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Murray Melvin - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Murray Melvin - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, clips, Actor.
Born 1932 London - English actor.
In the late 1950s, Melvin became the lead actor of the Theater Workshop founded by Joan Littlewood, starring in productions such as The Hostage, A Taste of Honey, Oh! What A Lovely War !. His film career began in 1960 with the film "Crime". Melvin was "Teddy Boy" by type, a role that he played in the early 60s. In 1961, Melvin played one of the main roles in the acclaimed film A Taste of Honey (1961, directed by Tony Richardson), which is one of the top 100 British films. "Taste of Honey" made a lot of noise, because it showed homosexuality in a positive way. The gay salesman Jeffrey was played by Melvin and was nominated for the role for a BAFTA and received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. After this film became a fairly famous actor, Melvin starred in many popular films of those years, such as "Holly". Since 1964, Melvin began fruitful creative collaboration with Ken Russell. Subsequently, Melvin starred in such Russell films as "Devils", "Leafmania" and "Buddy" .
Many famous directors have worked with Melvin, for example, Stanley Kubrick, Peter Medak, Joel Schumacher, Tony Palmer, Alan Taylor.
In 2006, Melvin wrote The Art of the Theater Workshop, about a theater he recently returned to and where he works now as an archivist.
