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.