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.
Known for
The Avengers
Barman
The Prisoner
Gardener / Electrician
Sunday Night Theatre
Jason King
Thriller
Henry
Mystery and Imagination
The Buccaneers
Noll
The Scales of Justice
Boxer
The Four Just Men
Max / Policeman
Gideon's Way
The Contact Man
Six
Department S
Karnack
Flash Gordon
Klytus Observer No. 1
The Four Musketeers
Headsman (uncredited)
The Ipcress File
Housemartin
Tales from the Crypt
Maniac
Modesty Blaise
Tattooed Man
The Ruling Class
Inmate
Salt & Pepper
Rack
When Eight Bells Toll
Quinn
The Whisperers
2nd Redeemer
No. 1 of the Secret Service
Simms
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
Ringo
The Leather Boys
Merchant Seaman
Great Catherine
General Pskov
The Scamp
Building Foreman
The Frozen Dead
Joseph the Butler
Where the Action Is
Henry
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
Hargreaves (segment "The Old Dark House")
The Fall of the House of Usher
Finn
Time in Advance
Chief Guard