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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

76

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-11-30

Day of Death

2023-04-14 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Hampstead, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Murray Melvin

Biography

Murray Melvin (10 August 1932-14 April 2023) was an English actor and writer. He won the 1962 Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for his role in A Taste of Honey (1961).

Known For

Acting

Barry Lyndon

1975

Barry Lyndon

as

Reverend Runt

Doomsday Gun

1994

Doomsday Gun

as

Shop Manager

The Criminal

1960

The Criminal

as

Antlers

The Boy Friend

1971

The Boy Friend

as

Alphonse

The Devils

1971

The Devils

as

Father-Canon Jean Mignon

A Taste of Honey

1961

A Taste of Honey

as

Geoffrey Ingham

Lisztomania

1975

Lisztomania

as

Hector Berlioz

The Fixer

1968

The Fixer

as

Priest

Sparrows Can't Sing

1963

Sparrows Can't Sing

as

Georgie

Nutcracker

1982

Nutcracker

as

Leopold

Ghost Story

1974

Ghost Story

as

McFayden

The Village

2010

The Village

as

Male Librarian

Stories from a Flying Trunk

1979

Stories from a Flying Trunk

as

Hans Christian Andersen

Gulliver's Travels

1977

Gulliver's Travels

as

(voice)

Testimony

1988

Testimony

as

Film Editor

Joseph Andrews

1977

Joseph Andrews

as

Beau Didapper

Suspect

1960

Suspect

as

Teddy Boy

As You Like It

1992

As You Like It

as

Sir Oliver Martext

The Undertaker

2023

The Undertaker

as

Lenny

Solo for Sparrow

1962

Solo for Sparrow

as

Larkin

This Office Life

1984

This Office Life

as

Reporter

Alfie

1966

Alfie

as

Nat

The Krays

1990

The Krays

as

Newsagent

H.M.S. Defiant

1962

H.M.S. Defiant

as

Wagstaffe

The Fool

1990

The Fool

as

Jeremy Ruttle

Alice in Wonderland

1999

Alice in Wonderland

as

Chief Executioner

The Grey Mile

2012

The Grey Mile

as

Professor Worth

The Ceremony

1963

The Ceremony

as

Gendarme

The Lost City of Z

2017

The Lost City of Z

as

Lord James Bernard

Smashing Time

1967

Smashing Time

as

1st Exquisite

Shout at the Devil

1976

Shout at the Devil

as

Lt. Phipps

Kaleidoscope

1966

Kaleidoscope

as

Aimes

Sunday Pursuit

1990

Sunday Pursuit

as

Head waiter

Sacred Hearts

1985

Sacred Hearts

as

Father Power

Stanley and Us

1999

Stanley and Us

as

Self

Let Him Have It

1991

Let Him Have It

as

Secondary School Teacher

The Emperor's New Clothes

2001

The Emperor's New Clothes

as

Antommarchi

Petticoat Pirates

1961

Petticoat Pirates

as

Kenneth

Comrades

1987

Comrades

as

Mr. Frampton's Clerk

Slipstream

1989

Slipstream

as

Man on Stairs

The Prince and the Pauper

1977

The Prince and the Pauper

as

Prince's Dresser

The Diary of a Nobody

1964

The Diary of a Nobody

as

Lupin Pooter

Princess Caraboo

1994

Princess Caraboo

as

Lord Motley

The Adventures Of Don Quixote

1973

The Adventures Of Don Quixote

as

Traveling Barber

David Copperfield

2001

David Copperfield

as

Dr Edward Chillip

Torchwood

Torchwood

as

Bilis

Starhunter

Starhunter

as

Caravaggio AI

Six

Six

as

Clouds of Glory

Clouds of Glory

as

Robert Lovell

Ooh La La!

Ooh La La!

as

Vladimir

The Flaxton Boys

The Flaxton Boys

as

Gerald Meder

Chillers

Chillers

as

Mr. Taylor

Super Gran

Super Gran

as

Neville Mince

The Genius of Mozart

The Genius of Mozart

as

Lorenzo da Ponte

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

as

Padre Linares

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as

Bentham DeQuetteville

Starhunter ReduX

Starhunter ReduX

as

Caravaggio

The Tyrant King

The Tyrant King

as

Gerald Gould

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

as

Travelling Barber

Production

Crew

Directing