Stephen Murray
Biography
Stephen Murray was an English actor who worked widely in theater, radio, film and television. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he began appearing onstage at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1933. Over the following years he played Hamlet at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, appeared at the Old Vic with Laurence Olivier and Tyrone Guthrie, and took the title part in John Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln at the Westminster Theatre in 1940. His movie roles included Uncle Henry in London Belongs to Me (1948), the central character in Terence Fisher's Four Sided Triangle (1953), and Dr Manette in the film A Tale of Two Cities (1958). He was best known on radio for The Navy Lark, where he played Number 1 and was later promoted to Lieutenant Commander, a part he kept from 1960 to 1977, and he appeared in more than 300 radio plays. On television he played Sir Francis Walsingham in Elizabeth R.
70years old at death
- Born Partney
- Died London
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Stephen Umfreville Hay Murray
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 27 years1950 to 1977
Genres
- Drama57%, 4 films
- Romance57%, 4 films
- Comedy14%, 1 film
- Documentary14%, 1 film
- History14%, 1 film
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Big break
Murray became best known as the new Number 1 in The Navy Lark on BBC Radio, a part that was later promoted to Lieutenant Commander.
First role
Murray's film debut was a tiny one: he played the second police officer who interrupts Eliza and Freddy in Pygmalion (1938).
First role
In 1933 Murray first appeared on stage at Stratford-upon-Avon. Among the smaller roles he took there was Seyton in Macbeth.
Early training
Stephen Murray was educated at Brentwood School in Essex and then at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
A first
Murray played Macbeth on television in 1949 and then on radio a month later, because the two audiences were thought to be so different.
Stephen Murray movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Stephen Murray shares two films with Rosalie Crutchley, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Rosalie Crutchley's page
Christopher Lee's page
Donald Pleasence's page
Peter Cushing's page
John Mills's page
James Fox's page
All films by Fred Zinnemann
Christian HerrendoerferDirector, 1 film, 1977
Joachim FestDirector, 1 film, 1977
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.