OLIVER MACGREEVY
ACTING
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..
Modesty Blaise 1966
The Ipcress File 1965
The Whisperers 1967
The Frozen Dead 1966
The Nine Ages of Nakedness 1969
The Four Musketeers 1974
The Ruling Class 1972
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die 1966
When Eight Bells Toll 1971
Great Catherine 1968
The Scamp 1957
Tales from the Crypt 1972
The Leather Boys 1964
Salt & Pepper 1968
Flash Gordon 1980
Where the Action Is 1975
No. 1 of the Secret Service 1977
The Prisoner 1967
Department S 1969
Gideon's Way 1965
The Scales of Justice 1962
The Buccaneers 1956
Thriller 1973
The Avengers 1961
The Four Just Men 1959