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.
40 acting credits
Acting · 40
The Avengers
1961
Theatre 625
1964
The Prisoner
1967
Thriller
1973
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
The Buccaneers
1956
Festival
1963
Department S
1969
Mystery and Imagination
1966
Gideon's Way
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Espionage
1963
Jason King
1971
Flash Gordon
1980
The Scales of Justice
1962
The Four Just Men
1959
Tales from the Crypt
1972
The Four Musketeers
1974
The Ipcress File
1965
Modesty Blaise
1966
When Eight Bells Toll
1971
Six
1964
The Leather Boys
1964
Salt & Pepper
1968
The Ruling Class
1972
The Whisperers
1967
Great Catherine
1968
No. 1 of the Secret Service
1977
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
1966
The Scamp
1957
Time in Advance
1965
Where the Action Is
1975
The Frozen Dead
1966
The Fall of the House of Usher
1966
The Christmas Tree
1966
Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World
1964
The Rivals
1963
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
1969
Incident at Midnight
1963
Thrills Galore
1972