Acting

Forbes Murray

Born November 3, 1884 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Died November 18, 1982 · aged 98

Forbes Murray was born on November 4, 1884 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada as Murray Forbes Barnard. He was an actor, known for A Chump at Oxford (1940), Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (1940) and The Spider's Web (1938). He died on November 18, 1982 in Douglas County, Oregon, USA.

Known For

Vertigo

Vertigo · 1958

MovieMysteryRomance

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain · 1952

Singin' in the Rain

MovieComedyRomance

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep · 1946

MovieMysteryCrime

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.

Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder · 1954

Dial M for Murder

MovieThrillerCrime

When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won · 1962

How the West Was Won

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

Funny Face

Funny Face · 1957

MovieMusicComedy

A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

Them!

MovieScience FictionHorror

As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their existence, an FBI agent and, eventually, the US Army to eradicate the menace, before it spreads across the continent — and the world.

Laura

MovieDramaMystery

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

Filmography

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Vertigo

Vertigo · 1958

MovieMysteryRomance

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Diner at Ernie's (uncredited)

Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain · 1952

Singin' in the Rain

MovieComedyRomance

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

Club Patron (uncredited)

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep · 1946

MovieMysteryCrime

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.

Furtive Man (uncredited)

Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder · 1954

Dial M for Murder

MovieThrillerCrime

When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.

Judge at Margot's Trial (uncredited)

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won · 1962

How the West Was Won

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

Auction Guest (uncredited)

Funny Face

Funny Face · 1957

MovieMusicComedy

A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

Fashion Show Guest (uncredited)

Them!

MovieScience FictionHorror

As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their existence, an FBI agent and, eventually, the US Army to eradicate the menace, before it spreads across the continent — and the world.

Government Official

Laura

MovieDramaMystery

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

Man (uncredited)

Gilda

MovieRomanceDrama

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

American Cartel Member (uncredited)

Law and Order

Law and Order · 1953

Frame Johnson's attempt to settle down in Tombstone is interrupted when a mob tries to mete out some frontier justice.

Townsman (uncredited)

Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success · 1957

Sweet Smell of Success

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.

Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)

Tammy and the Bachelor

Tammy and the Bachelor · 1957

Tammy and the Bachelor

MovieComedyRomance

An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.

Party Guest (uncredited)

Auntie Mame

Auntie Mame · 1958

MovieComedyDrama

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.

Party Guest (uncredited)

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride · 1950

Father of the Bride

MovieComedyRomance

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

All That Heaven Allows

All That Heaven Allows · 1955

All That Heaven Allows

MovieDramaRomance

Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.

Country Club Member (uncredited)

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers · 1956

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

MovieActionScience Fiction

Test space rockets exploding at liftoff and increased reporting of UFO sightings culminate in a direct attempt by alien survivors of a dead, extra-galactic civilization to invade Earth from impervious flying saucers, using ray-weapons of mass destruction.

Military Officer at Experiment (uncredited)

Party Girl

Party Girl · 1958

MovieCrimeDrama

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.

Party Guest at Rico's (uncredited)

The Razor's Edge

The Razor's Edge · 1946

The Razor's Edge

MovieDramaRomance

An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.

Dr. Maturin

Al Capone

Al Capone · 1959

MovieActionAdventure

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.

Pallbearer at Colosimo's Funeral (uncredited)

The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story · 1954

The Glenn Miller Story

MovieDramaMusic

A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.

Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Monkey Business

Monkey Business · 1952

Monkey Business

MovieComedyScience Fiction

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.

Board Member (uncredited)

Black Widow

Black Widow · 1954

MovieMysteryDrama

When a young stage hopeful is found dead, suspicion falls on her mentor, a successful Broadway producer.

Man in Hallway (uncredited)

Dangerous Crossing

Dangerous Crossing · 1953

Dangerous Crossing

MovieMysteryThriller

A honeymoon aboard an ocean liner is cut short when the bride finds herself suddenly alone, and unable to convince anyone of her husband’s existence.

Ship's Passenger (uncredited)

Only Angels Have Wings

Only Angels Have Wings · 1939

Only Angels Have Wings

MovieRomanceAdventure

A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.

Mr. Harkwright (uncredited)

Bonanza

Bonanza · 1959

SeriesWesternAction & Adventure

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

Townsman (uncredited)

Maverick

Maverick · 1957

SeriesComedyWestern

The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.

Diner Patron (uncredited)

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel · 1957

Have Gun, Will Travel

SeriesWesternAction & Adventure

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Cheyenne

Cheyenne · 1955

SeriesWesternDrama

Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.

Senator (uncredited)

The Untouchables

The Untouchables · 1959

The Untouchables

SeriesDramaCrime

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

Banker (uncredited)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · 1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

SeriesAction & AdventureComedy

Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N. Their immediate superior is Mr. Waverly. Together they operate out of a secret base beneath the streets of New York City, and accesses through several cover business such as Del Floria's Tailor Shop and the Masque Club. This secret intelligence service is called U.N.C.L.E. United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.

Party Guest (uncredited)

Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial · 1963

Arrest and Trial

SeriesCrimeDrama

Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern.

Party Guest (uncredited)

The Lone Wolf

The Lone Wolf · 1954

Theatre Patron (uncredited)