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born: "1 July 1912"
died: "25 April 1985"
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# Murray Matheson

Actor. Born 1 July 1912 in Casterton, Victoria, Australia. Died 25 April 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 July 1912, Casterton, Victoria, Australia
- **Died:** 25 April 1985
- **Also known as:** Sidney Murray Matheson
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Matheson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6939366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558569/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/138179

## Biography

Murray Matheson, also credited as Sidney Murray Matheson, was an Australian actor. Born in Casterton, Victoria, he grew up on a sheep station and began his stage career in Melbourne in the early 1930s. He later performed in London from 1937 and made his New York debut in 1950.

Matheson appeared in films from 1945, including *The Way to the Stars* (1945) and *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955). He became a frequent guest star on American television in series such as *The Twilight Zone* (1959), *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), *Get Smart* (1965), *Hawaii Five-O* (1969) and *Banacek*, and had roles in *How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* (1967) and *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983). His stage work continued until 1982.

He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, in 1985.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955), Fi1m 60, as Dr. John Keith — [page](https://film.one/film/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Twilight Zone Christmas Classics* (2014), as The clown
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), as Mr. Agee
- *Tucker's Witch* (1982), series, as Nathan Bly
- *Newhart* (1982), series, as Carl
- *The Million Dollar Face* (1981), as Sir Douglas Devereaux
- *Angel on My Shoulder* (1980), as The Stranger
- *Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith* (1979), as Zacharias
- *Battlestar Galactica* (1978), series, as Specter (voice), Statesman Geller
- *Rabbit Test* (1978), as Dr. Mario Lowell
- *Three's Company* (1977), series, as Roger
- *Tail Gunner Joe* (1977), as Publisher
- *The Tony Randall Show* (1976), series, as Burnside
- *S.W.A.T.* (1975), series, Actor
- *Kolchak: The Night Stalker* (1974), series, as Mr. Lane-Mariot
- *Arnold* (1973), as Lord Arnold Dwellyn (voice / uncredited)
- *The Magician* (1973), series, as Walter Moran
- *Lieutenant Schuster's Wife* (1972), as Abbott
- *Ghost Story* (1972), series, as Mathews
- *Banacek* (1972), series, as Felix Mulholland
- *The Woman I Love* (1972), as Walter Monckton
- *McMillan & Wife* (1971), series, as Angus McFee
- *The Silent Force* (1970), series, as Valentine Estes
- *Explosion* (1969), as Owner of Jaguar
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Lord Charles Danby, Jeffrey Talbot
- *Here's Lucy* (1968), series, as Professor Dietrich
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Dave Rogers
- *It Takes a Thief* (1968), series, as Harry Fulham
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as Snowy Bartlett
- *How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* (1967), as Ovington
- *The Invaders* (1967), series, as Dr. Reynard
- *The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.* (1966), series, as Dr. Merek
- *Assault on a Queen* (1966), as Captain
- *Get Smart* (1965), series, as Devonshire
- *Signpost to Murder* (1964), as Dr. Graham
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as The Maharajah
- *Bewitched* (1964), series, Actor
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Earl Morehead — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Wall of Noise* (1963), as Jack Matlock
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Charles Justin
- *The Notorious Landlady* (1962), as Neighbour (uncredited)
- *Theatre 62: Rebecca* (1962), as Frank Crawley
- *The Defenders* (1961), series, as Sir Tony Beardsley
- *Route 66* (1960), series, as Leigh Adams
- *Checkmate* (1960), series, as Augie Belner
- *Thriller* (1960), series, as Thomas Edward Griffith
- *The Moon and Sixpence* (1959), Actor
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Clown — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Howard Hopkins
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Oliver Teleton
- *Folio* (1955), series, as Harry Hansen
- *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955), as Dr. John Keith — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.md)
- *On Camera* (1954), series, as James
- *The Bamboo Prison* (1954), as Comrade Clayton
- *King of the Khyber Rifles* (1953), as Maj. Ian MacAllister
- *Flight to Tangier* (1953), as Franz Kovac, Money Courier
- *Kraft Television Theatre* (1953), series, Actor
- *A Tale of Two Cities* (1953), as Dr. Alexander Manette
- *Jamaica Run* (1953), as Inspector Mole
- *Botany Bay* (1952), as Rev. Mortimer Thynne
- *Hurricane Smith* (1952), as Dr. Whitmore
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Old Waiter
- *The Secret Tunnel* (1948), as Mr. Henderson
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as James De Lancey
- *Kraft Television Theatre* (1947), series, as Simon Leigh
- *School for Secrets* (1946), as Wing Cdr. Allen
- *Journey Together* (1945), as Lancaster Crew
- *The Way to the Stars* (1945), as Joe Lawson

## Gallery

- ![Murray Matheson](https://film.one/media/person/1238307/gallery-4071b8bea0fe.jpg) Murray Matheson — TV episode screenshot (ABC Films), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Murray_Matheson_in_One_Step_Beyond_%28Delia%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Murray Matheson](https://film.one/media/person/1238307/gallery-2ba78cb5e268.jpg) Murray Matheson — Image via TMDB
- ![Murray Matheson](https://film.one/media/person/1238307/gallery-b5de3526468f.jpg) Murray Matheson — Image via TMDB

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