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Murray Melvin Biography (1932-)

Born in 1932, in London, England; son of Hugh Victor and Maisie Winifred (maiden name, Driscoll) Melvin.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director

Birth Details

1932

London, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Macbeth, Theatre Royal, Stratford, England, 1957
• Belli, Man, Beast, and Virtue, Theatre Royal, 1958
• Calisto, Celestina, Theatre Royal, 1958
• Jodie Maynard, Unto Such Glory, Theatre Royal, 1958
• Geoffrey, A Taste of Honey, Theatre Royal, 1958
• Leslie, The Hostage, Theatre Royal, 1958
• Scrooge's nephew, A Christmas Carol, Theatre Royal, 1958
• (London debut) Geoffrey, A Taste of Honey, Wyndham's Theatre,1959
• Sam, Sam, the Highest Jumper of Them All, Theatre Royal, 1960
• Knocker, Sparrows Can't Sing, Theatre Royal, 1960
• Brainworm, Every Man in His Humour, Sarah Bernhardt Theatre, ParisFestival, Paris, France, 1960
• Member of ensemble, England, Our England (revue) Prince's Theatre, London, 1962
• Oh, What a Lovely War! Theatre Royal, then Wyndham's Theatre,both 1963, later (Broadway debut) Broadhurst Theatre, 1964
• Gadshill, Mortimer, Sir Richard Vernon, and Shadow, Henry IV, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1964
• The devil, The Soldier's Tale, Broadhurst Theatre, 1964
• Jonathan, Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1965
• Orderly, "Press Cuttings," and Adolphus, "Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction," in Trifles and Tomfooleries, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1967
• Bouzin, Cat among the Pigeons, Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 1969
• Dr. Fausset, A Pig in a Poke, New Theatre, Cardiff, Wales, 1971
• The devil, The Soldier's Tale, Promenade Concert Theatre, London, 1975
• The speaker, Facade, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 1975
• Convict Gilbert, Kidnapped at Christmas, Shaw Theatre, London, 1975
• Convict Gilbert, Christmas Crackers, Shaw Theatre, 1976
• Marquis of Dorset, The Dark Horse, Comedy Theatre, London, 1978
• W.B. Bunkhaus, Hoagy, Bix, and Wolfgang Beethoven Bunkhaus, King's Head Theatre, London, 1979
• The dauphin, Saint Joan, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead, England,1979
• The Lodger, Stratford East Theatre, England, 1996
• Also appeared as spirits of Christmas, A Christmas Carol (opera);Fidler, Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It; Etienne, French Dressing; Deakin, The Ghost Train; Ko-Ko, The Mikado; CharlieBoy, Mulligan's Last Case; Da Ponte, Roses and Laurels; Backbite, School for Scandal; and speaker, Super Missa l'Homme Armee.
• Stage Director
• Miss Donnithorne's Maggot, 1974
• The Martyrdom of St. Magnus, 1977
• The Raft of Medusa, 1977
• The Mime of Mick Nick and the Maggies, 1978
• Jack, the Giant Killer, 1985
• Puss 'n Boots, 1986
• Recital 1 (for Cathy), 1987
• Sinbad the Sailor, 1987
• Also directed Aladdin, Cinderella, Don't Touch Him,He Might Resent It, Quack, Quack, and The Sleeping Beauty.
• Film Appearances
• Teddy Boy, The Suspect (also known as The Risk), Kingsley,1961
• Kenneth, Petticoat Pirates, Warner Bros./Pathe, 1961
• Geoffrey, A Taste of Honey, Continental Distributing, 1961
• Wagstaffe, Damn the Defiant! (also known as H.M.S. Defiant), Columbia, 1962
• Antlers, The Concrete Jungle (also known as The Criminal),Amalgamated, 1962
• Larkin, Solo for Sparrow (also known as Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Solo for Sparrow), 1962, Schoenfeld, 1966
• First gendarme, The Ceremony (also known as Encrucijada mortal), United Artists, 1963
• Georgie, Sparrows Can't Sing, Janus, 1963
• Nat, Alfie, Paramount, 1966
• Aimes, Kaleidoscope (also known as The Bank Breaker), Warner Bros., 1966
• First Exquisite, Smashing Time, Paramount, 1967
• Priest, The Fixer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
• Blind man, Start the Revolution without Me (also known as Two Times Two), Warner Bros., 1970
• Mignon, The Devils (also known as The Devils of Loudon), Warner Bros., 1971
• Alphonse, The Boy Friend, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971
• Doctor, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Columbia, 1972
• Seneschal, Gawain and the Green Knight (also known as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight), United Artists, 1973
• Hamldon (some sources cite Hamidos), Ghost in the Noonday Sun, Columbia, 1973
• McFayden, Madhouse Mansion (also known as The Ghost Story),Steven Weeks Productions, 1974
• Hector Berlioz, Lisztomania, Warner Bros., 1975
• Reverend Samuel Runt, Barry Lyndon, Warner Bros., 1975
• Blifil, The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones, Universal, 1976
• Lieutenant Phipps, Shout at the Devil, American International Pictures, 1976
• Voice, Gulliver's Travels (animated), Sunn Classic, 1977
• Joseph Andrews, Paramount, 1977
• DeBrie, the prince's dresser, Crossed Swords (also known as The Prince and the Pauper), Warner Bros., 1978
• Hans Christian Andersen, Stories from a Flying Trunk, EMI, 1979
• Betrayal, 1979
• Leopold, Nutcracker (also known as Nutcracker Sweet), Rank,1982
• Father Power, Sacred Hearts, Film Four, 1984
• Clerk, Comrades, Film Four, 1986
• Film editor, Testimony, Film Four International, 1987
• Dancing master, Little Dorrit, Cannon, 1987
• Arthur, Funny Boy, 1987
• Man on stairs, Slipstream, 1989
• Head waiter, Sunday Pursuit (also known as Perseguicao de Domingo), 1990
• News agent, The Krays, 1990
• Jeremy Ruttle, The Fool, 1990
• Secondary schoolteacher, Let Him Have It, 1991
• Sir Oliver Martext, As You Like It, 1992
• Lord Motley, Princess Caraboo, 1994
• Shaftesbury, England, My England, 1995
• Don Mac's henchman, La Passione, 1996
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Lupin Pooter, Diary of a Nobody, 1964
• Caravaggio, Star Hunter, 2000
• Also appeared as probation officer, Paradise Walk, BBC; and in Angel Pavement.
• Movies
• Barber, The Adventures of Don Quixote (also known as Play of the Month: The Adventures of Don Quixote), CBS, 1973
• Bertillon, Prisoner of Honor, HBO, 1991
• Shop manager, Doomsday Gun, HBO, 1994
• Chief executioner, Alice in Wonderland, ABC, 1999
• Also appeared in Saint Joan.
• Episodic
• Charlie, "Hot Snow," The Avengers, 1961
• Voice of Lucius, Oscar's Orchestra, syndicated, 1997
• Lionel Prekopp, "Black Canary," Jonathan Creek, 1998
• Also appeared as Jack Spratt in an episode of Bulman.
• Other Television Appearances
• Reporter, Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (also known as Isadora), 1966
• Robert Lovell, Clouds of Glory: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1978
• Father Linares, Christopher Columbus (miniseries), CBS, 1985
• David Copperfield, 2000
• WRITINGS
• Stage Plays
• Author of Roses and Laurels.