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Murray Melvin

Highest Rated: 100% Damn the Defiant! (1962)

Lowest Rated: 20% Alice in Wonderland (1999)

Birthday: Aug 10, 1932

Birthplace: St. Pancras, London, England, UK

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). Murray Melvin died on April 14, 2023 at the age of 90.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 63% Damn the Defiant! Watchlist 97% 76% Alfie Watchlist 86% 86% A Taste of Honey Watchlist 84% 86% Let Him Have It Watchlist 83% 50% Sparrows Can't Sing Watchlist 82% 70% The Boy Friend Watchlist 78% 92% Barry Lyndon Watchlist 73% 65% The Emperor's New Clothes Watchlist 71% 88% The Devils Watchlist 32% 84% The Phantom of the Opera Watchlist
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Murray Melvin

Murray Melvin THE DEVILS, from left: Michael Gothard, Oliver Reed, Murray Melvin, 1971. A TASTE OF HONEY, Murray Melvin, Rita Tushingham, 1961 A TASTE OF HONEY, Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, 1961 A TASTE OF HONEY, Murray Melvin, Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, 1961 A TASTE OF HONEY, Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, director Tony Richardson, on-set, 1961 THE DEVILS, Vanessa Redgrave, Murray Melvin, 1971 A TASTE OF HONEY, Murray Melvin, Rita Tushingham, 1961 A TASTE OF HONEY, Murray Melvin, Rita Tushingham, 1961 A TASTE OF HONEY, Murray Melvin, Rita Tushingham, 1961 View more photos

Filmography

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The Undertaker 2023 Lenny Actor The Phantom of the Opera 32% 84% 2004 Reyer Actor The Emperor's New Clothes 73% 65% 2001 Antommarchi Actor Alice in Wonderland 20% 62% 1999 Chief Executioner Actor England, My England 75% 1995 Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury Actor Doomsday Gun 50% 1994 Shop Manager Actor As You Like It 1992 Sir Oliver Martext Actor Let Him Have It 84% 86% 1991 Secondary School Teacher Actor Nutcracker 1982 Leopold Actor Stories From a Flying Trunk 1979 Hans Christian Andersen Actor Barry Lyndon 78% 92% 1975 Reverend Samuel Runt Actor Gawain and the Green Knight 1973 Seneschal Actor Ghost in the Noonday Sun 1973 Hamidos Actor A Day in the Death of Joe Egg 70% 1972 Doctor Actor The Boy Friend 82% 70% 1971 Alphonse Actor The Devils 71% 88% 1971 Mignon Actor Kaleidoscope 58% 1966 Aimes Actor Alfie 97% 76% 1966 Nat Actor The Ceremony 1963 First Gendaime Actor Sparrows Can't Sing 83% 50% 1963 Georgie Actor Damn the Defiant! 100% 63% 1962 Percival Wagstaffe Actor A Taste of Honey 86% 86% 1961 Geoffrey Ingham Actor
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