Trivia

He played smooth, gentlemanly, but shady types (businessmen, spies, lawyers), and was probably best known for playing Putty Nose in James Cagney''s El enemigo público (1931).

Murray Kinnell was responsible for getting Bette Davis her big break in movies when, after appearing with her in The Menace (1932), he suggested that his friend, the prestigious actor George Arliss, should cast her in his upcoming film, The Man Who Played God (1932).

Originally cast as Tom Pierce in Tarzan and His Mate, he was replaced during production by William Stack.

Appeared in four Oscar Best Picture nominees: Grand Hotel (1932), The House of Rothschild (1934), Capitán Sangre (1935) and Capitanes Valientes (1937), with only the first of these winning.