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- Murray Melvin was born on August 10, 1932 in St. Pancras, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Le fantôme de l'opéra (2004), Un goût de miel (1961) and Barry Lyndon (1975). He died on April 14, 2023 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- ParentsHugh Victor MelvinMaisie Winifred Driscoll
- Frequently directed by Ken Russell.
- Uptight or classy intellectural sophisticated types
- Was prevented from accepting his best actor award in Cannes for "A Taste of Honey" because he was then appearing in a Keith Waterhouse/Willis Hall revue on the London stage and the management would not release him.
- British stage actor often utilized by director Ken Russell for his films.
- Best known for his role as gay textile design student Geoffrey Ingham in A Taste of Honey, opposite Rita Tushingham. It garnered him the Best Actor Award at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.
- Appeared in the first ever episode of The Avengers.
- In 2007, he narrated Tales of the Supernatural Volume 3 by M. R. James for Fantom Films. This was followed in 2009 by M.R. James - A Ghost Story for Christmas, and in 2011 and 2012 by two recordings of Wilkie Collins: Supernatural Stories, Volumes 2 & 3 and The Dark Shadows Legend :The Happier Dead.
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