
Oliver MacGreevy
Acting
9
Movies
15
TV Shows
24
Credits
About
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.

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.

The Avengers

Theatre 625

ITV Play of the Week

The Prisoner

Thriller

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Gideon's Way

Sunday Night Theatre

Department S

The Buccaneers

Mystery and Imagination

Espionage

Jason King

Flash Gordon

The Scales of Justice

The Four Musketeers

The Four Just Men

The Ipcress File

Tales from the Crypt

The Ruling Class

Modesty Blaise

When Eight Bells Toll

The Leather Boys

Salt & Pepper