Murray Melvin


Actor
Murray Melvin

About

Birth Place
London, England, GB
Born
August 10, 1932

Biography

Narrow-faced, slender, haughty-looking character player, best known for his Cannes award-winning performance as Rita Tushingham's sympathetic gay friend in Tony Richardson's adaptation of Shelagh Delaney's "angry young woman" drama, "A Taste of Honey" (1961). A prolific theater actor--he originated the "Honey" role on the stage--Melvin has appeared in several films, including three by di...

Biography

Narrow-faced, slender, haughty-looking character player, best known for his Cannes award-winning performance as Rita Tushingham's sympathetic gay friend in Tony Richardson's adaptation of Shelagh Delaney's "angry young woman" drama, "A Taste of Honey" (1961). A prolific theater actor--he originated the "Honey" role on the stage--Melvin has appeared in several films, including three by director Peter Medak: "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" (1970), "The Krays" (1990) and "Let Him Have It" (1991).

Life Events

1957

Made first professional appearance as the Queen's messenger in "Macbeth" with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop Company, at the Theatre Royal Stratford

1958

Performed at Stratford East; scored success as Geoffrey in "A Taste of Honey" which transferred to the West End in 1959

1960

Film debut, "The Suspect/The Risk"

1964

Broadway debut in "Oh, What a Lovely War!" And "The Solider's Tale"

1974

Made stage directing debut, "Miss Donnithorne's Maggot"

Videos

Movie Clip

Trailer

Family

Hugh Victor Melvin
Father
Maisie Winifred Melvin
Mother

Bibliography