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Murray Melvin

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British actor (1932-2023)

United KingdomActorsLived 1932 to 2023 · aged 90
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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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Melvin talks to actress Georgina Hale at the Young Vic Theatre 31 October 2007Melvin talks to actress Georgina Hale at the Young Vic Theatre 31 October 2007

Filmography 40

Barry Lyndon1975 · ★ 8.0
The Lost City of Z2017 · ★ 6.4
The Phantom of the Opera2004 · ★ 7.3
The Devils1971 · ★ 7.4
Alice in Wonderland1999 · ★ 6.2
Alfie1966 · ★ 6.5
The Krays1990 · ★ 6.0
A Taste of Honey1961 · ★ 7.0
The Prince and the Pauper1977 · ★ 6.1
H.M.S. Defiant1962 · ★ 6.5
Slipstream1989 · ★ 4.3
Princess Caraboo1994
Let Him Have It1991
Shout at the Devil1976 · ★ 6.0
Lisztomania1975
Start the Revolution Without Me1970
The Boy Friend1971
The Emperor's New Clothes2001
The Criminal1960
Doomsday Gun1994
The Fixer1968
David Copperfield2001
Gulliver's Travels1977
Sparrows Can't Sing1963
Comrades1987
Kaleidoscope1966
The Adventures Of Don Quixote1973
Sacred Hearts1985
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg1972
Ghost Story1974
Smashing Time1967
Joseph Andrews1977
Suspect1960
The Ghost of Peter Sellers2018
The Ceremony1963
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils2002
The Village2010
Ghost in the Noonday Sun1973
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World1966
Gawain and the Green Knight1973

88 credits on file

Television 24

Midsomer Murders1997
The Avengers1961
Torchwood2006
BBC Play of the Month1965
Theatre 6251964
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965
Crossbow1987
Bugs1995
Super Gran1985
Out of the Unknown1965
Starhunter2000
Christopher Columbus1985
Chillers1990
Starhunter ReduX2018
Half Hour Story1967
Oscar's Orchestra1995
Ooh La La!1968
David Copperfield2000
The Tyrant King1968
The Wednesday Thriller1965
The Genius of Mozart2004
Clouds of Glory1978
The Informer1966
Angel Pavement1967

Awards 1

1962Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor

Connected to Murray 6

Alexandra VandernootAlso in Doomsday Gun (1994)Ian RichardsonAlso in Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)Phil DavisAlso in Comrades (1987)David BamberAlso in The Village (2010)Kenneth GriffithAlso in Suspect (1960)Peter BowlesAlso in Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1966)

About this person

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.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2023 · aged 90
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17 languages

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