---
name: "Murvyn Vye"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/murvyn-vye"
fi1m_id: "murvyn-vye"
imdb_id: "nm0904531"
tmdb_id: 20100
wikidata_id: "Q1953913"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 July 1913"
died: "17 August 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:24:25.579411+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."
---

# Murvyn Vye

## Identity

Murvyn Vye

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/murvyn-vye
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** murvyn-vye
- **IMDb ID:** nm0904531
- **TMDB ID:** 20100
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1953913
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murvyn_Vye, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1953913, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0904531/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20100

Actor. Born 15 July 1913 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. Died 17 August 1976.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 July 1913, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 17 August 1976
- **Also known as:** Mervyn Vye
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murvyn_Vye, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1953913, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0904531/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20100

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Pickup on South Street*](https://film.one/film/pickup-on-south-street.md) (84)

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## Biography

Murvyn Vye, also credited as Mervyn Vye, was an American character actor. Born Marvin Wesley Vye Jr. in Quincy, Massachusetts, he was educated at Yale University and began his career on the stage.

He originated the role of Jigger Craigin in the original 1945 Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's *Carousel*. Vye made his film debut in *Golden Earrings* (1947) and appeared in numerous films and television series through the 1960s, including *Road to Bali* (1952), *Pickup on South Street* (1953) as Captain Dan Tiger, *River of No Return* (1954), *Al Capone* (1959) as George 'Bugs' Moran, and guest roles in series such as *Perry Mason*, *The Untouchables* and *The Beverly Hillbillies*.

He died in Pompano Beach, Florida, in 1976.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Pickup on South Street* (1953), Fi1m 84, as Captain Dan Tiger — [page](https://film.one/film/pickup-on-south-street.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Andy* (1965), as Bartender
- *The Lucy Show* (1962), series, as Paper Picker
- *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, as James Johnson
- *The George Raft Story* (1961), as Johnny Fuller
- *The New Bob Cummings Show* (1961), series, Actor
- *King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein* (1961), as Williams
- *The Boy and the Pirates* (1960), as Blackbeard
- *The Untouchables* (1959), series, as Mike Volny
- *Law of the Plainsman* (1959), series, as Frank Seed
- *Tightrope* (1959), series, Actor
- *Al Capone* (1959), as George 'Bugs' Moran
- *Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!* (1958), as Oscar Hoffa
- *In Love and War* (1958), as Charlie Scanlon
- *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Actor
- *The Texan* (1958), series, as Pete Phillips
- *The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen* (1958), series, as Marco
- *Girl in the Woods* (1958), as Whitlock
- *Maverick* (1957), series, as Jamie Craven, Gus Wilson
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Jackson Huxley
- *Short Cut to Hell* (1957), as Nichols
- *This Could Be the Night* (1957), as Waxie London
- *Tales of Wells Fargo* (1957), series, as Virgie
- *Voodoo Island* (1957), as Barney Finch
- *The Best Things in Life Are Free* (1956), as Manny Costain
- *Sergeant Preston of the Yukon* (1955), series, Actor
- *Pearl of the South Pacific* (1955), as Halemano
- *The Unlighted Road* (1955), as Mike Deegan
- *Escape to Burma* (1955), as Makesh
- *Green Fire* (1954), as El Moro
- *Black Horse Canyon* (1954), as Jennings
- *River of No Return* (1954), as Dave Colby
- *City Detective* (1953), series, Actor
- *Pickup on South Street* (1953), as Captain Dan Tiger — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/pickup-on-south-street.md)
- *Destination Gobi* (1953), as Kengtu
- *Road to Bali* (1952), as Ken Arok
- *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, as Ruiz
- *Assignment: Paris* (1952), as Medical Officer at Prisoner Exchange (uncredited)
- *Pickup* (1951), Actor
- *A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court* (1949), as Merlin
- *Whispering Smith* (1948), as Blake Barton
- *Golden Earrings* (1947), as Zoltan

## Gallery

- ![Murvyn Vye](https://film.one/media/person/3869614/gallery-a9635f4842b6.jpg) Murvyn Vye — film screenshot (Paramount Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Murvyn_Vye_in_Road_to_Bali.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Murvyn Vye](https://film.one/media/person/3869614/gallery-6129056c7a35.jpg) Murvyn Vye — Image via TMDB

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