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.
1995
as Mordachai Fingers
1991
as Pierre Bernier
1988
as Herr Gesing
1986
1982
as Herman Goering
1981
as Silas Kemble
1977
as Yashinkov
1977
as Tiny
1975
1975
as Owen
1973
as Doctor Merrick
1973
1971
as Inspector Vandeleur
1971
as Zorakin
1971
1971
as Mizrar
1970
as George
1970
as Franco
1969
as The Captain
1969
as Liputin
1969
as Zeppelin pilot
1968
as Nikko
1968
as El Gaudillo
1968
as Grels
1968
1968
as Sir Esmond Bellasize
1967
1967
as Russian Diplomat (uncredited)
1966
as Johnny
1965
as Sturmfuhrer
1965
as Kautsky
1964
as Victorinus
1962
as Ayerton's Assistant
1962
as Vogler
1962
as Abdul Graner
1962
1962
as Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin
1961
as Freddy
1961
1961
as Needle
1960
as Diamond
1960
as Receptionist at 'The McKillup Arms'
1960
as Jones
1959
1959
as Meister
1958
as Cpl. Simms
1958
as Loudon
1958
as First Guard
1957
as Max, a worker
1957
as Tub
1956
as Chief Officer, Newton Beach
1956
as Jaggyd
1955
as Mr. Fezziwig
1955
as Sheriff's Guard