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name: "Murray Melvin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/murray-melvin"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 November 1932"
died: "14 April 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
updated: "2026-09-17T01:21:03.836804+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Murray Melvin

Actor. Born 30 November 1932 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. Died 14 April 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 November 1932, Hampstead, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 14 April 2023
- **Active:** 1971–2006

## Biography

Murray Melvin was an English actor. Born in London in 1932, he was a member of Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop company and originated the role of Geoffrey in Shelagh Delaney’s play A Taste of Honey, which he reprised in the 1961 film adaptation directed by Tony Richardson.

He appeared as Father Mignon in Ken Russell’s The Devils (1971) and as Reverend Samuel Runt in Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon (1975). Other screen roles include parts in Alfie (1966), The Phantom of the Opera (2004) and Torchwood (2006–2007). He died in 2023.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, thetimes.com, telegraph.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Torchwood* (2006), Fi1m 73, as Bilis — [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)
- *The Krays* (1990), Fi1m 74, as Newsagent — [page](https://film.one/film/the-krays.md)
- *Barry Lyndon* (1975), Fi1m 85, as Reverend Runt — [page](https://film.one/film/barry-lyndon.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *The Devils* (1971), Actor

## Also known for

- *The Lost City of Z* (2017), Lord James Bernard
- *The Phantom of the Opera* (2004), Reyer
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1999), Chief Executioner
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Bentham DeQuetteville
- *Alfie* (1966), Nat
- *The Avengers* (1961)
- *A Taste of Honey* (1961), Geoffrey Ingham
- *Slipstream* (1989), Man on Stairs

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