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Murray Melvin

Actor

Murray Melvin

Born November 30, 1932 in Hampstead, London, England, UKDied April 14, 202351 films

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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Barry Lyndon posterFirst watchBarry Lyndon19758.0as Reverend RuntAn 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.View film

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Filmography

51 films as actor
  1. 2023The UndertakerLenny
  2. 2017The Lost City of ZLord James Bernard
  3. 2012The Grey MileProfessor Worth
  4. 2010The VillageMale Librarian
  5. 2004The Phantom of the OperaReyer
  6. 2001David CopperfieldDr Edward Chillip
  7. 2001The Emperor's New ClothesAntommarchi
  8. 1999Alice in WonderlandChief Executioner
  9. 1994Princess CarabooLord Motley
  10. 1994Doomsday GunShop Manager
  11. 1992As You Like ItSir Oliver Martext
  12. 1991Let Him Have ItSecondary School Teacher
  13. 1990The FoolJeremy Ruttle
  14. 1990Sunday PursuitHead waiter
  15. 1990The KraysNewsagent
  16. 1989SlipstreamMan on Stairs
  17. 1988TestimonyFilm Editor
  18. 1987ComradesMr. Frampton's Clerk
  19. 1985Sacred HeartsFather Power
  20. 1984This Office LifeReporter
  21. 1982NutcrackerLeopold
  22. 1979Stories from a Flying TrunkHans Christian Andersen
  23. 1977The Prince and the PauperPrince's Dresser
  24. 1977Gulliver's TravelsSubtracto (voice)
  25. 1977Joseph AndrewsBeau Didapper
  26. 1976The Bawdy Adventures of Tom JonesBlifil
  27. 1976Shout at the DevilLt. Phipps
  28. 1975Barry LyndonReverend Runt
  29. 1975LisztomaniaHector Berlioz
  30. 1974Ghost StoryMcFayden
  31. 1973Gawain and the Green KnightSeneschal
  32. 1973The Adventures Of Don QuixoteTraveling Barber
  33. 1973Ghost in the Noonday SunHamidos
  34. 1972A Day in the Death of Joe EggDoctor
  35. 1971The Boy FriendAlphonse
  36. 1971The DevilsFather-Canon Jean Mignon
  37. 1970Start the Revolution Without MeBlind Man
  38. 1969Something in the CellarFred
  39. 1968The FixerPriest
  40. 1967Smashing Time1st Exquisite
  41. 1966KaleidoscopeAimes
  42. 1966AlfieNat
  43. 1964The Diary of a NobodyLupin Pooter
  44. 1963The CeremonyGendarme
  45. 1963Sparrows Can't SingGeorgie
  46. 1962Solo for SparrowLarkin
  47. 1962H.M.S. DefiantWagstaffe
  48. 1961Petticoat PiratesKenneth
  49. 1961A Taste of HoneyGeoffrey Ingham
  50. 1960SuspectTeddy Boy
  51. 1960The CriminalAntlers