Oliver MacGreevy

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.

  • Title: Oliver MacGreevy
  • Popularity: 0.1563
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1928-08-03
  • Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
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  • Also Known As: Oliver John MacGreevy
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Oliver MacGreevy Movies

  • 1966
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    Modesty Blaise
    Modesty Blaise

    5.2 1966 HD

    Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the British government...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Monica Vitti

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  • 1965
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    The Ipcress File
    The Ipcress File

    6.818 1965 HD

    Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Michael Caine

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  • 1967
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    The Whisperers
    The Whisperers

    6.4 1967 HD

    Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. One day she discovers...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Edith Evans

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  • 1966
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    The Frozen Dead
    The Frozen Dead

    5 1966 HD

    A crazed scientist keeps the heads of Nazi war criminals alive until he can find appropriate bodies on which to attach them so he can revive the...

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Dana Andrews

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  • 1969
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    The Nine Ages of Nakedness
    The Nine Ages of Nakedness

    3 1969 HD

    A man attempts to deal with the bevy of naked beauties who have been bothering his family for generations.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Charles Gray

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  • 1974
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    The Four Musketeers
    The Four Musketeers

    6.4 1974 HD

    The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Michael York

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  • 1972
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    The Ruling Class
    The Ruling Class

    6.4 1972 HD

    When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman;...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Peter O'Toole

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  • 1966
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    The Christmas Tree
    The Christmas Tree

    7 1966 HD

    The adventures encountered by Gary, his brother and sister, when they try to get a Christmas tree for a hospital Christmas Eve party.

    Genre: Family

    Cast: William Burleigh

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  • 1965
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    Time in Advance
    Time in Advance

    1 1965 HD

    The future. Criminals serve prison sentences before they commit their crimes. Prisons are on new planets that are being colonised. After serving...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Edward Judd

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  • 1966
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    Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
    Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die

    6.7 1966 HD

    In this spoof of spy films, CIA agent, Kelly, is in Rio De Janeiro spying on a wealthy industrialist, David Ardonian, who secretly plans to turn the...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Mike Connors

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  • 1966
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    The Fall of the House of Usher
    The Fall of the House of Usher

    1 1966 HD

    A young man seeks the woman he has fallen in love with at an isolated old house, and comes into conflict with her neurotic brother.

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: David Buck

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  • 1971
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    When Eight Bells Toll
    When Eight Bells Toll

    5.7 1971 HD

    In a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Anthony Hopkins

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  • 1968
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    Great Catherine
    Great Catherine

    5.6 1968 HD

    When British Capt. Charles Edstaston arrives at the court of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia, he is stunned by the palace's disorderly...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Peter O'Toole

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  • 1957
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    The Scamp
    The Scamp

    6.3 1957 HD

    Tod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness with kindly foster parents.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Richard Attenborough

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  • 1972
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    Tales from the Crypt
    Tales from the Crypt

    6.849 1972 HD

    Five people find themselves in a tomb. The Crypt keeper explains why they are there through a series of frightening stories. Based on the classic...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Joan Collins

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  • 1964
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    The Leather Boys
    The Leather Boys

    6.6 1964 HD

    Reggie and Dot are a young South London couple who get married before they really get to know each other. After the marriage, they quickly begin to...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Rita Tushingham

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  • 1968
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    Salt & Pepper
    Salt & Pepper

    5.3 1968 HD

    After discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub, groovy owners Charles Salt and Christopher Pepper...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Sammy Davis Jr.

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  • 1980
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    Flash Gordon
    Flash Gordon

    6.233 1980 HD

    A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Sam J. Jones

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  • 1975
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    Where the Action Is
    Where the Action Is

    1 1975 HD

    A gambler is smuggled into a billionaire's house to undertake a gambling duel.

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Edd Byrnes

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  • 1977
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    No. 1 of the Secret Service
    No. 1 of the Secret Service

    3.8 1977 HD

    No. 1 is fearless, irrestible, and licensed to kill. No. 1 is assigned to capture a madman killing international financiers. Before getting the bad...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Nicky Henson

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  • 1968
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    The Prisoner
    The Prisoner

    7.7 1968 HD

    After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Patrick McGoohan

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  • 1970
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    Department S
    Department S

    4.9 1970 HD

    Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Peter Wyngarde

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  • 1967
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    Gideon's Way
    Gideon's Way

    6.8 1967 HD

    Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Gregson

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  • 1972
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    Jason King
    Jason King

    7.3 1972 HD

    Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Peter Wyngarde

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  • 1967
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    The Scales of Justice
    The Scales of Justice

    6.7 1967 HD

    Not strictly TV productions, "The Scales of Justice" were cinema second features produced for Anglo Amalgamated running around 30 minutes and...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Edgar Lustgarten

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  • 1957
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    The Buccaneers
    The Buccaneers

    5.5 1957 HD

    The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make their way across the seven seas in The Sultana.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Shaw

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  • 1970
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    Mystery and Imagination
    Mystery and Imagination

    5.5 1970 HD

    Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to...

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  • 1965
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    Six
    Six

    1 1965 HD

    Genre: Drama

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  • 1976
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    Thriller
    Thriller

    6.6 1976 HD

    Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1969
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    The Avengers
    The Avengers

    7.7 1969 HD

    The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Patrick Macnee

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  • 1959
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    Sunday Night Theatre
    Sunday Night Theatre

    3.5 1959 HD

    Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Oliver MacGreevy

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  • 1960
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    The Four Just Men
    The Four Just Men

    6.5 1960 HD

    The Four Just Men was a 1959 Sapphire Films production for ITC Entertainment. It ran for one season of 39 half-hour monochrome episodes.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jack Hawkins

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