Pete Murray(IV)

Actor

At sixteen, Peter was at RADA where he was seen by the casting director of Gainsborough Studios, who, with no mention to Pete arranged for some small West End play parts for him. These were interrupted by war service. After being demobbed, he was cast in a number of films including Caravan, Hungry Hill,The Man Within, Captain Boycott and My Brother Jonathan. In 1948, he appeared on Broadway with Marlon Brando in Power Without Glory. Although he got a lot of rave notices such as 'the performance of the season;' he got nowhere as an actor, so he shortened his name from Peter to Pete and took up disc-jockeying in 1950, starting at £15 a week on Radio Luxembourg. He says, he regards disc jockeying as a hobby and that his main aim is still to be an actor. With that in mind reverted to calling himself Peter again.

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Known for

My Brother Jonathan

7.2

Tony Dakers(as Peter Murray)

1948

Happily Ever After

TV Series

Peter Morgan

Lost Daughter

6.7

Lieutenant Keith(as Peter Murray)

1949

Laburnum Grove

TV Movie

Harold Russ(as Peter Murray)

1947

Credits

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Actor

Alexei Sayle's Stuff
7.7
TV Series
- (as Pete Murray OBE)
- 1989
The Mike Reid Show
TV Series
- 1977
Second Time Around
TV Series
- Disc Jockey
- D.J. (voice)
- 1974–1975
The Morecambe & Wise Show
8.1
TV Series
- Major Ivor Request
- 1972
The Two Ronnies
7.8
TV Series
- Host - 'Come Dancing'
- 1972
The Dirtiest Girl I Ever Met
5.4
- Man at Party (as Peter Murray)
- 1970
Simon Simon
6.1
Short
- Fireman
- 1970
A Present for Dickie
TV Series
- TV host
- 1970
Otley
6.2
- Pete Murray (voice)
- 1969
Mum's Boys
TV Series
- Robin Fosdyke
- 1968
No Hiding Place
7.5
TV Series
- Frank Doman
- Bobby Vowles
- 1965–1967
Happily Ever After
TV Series
- Peter Morgan
- 1961–1964
The Cool Mikado
3.6
- Man in Boudoir
- 1963
Jezebel ex UK
5.8
TV Series
- Larry
- 1963
Hancock
7.0
TV Series
- Compère
- 1963

Personal details

Alternative names
- Mr. Pete Murray
Height
- 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
Born
- September 19, 1925
- London, England, UK
Spouses
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- 1 Pictorial

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Trivia
His fervent support for Margaret Thatcher led to the end of his decades-long career as a BBC radio presenter and personality. On a live radio broadcast immediately prior to the 1983 election (a broadcast which had nothing to do with politics), he waited until his interviewer was just signing off and then quickly said that he just wanted to say that a vote for the Labour Party (then led by Michael Foot) would be, in his opinion, a vote for Communism in Britain. There was, as he knew, no time for anyone to rebut this flagrantly biased "opinion", and there were many protests to the effect that it was, in fact, more of a shameless propaganda slur than a genuine view. The BBC, which always seeks to retain an even-handed approach in such matters, terminated his contract, and his days as a radio star were essentially over.