Murray Melvin
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).
The Phantom of the Opera
as ReyerDeformed since birth, a bitter man known only as The Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the...
Movie pageBarry Lyndon
as Rev. Samuel RuntAn Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century...
Movie pageThe Lost City of Z
as Lord James BernardA true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered...
Movie pageThe Devils
as Father-Canon Jean MignonIn 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the...
Movie pageAlice in Wonderland
as Chief ExecutionerAlice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets...
Movie pageAlfie
as NatA young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his...
Movie pageH.M.S. Defiant
as WagstaffeDefiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the...
Movie pageComrades
as Mr. Frampton's ClerkThe story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed...
Movie pageThe Prince and the Pauper
as Prince's DresserTom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales...
Movie pageSlipstream
as Man on StairsIn the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the...
Movie pageA Taste of Honey
as Geoffrey InghamJo is a neglected 16-year-old girl whose promiscuous mother marries a dandy. Jo gets pregnant...
Movie pageThe Krays
as NewsagentThe Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald...
Movie pageShout at the Devil
as Lt. PhippsDuring World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's...
Movie pageLet Him Have It
as Secondary School TeacherIn 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by...
Movie pageStart the Revolution Without Me
as Blind ManTwo sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre...
Movie pageLisztomania
as Hector BerliozRoger Daltrey of The Who stars as 19th century genius pianist Franz Liszt in this brash, loud...
Movie pageThe Criminal
as AntlersWhen a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to...
Movie pageThe Emperor's New Clothes
as AntommarchiNapoleon, exiled, devises a plan to retake the throne. He'll swap places with commoner Eugene...
Movie pageThe Boy Friend
as AlphonseThe assistant stage manager of a small-time theatrical company is forced to understudy for the...
Movie pageThe Fixer
as PriestSet in tsarist Russia around the turn of the century and based on a true story of a Russian...
Movie pagePrincess Caraboo
as Lord MotleyBristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is...
Movie pageGulliver's Travels
as (voice)Based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift and built around the Lilliput and Blefuscu...
Movie pageJoseph Andrews
as Beau DidapperLady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty...
Movie pageSuspect
as Teddy BoyA government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets...
Movie pageSparrows Can't Sing
as GeorgieCharlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife...
Movie pagePetticoat Pirates
as KennethUndistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive...
Movie pageDoomsday Gun
as Shop ManagerDr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns (very large long range guns...
Movie pageSacred Hearts
as Father PowerA tough nun (Anna Massey) demands belief and obedience from convent schoolgirls (Katrin...
Movie pageThe Ceremony
as GendarmeA man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier.
Movie pageGhost in the Noonday Sun
as HamidosA pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure....
Movie pageHell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
as SelfHell on Earth is a documentary about Ken Russell's 1971 film, The Devils. Film critic Mark...
Movie pageKaleidoscope
as AimesBarney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer...
Movie pageAs You Like It
as Sir Oliver MartextHiding out in an industrial wasteland from the murderous wrath of a regional ruler, a woman,...
Movie pageTestimony
as Film EditorThe story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career...
Movie pageGhost Story
as McFaydenSeveral old college friends converge at a mansion, ostensibly for a pleasant reunion. Larry...
Movie pageThe Undertaker
as LennyA meek undertaker becomes trapped in a violent world when a gangster enlists him to dispose of a...
Movie pageThis Office Life
as ReporterOn arrival at British Albion, Mr Gryce felt that his lack of ambition would be completely...
Movie pageA Day in the Death of Joe Egg
as DoctorA couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly...
Movie pageSmashing Time
as 1st ExquisiteTwo young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money...
Movie pageGawain and the Green Knight
as SeneschalThe medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.
Movie pageThe Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
as BlifilAnother stab at Henry Fielding's hilarious novel about the amorous misadventures of a dashing...
Movie pageSunday Pursuit
as Head waiterThomas Wilkins has faithfully worked his entire life on Saville Row. Suddenly he is fired by his...
Movie pageThe Ghost of Peter Sellers
as HimselfA documentary about Peter Medak's unreleased film 'Ghost in the Noonday Sun', starring Peter...
Movie pageStories from a Flying Trunk
as Hans Christian AndersenA magical blend of choreography, stop-motion and live action, Stories from a Flying Trunk...
Movie pageIsadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
as PhotographerThe outrageous life of the American dancer of the 1920s, Isadora Duncan, whom Ken Russell...
Movie pageNutcracker
as LeopoldA Russian ballet dancer defects from the USSR, emigrates to England, and joins a ballet company...
Movie pageSet the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl
as SelfBorn James Henry Miller in 1915, MacColl became prominent on the folk scene in the 1950s and was...
Movie pageThe Diary of a Nobody
as Lupin PooterKen Russell's silent film treatment of the 19th century comic novel by the Brothers Grossmith -...
Movie pageSolo for Sparrow
as LarkinA group of crooks accidentally kill an elderly shop assistant while stealing the keys to the...
Movie pageBill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
as HimselfA documentary exploring Bill Douglas' struggle from childhood poverty to acclaimed filmmaker of...
Movie pageStanley and Us
as SelfThree hapless directors arrive in England from Italy to make a documentary on their idol. The...
Movie pageMidsomer Murders
as Bentham DeQuettevilleThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...
TV Show pageTorchwood
as BilisThe exploits a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the...
TV Show pageThe Avengers
as uncreditedThe Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....
TV Show pageJonathan Creek
as Lionel PrekoppWorking from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural...
TV Show pageBugs
as uncreditedBugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August...
TV Show pageSuper Gran
as Neville MinceAdapted from Forrest Wilson's books, the children's programme revolves around a grandmother with...
TV Show pageClouds of Glory
as Robert LovellDramatization by Melvyn Bragg and Ken Russell of the lives of the poets Wordsworth and Coleridge.
TV Show pageChristopher Columbus
as Padre LinaresAfter his proposal to sail west to the East Indies is rejected by Portugal, Columbus overcomes...
TV Show pageStarhunter
as Caravaggio AIStarhunter is a Canadian science fiction television
TV Show pageThe Genius of Mozart
as Lorenzo da PonteLooks at Mozart's extraordinary short life and revolutionary music through a distinctive mix of...
TV Show pageChillers
as Mr. TaylorBased on Patricia Highsmith short stories. Displaying a sinister atmosphere, delving into the...
TV Show pageBulman
as uncreditedBulman is a Granada TV series which ran from 1985–1987 and followed the fortunes of the major...
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