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Murray Melvin is a Actor British born on 30 november 1932 at Hampstead (United-kingdom)

Murray Melvin

Murray Melvin
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 30 november 1932 at Hampstead (United-kingdom)
Death 14 april 2023 (at 90 years)

Murray Melvin (born 10 August 1932) is an English stage and film actor noted for his work with Joan Littlewood, Ken Russell and Stanley Kubrick. He is the author of two books: The Art of Theatre Workshop (2006) and The Theatre Royal, A History of the Building (2009).

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The Devils
The Devils
(1971)
(Actor)

Usually with

Ken Russell
Ken Russell
(3 films)
Vernon Dobtcheff
Vernon Dobtcheff
(6 films)
Tony Palmer
Tony Palmer
(2 films)
Peter Medak
Peter Medak
(6 films)
Tony Richardson
Tony Richardson
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Murray Melvin (43 films)

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Jusqu'à la lie
Jusqu'à la lie (2019)
, 1h43
Directed by Christian Le Hémonet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Manuel Bonnet, Murray Melvin
Roles le vieil anglais

Huit ans après qu'un pacte ait été conclu entre eux, Charlotte, harcelée au téléphone cède et accepte le rendez-vous d'Ulysse qu'elle prévoit particulièrement éprouvant. Un inavouable secret les lie. Autrefois endettée elle avait alors accepté l'inacceptable. Ce beau célibataire qu'un ami lui avait présenté était-il l'amoureux inconsolable d'une liaison passée ou un déséquilibré ? Et cet enfant qu'elle évoque à mi-mots est-il vivant, mort ou imaginaire ? Durant tout un après-midi ce couple improbable se déchirera, d'abord à fleurets mouchetés, puis de plus en plus violemment jusqu'au cruel dénouement.
The Lost City of Z
The Lost City of Z (2017)
, 2h20
Directed by James Gray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Indiens d'Amazonie
Actors Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Edward Ashley-Cooper, Angus Macfadyen
Roles Lord James Bernard
Rating65% 3.297243.297243.297243.297243.29724
Explorers search for a British Colonel who disappeared trying to find a legendary City of Z, in the region of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, the Pantanal of Brazil, during the 1920s.
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
, 2h23
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Ghost films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, Simon Callow
Roles Reyer
Rating72% 3.600223.600223.600223.600223.60022
In the year 1919, the Opéra Populaire holds a public auction to clear the theatre's vaults. The Vicomte de Chagny purchases a papier-mâché music box in the shape of a monkey and eyes it sadly as Madame Giry, an aged woman dressed in black, watches him. The auctioneer then presents a shattered chandelier as the next item up for bid, explaining that it once played a key role in "the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opéra." As the chandelier is displayed for all to see, it flickers to life and slowly ascends to its original place in the rafters as the audience is transported back in time to the year 1870.
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
, 1h47
Directed by Alan Taylor
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films
Actors Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny, Nigel Terry, Hugh Bonneville, Trevor Cooper
Roles Antommarchi
Rating67% 3.3971053.3971053.3971053.3971053.397105
In 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte (Holm), after six years in exile on the isle of St. Helena, has a plan to escape. Switching places with lowly French deckhand Eugene Lenormand (Holm again), Napoleon will make his way to Paris, at which time Eugene will announce the switch, allowing Napoleon to reclaim his throne.
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
, 2h9
Directed by Nick Willing
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Tina Majorino, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Whoopi Goldberg, Simon Russell Beale, Robbie Coltrane
Roles Chief Executioner
Rating62% 3.149763.149763.149763.149763.14976
The film follows the storyline of the book closely, save for adding some scenes from Through the Looking-Glass. It also changes the opening real world scene from Alice and her sister sitting at a riverbank to Alice in her bedroom, reluctantly practicing the song "Cherry Ripe", which she is expected to perform at a garden party. (The party guests are played by the same actors as the Wonderland characters, and are shown as resembling them in appearance and personality, in a similar manner to the MGM version of The Wizard of Oz. The toys in Alice's room also reflect the residents of Wonderland). Thanks to stage fright, and constant nagging from her confident music teacher, Alice runs out of the house and hides herself in the woods nearby until the party has ended. However, an apple floats down from the tree and seems to hover in Alice's face. She is suddenly distracted by a human-sized White Rabbit (voiced by Richard Coombs) rushing by. Curious, Alice follows the White Rabbit, falling down his rabbit hole and ending up in Wonderland.
Princess Caraboo
Princess Caraboo (1994)
, 1h37
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Historical
Actors Phoebe Cates, Jim Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow, Stephen Rea
Roles Lord Motley
Rating59% 2.998442.998442.998442.998442.99844
In Regency England, an exotically dressed woman is found in the fields, speaking a language no one can understand. She ends up at the home of the Worrall family, the local gentry. Their Greek butler, Frixos thinks the woman is a fraud from the start. Mr. Worrall sends her to the magistrate to be tried for vagrancy, but Mrs. Worrall agrees to care for her. Mr. Gutch, a local printer and newspaper reporter, takes an interest in the case especially after the woman claims via pantomime to be Princess Caraboo.
Doomsday Gun
Doomsday Gun (1994)
, 1h46
Directed by Robert Young
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action, Historical
Actors Frank Langella, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Clive Owen, James Fox, Michael Kitchen
Roles Shop Manager
Rating60% 3.0482053.0482053.0482053.0482053.048205
The young Catholic Gerald Bull is fascinated with large-bore guns, inspired by Jules Verne's novel From The Earth To The Moon. The adult Dr. Gerald Bull's career as a successful large-bore gun designer takes a turn as he is defunded by the U.S. Army; he then produces weapons for China, Israel, and ultimately South Africa which results in his arrest and conviction for illegal arms dealing.
Let Him Have It
Let Him Have It (1991)
, 1h55
Directed by Peter Medak
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Tom Bell, Edward Hardwicke
Roles Secondary School Teacher
Rating70% 3.5452253.5452253.5452253.5452253.545225
The film is based on the true story of Derek Bentley. Within the film, Bentley (Eccleston) is an illiterate young adult with developmental disabilities who falls into a gang led by a younger teenager named Chris Craig (Reynolds). The two become trapped by the police, who tell Chris to put down his gun. Bentley says, "Let him have it, Chris." Chris begins firing, killing one officer and wounding another. Because he is a minor (under 18), Chris is given a minor sentence, but Bentley, although he did not shoot anyone, is sentenced to death, on the basis that his statement to Chris was an instigation to begin shooting.
The Fool
The Fool (1990)
, 2h20
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Derek Jacobi, Miranda Richardson, Cyril Cusack, Julian Firth, John Tams, Maria Aitken
Roles Jeremy Ruttle
Rating60% 3.049473.049473.049473.049473.04947
The narrative is grounded in the double life of a humble clerk who poses as the reclusive, but widely respected "Sir John." He thus moves in wealthy upper class circles and participates in grand investment schemes while living in a London slum. The movie's grand-eloquent socialist soliliquaies and detailed evocation of life in Victorian London drew on the vast personal archive of interviews about contemporary London life by Henry Mayhew.
The Krays
The Krays (1990)
, 1h59
Directed by Peter Medak
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Gangster films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp, Billie Whitelaw, Tom Bell, Martin Kemp, Susan Fleetwood
Roles Newsagent
Rating65% 3.296423.296423.296423.296423.29642
The film charts the lives of the Kray twins from childhood to adult life. The plot focuses on the relationship between the twins and their doting mother (Whitelaw). Ronald (Gary Kemp) is the dominant one, influencing his brother Reginald (Martin Kemp) to perform several acts of violence.
Slipstream
Slipstream (1989)
, 1h42
Directed by Steven Lisberger
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Transport films, Aviation films, Films set in the future, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films, Chase films, Disaster films
Actors Bob Peck, Mark Hamill, Kitty Aldridge, Bill Paxton, Robbie Coltrane, Eleanor David
Roles Man on Stairs
Rating47% 2.3524752.3524752.3524752.3524752.352475
The film opens with a mysterious man, later referred to as "Byron" (portrayed by Bob Peck), running down a canyon, being harassed by an aeroplane. Byron takes refuge from his pursuers on a precipice overlooking the canyon. The plane lands and its occupants, two obsessive law enforcement officers named Will Tasker and Belitski (Mark Hamill and Kitty Aldridge), chase the man on foot. They shoot the fugitive through the arm with a grappling hook. The fugitive looks at his arm, but does not seem injured, only intrigued. Tasker pulls on the rope now connected to the fugitive. He tumbles down the side of the canyon, but once again is not harmed. Immediately after his fall, the fugitive recites the words of famous World War II aviator and poet John Gillespie Magee, Jr., "I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth - put out my hand and touched the Face of God.", from the poem High Flight.
Comrades
Comrades (1987)
, 3h3
Directed by Bill Douglas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, La précarité, Political films
Actors Keith Allen, William Gaminara, Phil Davis, Alex Norton, Arthur Dignam, James Fox
Roles Mr. Frampton's Clerk
Rating72% 3.635743.635743.635743.635743.63574
C'est l'histoire des Martyrs de Tolpuddle . Des ouvriers agricoles du Dorset exploités par les propriétaires terriens s’organisent et créent la Société amicale des ouvriers agricoles (Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers). En 1834, ils sont déportés en Australie.
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit (1987)
, 6h
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood, Max Wall, Patricia Hayes, Alec Guinness, Miriam Margolyes
Roles le maître de danse
Rating71% 3.5917253.5917253.5917253.5917253.591725
Le film est présenté en deux parties. Dans la première, sous-titrée "La faute à personne" (une allusion à un des titres auxquels avait pensé Dickens pour le roman), l'histoire est présentée en fonction du personnage d'Arthur Clennam. La seconde, sous-titrée "L'histoire de la petite Dorrit", reprend une grande partie des mêmes événements, mais cette fois selon le point de vue de l'héroïne.