Murray Melvin
British actor (1932-2023) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 90
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.
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Starhunter ReduXSeries, Caravaggio
The Ghost of Peter SellersFilm, 20182010
The VillageFilm, Male Librarian2004
The Genius of MozartSeries, Lorenzo da Ponte2002
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The DevilsFilm2000
David CopperfieldSeries, Dr Edward Chillip1999
Alice in WonderlandFilm, Chief Executioner1995
BugsSeries1991
Let Him Have ItFilm, Secondary School Teacher1989
SlipstreamFilm, Man on Stairs1987
CrossbowSeries1985
Christopher ColumbusSeries, Padre Linares
Sacred HeartsFilm, 1985Father Power1975
Barry LyndonFilm, Reverend Runt1973
Gawain and the Green KnightFilm, Seneschal1971
The Boy FriendFilm, Alphonse1968
Ooh La La!Series, Vladimir
The FixerFilm, 1968Priest1966
The InformerSeries, William Waterwell
AlfieFilm, 1966Nat1965
BBC Play of the MonthSeries, The Dauphin1962Cannes Film Festival Award for Best ActorAward
H.M.S. DefiantFilm, 1962Wagstaffe1961
The AvengersSeries1960
SuspectFilm, Teddy Boy1932Born10 August 1932People around Murray
Close ties
Ken Russell Directed The Devils and Lisztomania
Peter Medak Directed A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972)
Oliver Reed Also in The Devils and Lisztomania
Vernon Dobtcheff Also in The Krays and Testimony
Tony Richardson Directed A Taste of Honey and Joseph Andrews- Lewis Gilbert Produced Alfie (1966)
Peter R. Hunt Directed Shout at the Devil (1979)- Robert Stephens Also in Testimony and Comrades
Graham Stark Also in Alfie and The Prince and the Pauper- Tom Bell Also in The Criminal and H.M.S. Defiant
Tony Palmer Directed Testimony and England, My England- John Addison Wrote A Taste of Honey (1961)
- John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne Produced Little Dorrit and H.M.S. Defiant
Stephen Weeks Directed Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
Kenneth Colley Also in Prisoner of Honor and The Devils- George Sewell Also in Kaleidoscope and Sparrows Can't Sing
Maurice Jarre Wrote The Fixer and Shout at the Devil
Ian Holm Also in The Fixer and The Emperor's New Clothes- Brian Murphy Also in The Devils and Sparrows Can't Sing
Michael Hordern Also in Joseph Andrews and Comrades- Dudley Sutton Also in The Prince and the Pauper and The Devils
Heathcote Williams Also in Little Dorrit and Slipstream
Norman Rossington Also in Joseph Andrews and The Krays- Michael Elphick Also in Little Dorrit and The Krays
Known for
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Barry Lyndon 1975
The Devils 1971
The Phantom of the Opera 2004
A Taste of Honey 1961
Let Him Have It 1991
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
88 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Awards
About this person
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.
