Murray Melvin
Date of birth: 1932-11-30
Place of birth: Hampstead, London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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).
Movie Credits
Barry Lyndon
1975-12-18
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century Englan
Doomsday Gun
1994-07-23
Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns (very large long range guns capable
The Criminal
1960-09-13
When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He
The Boy Friend
1971-12-16
When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager i
The Devils
1971-07-16
Father Urbain Grandier’s unorthodox views of sex and religion make him a polarizing figure in 17th-c
A Taste of Honey
1961-10-01
While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo h
Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl
2021-11-27
Born James Henry Miller in 1915, MacColl became prominent on the folk scene in the 1950s and was als
Lisztomania
1975-10-10
In the 19th century, Romantic composer/pianist Franz Liszt tries to end his hedonistic ways but keep
Start the Revolution Without Me
1970-02-04
Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi
The Fixer
1968-12-08
Set in tsarist Russia around the turn of the century and based on a true story of a Russian Jewish p
Sparrows Can't Sing
1963-03-26
Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie
Nutcracker
1982-12-17
A Russian ballet dancer defects from the USSR, emigrates to England, and joins a ballet company run
Ghost Story
1974-03-19
Several old college friends converge at a mansion, ostensibly for a pleasant reunion. Larry Dann, th
Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
2006-06-18
A documentary exploring Bill Douglas' struggle from childhood poverty to acclaimed filmmaker of Comr
The Village
2010-02-01
A mysterious series of suicides fills the people of a small town with anxiety. Shortly before her ei
Stories from a Flying Trunk
1979-11-01
A magical blend of choreography, stop-motion and live action, Stories from a Flying Trunk captures t
Gulliver's Travels
1977-05-06
Based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift and built around the Lilliput and Blefuscu epi
Testimony
1988-11-01
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career durin
Joseph Andrews
1977-03-09
Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye
Suspect
1960-11-15
A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list.
As You Like It
1992-10-09
Hiding out in an industrial wasteland from the murderous wrath of a regional ruler, a woman, disguis
The Undertaker
2023-11-03
A meek undertaker becomes trapped in a violent world when a gangster enlists him to dispose of a gro
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1973-01-01
A pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure. However,
Solo for Sparrow
1962-09-01
A group of crooks accidentally kill an elderly shop assistant while stealing the keys to the jewelle
This Office Life
1984-12-30
On arrival at British Albion, Mr Gryce felt that his lack of ambition would be completely fulfilled.
Alfie
1966-03-29
A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes
The Krays
1990-04-27
Twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray are raised in east London, under the influence of their hateful but dot
H.M.S. Defiant
1962-04-15
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
1966-01-02
The outrageous life of the American dancer of the 1920s, Isadora Duncan, whom Ken Russell described
The Fool
1990-12-07
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976-08-01
Another stab at Henry Fielding's hilarious novel about the amorous misadventures of a dashing young
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
2002-11-24
Hell on Earth is a documentary about Ken Russell's 1971 film, The Devils. Film critic Mark Kermode c
Alice in Wonderland
1999-02-28
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets charact
The Grey Mile
2012-01-01
Terry 'The Taxman' Tempest, the greatest bank robber there ever was, whose true identity was never d
The Ceremony
1963-12-18
A man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier.
The Lost City of Z
2017-03-15
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evi
Smashing Time
1967-12-20
Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and
Shout at the Devil
1976-04-12
During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive
Kaleidoscope
1966-07-01
Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer bec
Sunday Pursuit
1990-11-23
Thomas Wilkins has faithfully worked his entire life on Saville Row. Suddenly he is fired by his bos
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972-05-01
A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely b
Sacred Hearts
1985-11-01
A tough nun (Anna Massey) demands belief and obedience from convent schoolgirls (Katrin Cartlidge, O
Stanley and Us
1999-10-08
Three hapless directors arrive in England from Italy to make a documentary on their idol. The funny
Let Him Have It
1991-10-04
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Cr
Gawain and the Green Knight
1973-06-01
The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.
The Emperor's New Clothes
2001-08-11
Napoleon, exiled, devises a plan to retake the throne. He'll swap places with commoner Eugene Lenorm
Petticoat Pirates
1961-11-01
Undistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake
Comrades
1987-08-23
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one
Slipstream
1989-06-22
In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the plan
The Phantom of the Opera
2004-12-08
A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath
The Prince and the Pauper
1977-06-03
Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and so
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
2018-08-30
A documentary about Peter Medak's unreleased film 'Ghost in the Noonday Sun', starring Peter Sellers
The Diary of a Nobody
1964-12-12
Ken Russell's silent film treatment of the 19th century comic novel by the Brothers Grossmith - Geor
Princess Caraboo
1994-09-16
Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is trie
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973-01-07
A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants"
David Copperfield
2001-12-25
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal de
Testimony
1988-11-01
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career durin