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- Murray Melvin was born on August 10, 1932 in St. Pancras, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Barry Lyndon (1975) and A Taste of Honey (1961). He died on April 14, 2023 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- ParentsHugh Victor MelvinMaisie Winifred Driscoll
- Frequently directed by Ken Russell.
- Uptight or classy intellectural sophisticated types
- Was prevented from accepting his best actor award in Cannes for "A Taste of Honey" because he was then appearing in a Keith Waterhouse/Willis Hall revue on the London stage and the management would not release him.
- British stage actor often utilized by director Ken Russell for his films.
- Best known for his role as gay textile design student Geoffrey Ingham in A Taste of Honey, opposite Rita Tushingham. It garnered him the Best Actor Award at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.
- Appeared in the first ever episode of The Avengers.
- He turned down a CBE in protest at the British government's treatment of the Windrush generation.
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