# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/murray-melvin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:27:08.559Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/murray-melvin"
name: "Murray Melvin"
slug: "murray-melvin"
description: "Murray Melvin was an English actor. A member of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop company, he originated the part of Geoffrey in Shelagh Delaney's play A Taste of Honey, reprising the role in Tony Richardson's 1961 film version. He appeared in several Ken Russell film and television productions including The Devils (1971) and played Reverend Samuel Runt in Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975). Melvin's other notable screen roles include parts in Alfie (1966) and Torchwood (2007). He also worked as a theatre director and authored two books on the theatre."
tagline: "British actor (1932–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Murray_Melvin_sitting_outside_the_Sarah_Bernhardt_Theatre._Paris.2014_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1932-08-10"
deathDate: "2023-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0578527"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump