Murray Melvin

Biography

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

Midsomer Murders

Bentham DeQuetteville

The Avengers

Torchwood

Bilis

Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils

Self

The Devils

Father-Canon Jean Mignon

BBC Play of the Month

The Dauphin

BBC Play of the Month

Travelling Barber

The Emperor's New Clothes

Antommarchi

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	The Undertaker	Lenny
2021	Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl	Self
2018	The Ghost of Peter Sellers	Himself
2017	The Lost City of Z	Lord James Bernard
2012	The Grey Mile	Professor Worth
2010	The Village	Male Librarian
2006	Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image	Himself
2004	The Phantom of the Opera	Reyer
2002	Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils	Self
2001	The Emperor's New Clothes	Antommarchi
2001	David Copperfield	Dr Edward Chillip
1999	Alice in Wonderland	Chief Executioner
1999	Stanley and Us	Self
1994	Doomsday Gun	Shop Manager
1994	Princess Caraboo	Lord Motley
1992	As You Like It	Sir Oliver Martext
1991	Let Him Have It	Secondary School Teacher
1990	The Krays	Newsagent
1990	The Fool	Jeremy Ruttle
1990	Sunday Pursuit	Head waiter
1989	Slipstream	Man on Stairs
1988	Testimony	Film Editor
1988	Testimony	The Film Editor
1987	Comrades	Mr. Frampton's Clerk
1985	Sacred Hearts	Father Power
1984	This Office Life	Reporter
1982	Nutcracker	Leopold
1979	Stories from a Flying Trunk	Hans Christian Andersen
1977	Gulliver's Travels	(voice)
1977	Joseph Andrews	Beau Didapper
1977	The Prince and the Pauper	Prince's Dresser
1976	The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones	Blifil
1976	Shout at the Devil	Lt. Phipps
1975	Barry Lyndon	Reverend Runt
1975	Lisztomania	Hector Berlioz
1974	Ghost Story	McFayden
1973	Ghost in the Noonday Sun	Hamidos
1973	Gawain and the Green Knight	Seneschal
1973	The Adventures Of Don Quixote	Traveling Barber
1972	A Day in the Death of Joe Egg	Doctor
1971	The Boy Friend	Alphonse
1971	The Devils	Father-Canon Jean Mignon
1970	Start the Revolution Without Me	Blind Man
1968	The Fixer	Priest
1967	Smashing Time	1st Exquisite
1966	Alfie	Nat
1966	Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World	Photographer
1966	Kaleidoscope	Aimes
1964	The Diary of a Nobody	Lupin Pooter
1963	Sparrows Can't Sing	Georgie
1963	The Ceremony	Gendarme
1962	Solo for Sparrow	Larkin
1962	H.M.S. Defiant	Wagstaffe
1961	A Taste of Honey	Geoffrey Ingham
1961	Petticoat Pirates	Kenneth
1960	The Criminal	Antlers
1960	Suspect	Teddy Boy

Year	TV Show	Role
2022	Stanleyandus - a Kubrick odyssey	self
2018	Starhunter ReduX	Caravaggio
2006	Torchwood	Bilis
2004	The Genius of Mozart	Lorenzo da Ponte
2000	Starhunter	Caravaggio AI
1997	Midsomer Murders	Bentham DeQuetteville
1995	Bugs
1995	Oscar's Orchestra
1992	Chillers	Mr. Taylor
1985	Bulman
1985	Super Gran	Neville Mince
1985	Christopher Columbus	Padre Linares
1978	Clouds of Glory	Robert Lovell
1968	Ooh La La!	Vladimir
1968	The Tyrant King	Gerald Gould
1966	The Informer	William Waterwell
1965	BBC Play of the Month	The Dauphin
1965	BBC Play of the Month	Travelling Barber
1964	Six
1964	Theatre 625	Berthold
1964	Theatre 625	Thumb
1961	The Avengers