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Murray Melvin

Writer | * 11/30/1932 († 90, 04/14/2023) | St. Pancras, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Murray Melvin (10 August 1932 – 14 April 2023) was an English actor. He was best known for his acting work with Joan Littlewood, Ken Russell and Stanley Kubrick. He was the author of two books: The Art of Theatre Workshop (2006) and The Theatre Royal, A History of the Building (2009). ()

Murray Melvin (born 10 August 1932) is 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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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A working class girl struggles to create a life for herself with her gay co-worker after becoming pregnant from a one-night stand with a black sailor. ...

A Taste of Honey

Certification unknown

1961 | 3.5/5 | 1h 40min
Drama
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Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her w ...

The Phantom of the Opera

PG-13

2004 | 3.6/5 | 2h 23min
Thriller, Drama, Romance / Love
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Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficu ...

H.M.S. Defiant

Certification unknown

1962 | 3.2/5 | 1h 41min
Adventure, History
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An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon. ...

Barry Lyndon

PG

1975 | 4.0/5 | 3h 5min
Drama, Romance / Love, War
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The exploits a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial. ...

Torchwood

TV-MA

2006 | 3.6/5 | 45min per episode
Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Murray Melvin

Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Murray Melvin as Actor(47)

as Lenny2023 The Undertaker
as himself2018 The Ghost of Peter Sellers
as Lord James Bernard2017 The Lost City of Z
as Professor Worth2012 The Grey Mile
as Male Librarian2010 The Village
as himself2006 Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
as Reyer2004 The Phantom of the Opera
as himself2002 Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
as Antommarchi2001 The Emperor's New Clothes
as Chief Executioner1999 Alice in Wonderland
as himself1999 Stanley and Us
as Lord Motley1994 Princess Caraboo
as Shop Manager1994 Doomsday Gun
as Sir Oliver Martext1992 As You Like It
as Secondary School Teacher1991 Let Him Have It
as Newsagent1990 The Krays
as Head waiter1990 Sunday Pursuit
as Man on Stairs1989 Slipstream
as Mr. Frampton's Clerk1987 Comrades
as Father Power1985 Sacred Hearts
as Leopold1982 Nutcracker
as Prince's Dresser1977 The Prince and the Pauper
as Beau Didapper1977 Joseph Andrews
1976 The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
as Lt. Phipps1976 Shout at the Devil
as Rev. Samuel Runt1975 Barry Lyndon
as Hector Berlioz1975 Lisztomania
as McFayden1974 Ghost Story
as Hamidos1974 Ghost in the Noonday Sun
as Seneschal1973 Gawain and the Green Knight
as Doctor1972 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
as Father-Canon Jean Mignon1971 The Devils
as Alphonse1971 The Boy Friend
as Blind Man1970 Start the Revolution Without Me
as Priest1968 The Fixer
as 1st Exquisite1967 Smashing Time
as Photographer1966 Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
as Nat1966 Alfie
as Aimes1966 Kaleidoscope
as Georgie1963 Sparrows Can't Sing
as Gendarme1963 The Ceremony
as Larkin1962 Solo for Sparrow
as Wagstaffe1962 H.M.S. Defiant
as Geoffrey Ingham1961 A Taste of Honey
as Kenneth1961 Petticoat Pirates
as Teddy Boy1960 Suspect
as Antlers1960 The Criminal

TV Shows/Series with Murray Melvin as Actor(14)

as Bilis2006 Torchwood
as Lorenzo da Ponte2004 The Genius of Mozart
as Caravaggio AI2000 Starhunter
as Bentham DeQuetteville1997 Midsomer Murders
as Lionel Prekopp1997 Jonathan Creek
1995 Oscar's Orchestra
1995 Bugs
as Mr. Taylor1990 Chillers
1985 Bulman
as Neville Mince1985 Super Gran
as Padre Linares1985 Christopher Columbus
as Gerald Meder1969 The Flaxton Boys
as Vladimir1968 Ooh La La!
1961 The Avengers

Full Name: Murray Melvin
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Wednesday, 11/30 1932 (November) in St. Pancras, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Friday, 04/14 2023 (April) in St Thomas' Hospital (aged: 90)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Murray Melvin frequently works together with these people:
Ken Russell (10x, Crew)
Patrick Cargill (9x, Actor)
Peter Medak (7x, Crew)
Raj Awasti (7x, Actor)
Judy Parfitt (5x, Actress)
Tony Richardson (5x, Crew)
Bernard Cribbins (5x, Actor)
John Addison (5x, Crew)
Neville Phillips (5x, Actor)
Stephen Weeks (5x, Crew)
Terry Rawlings (4x, Crew)
David Watkin (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:124279, Added: 06/28/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024