---
name: "Murray Salem"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/murray-salem"
fi1m_id: "murray-salem"
imdb_id: "nm0758010"
tmdb_id: 14709
wikidata_id: "Q1953854"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 January 1950"
died: "6 January 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T21:22:48.023410+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."
---

# Murray Salem

## Identity

Murray Salem

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/murray-salem
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** murray-salem
- **IMDb ID:** nm0758010
- **TMDB ID:** 14709
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1953854
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Salem, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1953854, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758010/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14709

Writer. Born 12 January 1950 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Died 6 January 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 January 1950, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 6 January 1998
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Salem, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1953854, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758010/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14709

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Kindergarten Cop*](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md) (65)

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## Biography

Murray Salem (12 January 1950 – 6 January 1998) was an American actor and screenwriter. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he began his career with small acting roles in films and television series during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

His screen credits as an actor include *The Spy Who Loved Me* (1977), *Jesus of Nazareth* (1977) as Simon the Zealot, *Holocaust* (1978), *Magnum, P.I.* (1980) and *Valentino* (1977). He later turned to screenwriting and received story and screenplay credit on the 1990 film *Kindergarten Cop*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), Fi1m 65, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md)
- *Riding High* (1981), as Marvin Ravensdorf
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Arab
- *Hussy* (1980), as Max
- *Brave New World* (1980), as Chief Engineer
- *Institute for Revenge* (1979), as Sam
- *Let's Get Laid* (1978), as Heavy
- *Holocaust* (1978), series, as Analavitz
- *The Pirate* (1977), series, as Ramadan
- *Valentino* (1977), as Vagrant (uncredited)
- *The Spy Who Loved Me* (1977), as USS Wayne Crewman — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-spy-who-loved-me.md)
- *Jesus of Nazareth* (1977), series, as Simon the Zealot

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