Murray Melvin

Biography

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).

Known For

Midsomer Murders

The Avengers

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Torchwood

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

All Movies (60)

• The Undertaker2023 · as Lenny
• Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl2021 · as Self
• The Ghost of Peter Sellers2018 · as Self
• The Lost City of Z2017 · as Lord James Bernard
• The Grey Mile2012 · as Professor Worth
• The Village2010 · as Male Librarian
• Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story2009 · as Himself
• T-Bag: The Reunion Documentary2007 · as Self
• Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image2006 · as Himself
• The Phantom of the Opera2004 · as Reyer
• Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils2002 · as Self
• David Copperfield2001 · as Dr Edward Chillip
• The Emperor's New Clothes2001 · as Antommarchi
• Stanley and Us1999 · as Self
• Alice in Wonderland1999 · as Chief Executioner
• Princess Caraboo1994 · as Lord Motley
• Doomsday Gun1994 · as Shop Manager
• As You Like It1992 · as Sir Oliver Martext
• Let Him Have It1991 · as Secondary School Teacher
• The Fool1990 · as Jeremy Ruttle
• Sunday Pursuit1990 · as Head waiter
• The Krays1990 · as Newsagent
• Slipstream1989 · as Man on Stairs
• Testimony1988 · as Film Editor
• Testimony1988 · as The Film Editor
• Comrades1987 · as Mr. Frampton's Clerk
• Sacred Hearts1985 · as Father Power
• This Office Life1984 · as Reporter
• Nutcracker1982 · as Leopold
• Stories from a Flying Trunk1979 · as Hans Christian Andersen
• The Prince and the Pauper1977 · as Prince's Dresser
• Gulliver's Travels1977 · as Subtracto (voice)
• Joseph Andrews1977 · as Beau Didapper
• The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones1976 · as Blifil
• Shout at the Devil1976 · as Lt. Phipps
• Barry Lyndon1975 · as Reverend Runt
• Lisztomania1975 · as Hector Berlioz
• Ghost Story1974 · as McFayden
• Gawain and the Green Knight1973 · as Seneschal
• The Adventures Of Don Quixote1973 · as Traveling Barber
• Ghost in the Noonday Sun1973 · as Hamidos
• A Day in the Death of Joe Egg1972 · as Doctor
• The Boy Friend1971 · as Alphonse
• The Devils1971 · as Father-Canon Jean Mignon
• Start the Revolution Without Me1970 · as Blind Man
• Something in the Cellar1969 · as Fred
• The Fixer1968 · as Priest
• Smashing Time1967 · as 1st Exquisite
• Kaleidoscope1966 · as Aimes
• Alfie1966 · as Nat
• Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World1966 · as Photographer
• The Diary of a Nobody1964 · as Lupin Pooter
• The Ceremony1963 · as Gendarme
• Sparrows Can't Sing1963 · as Georgie
• Solo for Sparrow1962 · as Larkin
• H.M.S. Defiant1962 · as Wagstaffe
• Petticoat Pirates1961 · as Kenneth
• A Taste of Honey1961 · as Geoffrey Ingham
• Suspect1960 · as Teddy Boy
• The Criminal1960 · as Antlers

All TV Shows (27)

• Stanleyandus - a Kubrick odyssey2022 · as self
• Starhunter ReduX2018 · as Caravaggio
• Torchwood2006 · as Bilis
• The Genius of Mozart2004 · as Lorenzo da Ponte
• David Copperfield2000 · as Dr Edward Chillip
• Starhunter2000 · as Caravaggio AI
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Bentham DeQuetteville
• Oscar's Orchestra1995
• Bugs1995
• Chillers1990 · as Mr Taylor
• Crossbow1987
• Christopher Columbus1985 · as Padre Linares
• Super Gran1985 · as Neville Mince
• Clouds of Glory1978 · as Robert Lovell
• The Tyrant King1968 · as Gerald Gould
• Ooh La La!1968 · as Vladimir
• Half Hour Story1967 · as Alex
• The Informer1966 · as William Waterwell
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as The Dauphin
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Travelling Barber
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Wojciech
• Out of the Unknown1965 · as Fred
• The Wednesday Thriller1965 · as Arthur
• Six1964 · as Lupin Pooter
• Theatre 6251964 · as Berthold
• Theatre 6251964 · as Thumb
• The Avengers1961