Murray Melvin

Murray Melvin

November 30, 1932 · 93 years old

Murray Melvin (10 August 1932-14 April 2023) was an English actor and writer. He won the 1962 Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for his role in A Taste of Honey (1961).

Known For

12 titles
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Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon

1975 · 3h 5m · Movie

An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.

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2
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

2004 · 2h 23m · Movie

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House.

7.2
3
The Devils

The Devils

1971 · 1h 51m · Movie

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier's protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually repressed nun's accusation of witchcraft.

7.7
4
Alfie

Alfie

1966 · 1h 54m · Movie

Unrepentant ladies' man Alfie Elkins gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle in 1960s London.

7.0
5
A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey

1961 · 1h 41m · Movie

A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.

7.4
6
Lisztomania

Lisztomania

1975 · 1h 43m · Movie

Composer and pianist Franz Liszt (Roger Daltrey) attempts to overcome his hedonistic life-style while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner (Paul Nicholas).

6.1
7
Slipstream

Slipstream

1989 · 1h 42m · Movie

In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself.

4.7
8
Damn the Defiant!

Damn the Defiant!

1962 · 1h 41m · Movie

On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.

7.1
9
The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes

2001 · 1h 47m · Movie

During Napoleon's exile on St. Helena, some loyalists hire a look-alike to swap places with the deposed Emperor. While the impostor lives in luxury on the island, the real Napoleon returns to Paris in order to retake the throne.

6.8
10
Crossed Swords

Crossed Swords

1977 · 1h 48m · Movie

Poor boy Tom Canty and Edward, Prince of Wales exchange identities, but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.

6.3
11
Sparrows Can't Sing

Sparrows Can't Sing

1963 · 1h 34m · Movie

After 2 years at sea, Charlie comes home to find his house demolished, wife Maggie gone, living with married Bert and their toddler. Charlie leaves a trail of mayhem as he tries to sort things out.

6.2
12
The Undertaker

The Undertaker

2023 · 1h 30m · Movie

An undertaker makes the wrong choice at a moral crossroads as he is made to dispose of the victims of a gangster's power grab.

5.6