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).
Cannes Film Festival
Best Actor
Known For
Barry Lyndon
(1975)
Rev. Samuel Runt
The Phantom of the Opera
(2004)
Reyer
The Lost City of Z
(2017)
Lord James Bernard
The Devils
(1971)
Father-Canon Jean Mignon
Alfie
(1966)
Nat
Alice in Wonderland
(1999)
Chief Executioner
The Krays
(1990)
Newsagent
H.M.S. Defiant
(1962)
Wagstaffe
The Prince and the Pauper
(1977)
Prince's Dresser
Slipstream
(1989)
Man on Stairs
Princess Caraboo
(1994)
Lord Motley
The Emperor's New Clothes
(2001)
Antommarchi
Shout at the Devil
(1976)
Lt. Phipps
Suspect
(1960)
Teddy Boy
Joseph Andrews
(1977)
Beau Didapper
A Taste of Honey
(1961)
Geoffrey Ingham
Full Filmography
Acting
The Criminal
(1960)
Antlers
Suspect
(1960)
Teddy Boy
A Taste of Honey
(1961)
Geoffrey Ingham
Petticoat Pirates
(1961)
Kenneth
Solo for Sparrow
(1962)
Larkin
H.M.S. Defiant
(1962)
Wagstaffe
Sparrows Can't Sing
(1963)
Georgie
The Ceremony
(1963)
Gendarme
The Diary of a Nobody
(1964)
Lupin Pooter
Alfie
(1966)
Nat
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
(1966)
Photographer
Kaleidoscope
(1966)
Aimes
Smashing Time
(1967)
1st Exquisite
The Fixer
(1968)
Priest
Start the Revolution Without Me
(1970)
Blind Man
The Boy Friend
(1971)
Alphonse
The Devils
(1971)
Father-Canon Jean Mignon
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
(1972)
Doctor
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
(1973)
Hamidos
Gawain and the Green Knight
(1973)
Seneschal
Ghost Story
(1974)
McFayden
Barry Lyndon
(1975)
Rev. Samuel Runt
Lisztomania
(1975)
Hector Berlioz
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
(1976)
Blifil
Shout at the Devil
(1976)
Lt. Phipps
The Prince and the Pauper
(1977)
Prince's Dresser
Joseph Andrews
(1977)
Beau Didapper
Gulliver's Travels
(1977)
(voice)
Stories from a Flying Trunk
(1979)
Hans Christian Andersen
Nutcracker
(1982)
Leopold
This Office Life
(1984)
Reporter
Sacred Hearts
(1985)
Father Power
Comrades
(1987)
Mr. Frampton's Clerk
Testimony
(1988)
Film Editor
Slipstream
(1989)
Man on Stairs
The Krays
(1990)
Newsagent
Sunday Pursuit
(1990)
Head waiter
Let Him Have It
(1991)
Secondary School Teacher
As You Like It
(1992)
Sir Oliver Martext
Princess Caraboo
(1994)
Lord Motley
Doomsday Gun
(1994)
Shop Manager
Alice in Wonderland
(1999)
Chief Executioner
Stanley and Us
(1999)
Self
The Emperor's New Clothes
(2001)
Antommarchi
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
(2002)
Self
The Phantom of the Opera
(2004)
Reyer
Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
(2006)
Himself
The Village
(2010)
Male Librarian
The Grey Mile
(2012)
Professor Worth
The Lost City of Z
(2017)
Lord James Bernard
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
(2018)
Himself
Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl
(2021)
Self
The Undertaker
(2023)
Lenny