Murray Melvin
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Birth Place
London, England, GB
Born
August 10, 1932
Biography
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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).
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
The Lost City of Z
(2016)
The Phantom of the Opera
(2004)
The Emperor's New Clothes
(2001)
Alice in Wonderland
(1999)
La Passione
(1996)
England, My England
(1995)
Shaftesbury
Doomsday Gun
(1995)
Princess Caraboo
(1994)
As You Like It
(1992)
Sir Oliver Martext
Let Him Have It
(1991)
The Fool
(1991)
Jeremy Ruttle
Prisoner of Honor
(1991)
The Krays
(1990)
Newsagent
Slipstream
(1989)
Little Dorrit
(1988)
Testimony
(1987)
Film Editor
Comrades
(1986)
Clerk
Sacred Hearts
(1984)
Father Power
Nutcracker
(1982)
Stories From a Flying Trunk
(1979)
Hans Christian Andersen
Crossed Swords
(1978)
Debrie
Gulliver's Travels
(1977)
Voice
The Bawdy Adventures Of Tom Jones
(1976)
Blifil
Shout at the Devil
(1976)
Barry Lyndon
(1975)
Gawain And The Green Knight
(1973)
The Adventures of Don Quixote
(1973)
Barber
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
(1973)
Hamldon
The Boy Friend
(1971)
Alphonse
The Devils
(1971)
Father Mignon
Start the Revolution Without Me
(1970)
Blind man
The Fixer
(1968)
Priest
Smashing Time
(1967)
1st exquisite
Alfie
(1966)
Nat
Solo for Sparrow
(1966)
Larkin
Kaleidoscope
(1966)
Aimes
Sparrows Can't Sing
(1963)
Georgie
The Ceremony
(1963)
1st gendarme
A Taste of Honey
(1962)
Geoffrey
Damn the Defiant!
(1962)
Wagstaffe
The Concrete Jungle
(1962)
Antlers
The Risk
(1961)
Teddy Boy
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
David Copperfield
(2000)
Dr Chilip
Christopher Columbus
(1985)
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"
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Family
Hugh Victor Melvin
Father
Maisie Winifred Melvin
Mother
