Person

Murray Melvin

Acting · 1932–2023 · Hampstead, London, England, UK

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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  Midsomer Murders

  Bentham DeQuetteville

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  The Avengers

  1961

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  BBC Play of the Month

  The Dauphin

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  Theatre 625

  Berthold

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  Torchwood

  Bilis

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  Thirty-Minute Theatre

  Wojciech

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  Crossbow

  1987

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  Bugs

  1995

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  Out of the Unknown

  Fred

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  The Phantom of the Opera

  Reyer

• 2023The UndertakerLenny
• 2022Stanleyandus - a Kubrick odysseyself
• 2021Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacCollSelf
• 2018The Ghost of Peter SellersSelf
• 2018Starhunter ReduXCaravaggio
• 2017The Lost City of ZLord James Bernard
• 2012The Grey MileProfessor Worth
• 2010The VillageMale Librarian
• 2009Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost StoryHimself
• 2007T-Bag: The Reunion DocumentarySelf
• 2006TorchwoodBilis
• 2006Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the ImageHimself
• 2004The Phantom of the OperaReyer
• 2004The Genius of MozartLorenzo da Ponte
• 2002Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The DevilsSelf
• 2001David CopperfieldDr Edward Chillip
• 2001The Emperor's New ClothesAntommarchi
• 2000David CopperfieldDr Edward Chillip
• 2000StarhunterCaravaggio AI
• 1999Stanley and UsSelf
• 1999Alice in WonderlandChief Executioner
• 1997Midsomer MurdersBentham DeQuetteville
• 1995Oscar's Orchestra
• 1995Bugs
• 1994Princess CarabooLord Motley
• 1994Doomsday GunShop Manager
• 1992As You Like ItSir Oliver Martext
• 1991Let Him Have ItSecondary School Teacher
• 1990The FoolJeremy Ruttle
• 1990Sunday PursuitHead waiter
• 1990The KraysNewsagent
• 1990ChillersMr Taylor
• 1989SlipstreamMan on Stairs
• 1988TestimonyFilm Editor
• 1987Crossbow
• 1987ComradesMr. Frampton's Clerk
• 1985Sacred HeartsFather Power
• 1985Christopher ColumbusPadre Linares
• 1985Super GranNeville Mince
• 1984This Office LifeReporter
• 1982NutcrackerLeopold
• 1979Stories from a Flying TrunkHans Christian Andersen
• 1978Clouds of GloryRobert Lovell
• 1977The Prince and the PauperPrince's Dresser
• 1977Gulliver's TravelsSubtracto (voice)
• 1977Joseph AndrewsBeau Didapper
• 1976The Bawdy Adventures of Tom JonesBlifil
• 1976Shout at the DevilLt. Phipps
• 1975Barry LyndonReverend Runt
• 1975LisztomaniaHector Berlioz
• 1974Ghost StoryMcFayden
• 1973Gawain and the Green KnightSeneschal
• 1973The Adventures Of Don QuixoteTraveling Barber
• 1973Ghost in the Noonday SunHamidos
• 1972A Day in the Death of Joe EggDoctor
• 1971The Boy FriendAlphonse
• 1971The DevilsFather-Canon Jean Mignon
• 1970Start the Revolution Without MeBlind Man
• 1969Something in the CellarFred
• 1968The FixerPriest
• 1968The Tyrant KingGerald Gould
• 1968Ooh La La!Vladimir
• 1967Smashing Time1st Exquisite
• 1967Angel PavementTurgis
• 1967Half Hour StoryAlex
• 1966The InformerWilliam Waterwell
• 1966KaleidoscopeAimes
• 1966AlfieNat
• 1966Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the WorldPhotographer
• 1965BBC Play of the MonthThe Dauphin
• 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreWojciech
• 1965Out of the UnknownFred
• 1965The Wednesday ThrillerArthur
• 1964The Diary of a NobodyLupin Pooter
• 1964SixLupin Pooter
• 1964Theatre 625Berthold
• 1963The CeremonyGendarme
• 1963Sparrows Can't SingGeorgie
• 1962Solo for SparrowLarkin
• 1962H.M.S. DefiantWagstaffe
• 1961Petticoat PiratesKenneth
• 1961A Taste of HoneyGeoffrey Ingham
• 1961The Avengers
• 1960SuspectTeddy Boy
• 1960The CriminalAntlers