with the bevy of naked beauties who have been bothering his family for genera
The Four Musketeers
1974-10-31
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter
The Ruling Class
1972-05-24
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the
The Christmas Tree
1966-12-02
The adventures encountered by Gary, his brother and sister, when they try to get a Christmas tree fo
Time in Advance
1965-11-01
The future. Criminals serve prison sentences before they commit their crimes. Prisons are on new pla
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
1966-09-08
In this spoof of spy films, CIA agent, Kelly, is in Rio De Janeiro spying on a wealthy industrialist
The Fall of the House of Usher
1966-02-12
A young man seeks the woman he has fallen in love with at an isolated old house, and comes into conf
When Eight Bells Toll
1971-04-30
Phillip Calvert is a British Treasury secret service agent assigned to stop the ruthless pirating of
Great Catherine
1968-11-29
When British Capt. Charles Edstaston arrives at the court of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg,
The Scamp
1957-10-07
Tod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness with
Tales from the Crypt
1972-03-09
When a tourist group become lost within ancient catacombs, they meet the sinister Crypt Keeper, who
The Leather Boys
1964-03-08
Reggie and Dot are a young South London couple who get married before they really get to know each o
Salt & Pepper
1968-07-03
After discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub, groovy
Flash Gordon
1980-12-05
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny
Where the Action Is
1975-02-08
A gambler is smuggled into a billionaire's house to undertake a gambling duel.
No. 1 of the Secret Service
1977-10-31
No. 1 is fearless, irrestible, and licensed to kill. No. 1 is assigned to capture a madman killing i
Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World
1964-03-08
Roland Green who thinks the world is all safe soon realises that the world he lives in can be a bit
Incident at Midnight
1963-01-01
In a late night chemist a shot bank robber has been taken for treatment, and to rendezvous with the
The Rivals
1963-05-01
A pair of hoodlums steal a car in which there is a note - a ransom letter - directed to a wealthy ma
Thrills Galore
1972-09-04
They were all there for the beer. (BBC Genome)