Murray Melvin

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Known For

Acting

Born

1932-11-30

Place of Birth

Hampstead, London, England, UK

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).

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Known For

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

The Avengers

The Avengers

Torchwood

Torchwood

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

Petticoat Pirates

Petticoat Pirates

The Ceremony

The Ceremony

The Devils

The Devils

Acting History

The Undertaker as Lenny

Stanleyandus - a Kubrick odyssey as self

Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl as Self

The Ghost of Peter Sellers as Himself

Starhunter ReduX as Caravaggio

The Lost City of Z as Lord James Bernard

The Grey Mile as Professor Worth

The Village as Male Librarian

Torchwood as Bilis

Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image as Himself

The Phantom of the Opera as Reyer

The Genius of Mozart as Lorenzo da Ponte

Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils as Self

David Copperfield as Dr Edward Chillip

The Emperor's New Clothes as Antommarchi

Starhunter as Caravaggio AI

Stanley and Us as Self

Alice in Wonderland as Chief Executioner

Midsomer Murders as Bentham DeQuetteville

Oscar's Orchestra

Princess Caraboo as Lord Motley

Doomsday Gun as Shop Manager

As You Like It as Sir Oliver Martext

Chillers as Mr. Taylor

Let Him Have It as Secondary School Teacher

The Fool as Jeremy Ruttle

Sunday Pursuit as Head waiter

The Krays as Newsagent

Slipstream as Man on Stairs

Testimony as Film Editor

Testimony as The Film Editor

Comrades as Mr. Frampton's Clerk

Sacred Hearts as Father Power

Christopher Columbus as Padre Linares

Super Gran as Neville Mince

This Office Life as Reporter

Nutcracker as Leopold

Stories from a Flying Trunk as Hans Christian Andersen

Clouds of Glory as Robert Lovell

The Prince and the Pauper as Prince's Dresser

Gulliver's Travels as (voice)

Joseph Andrews as Beau Didapper

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones as Blifil

Shout at the Devil as Lt. Phipps

Barry Lyndon as Reverend Runt

Lisztomania as Hector Berlioz

Ghost Story as McFayden

Gawain and the Green Knight as Seneschal

The Adventures Of Don Quixote as Traveling Barber

Ghost in the Noonday Sun as Hamidos

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg as Doctor

The Boy Friend as Alphonse

The Devils as Father-Canon Jean Mignon

Start the Revolution Without Me as Blind Man

The Fixer as Priest

The Tyrant King as Gerald Gould

Ooh La La! as Vladimir

Smashing Time as 1st Exquisite

The Informer as William Waterwell

Kaleidoscope as Aimes

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World as Photographer

BBC Play of the Month as The Dauphin

BBC Play of the Month as Travelling Barber

The Diary of a Nobody as Lupin Pooter

Theatre 625 as Berthold

Theatre 625 as Thumb

The Ceremony as Gendarme

Sparrows Can't Sing as Georgie

Solo for Sparrow as Larkin

H.M.S. Defiant as Wagstaffe

Petticoat Pirates as Kenneth

A Taste of Honey as Geoffrey Ingham

Suspect as Teddy Boy

The Criminal as Antlers