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name: "Murray Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/murray-smith"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "14 June 1940"
died: "28 December 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T20:29:43.061849+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 Smith

Writer. Born 14 June 1940 in Hampshire, England, UK. Died 28 December 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 14 June 1940, Hampshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 28 December 2003
- **Active:** 1975–1986
- **Works often with:** Roger Marshall, William Brayne, Baz Taylor, Francis Megahy, Ranald Graham, Roger Tucker

## Biography

Murray Smith (14 June 1940 – 28 December 2003) was a British film and television writer and producer. He wrote the screenplay for the 1975 episode 'Faces' of the ITV series *The Sweeney*.

Smith created and wrote the interconnected ITV crime series *The XYY Man* (1976–1977), *Strangers* (1978–1982) and *Bulman* (1985–1987). He contributed scripts to other series including *Minder* (1979), *Hammer House of Horror* (1980), *Dempsey and Makepeace* (1985–1986) and *Lovejoy* (1986). He also wrote five screenplays for director Pete Walker and two novels.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Sweeney* (1975), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Lovejoy* (1986), Writer
- *Dempsey and Makepeace* (1985), Writer

## Also known for

- *Hammer House of Horror* (1980), Screenplay

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