
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.
Born: August 3, 1928 · Dublin, Ireland
Filmography (27)

Flash Gordon
1980

No. 1 of the Secret Service
1977

The Four Musketeers
1974

Thriller
1973

The Ruling Class
1972

Tales from the Crypt
1972

Jason King
1971

When Eight Bells Toll
1971

Department S
1969

Great Catherine
1968

Salt & Pepper
1968

The Prisoner
1967

The Whisperers
1967

The Frozen Dead
1966

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
1966

Modesty Blaise
1966

Mystery and Imagination
1966

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965

The Ipcress File
1965

Gideon's Way
1965

Theatre 625
1964

The Leather Boys
1964

The Scales of Justice
1962

The Avengers
1961

The Scamp
1957

The Buccaneers
1956

Sunday Night Theatre
1950
