Acting

Stephen Murray

Born September 6, 1912 · Partney, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Died March 31, 1983 · aged 70

No biography available.

Known For

The Nun's Story · 1959

The Nun's Story

★ 7.21959

MovieDrama

After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.

Electric in the City · 1980

Electric in the City

1980

Movie

The Mozart Cafe explodes, a city is blacked out, a great newspaper goes to the wall, and a prophet is seen to have feet of clay!

Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people. But quislings and infiltrators are everywhere – and trusting the wrong person could easily get you killed...

My Brother Jonathan · 1948

My Brother Jonathan

★ 6.81948

MovieDrama

Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.

The End of the Affair · 1955

The End of the Affair

★ 5.81955

MovieDramaRomance

During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.

A Tale of Two Cities · 1958

A Tale of Two Cities

★ 6.81958

MovieDramaHistory

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.

Alice in Wonderland · 1949

Alice in Wonderland

★ 5.51949

MovieMusicFamily

This exceptional theatrical version of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic features a combination of live characters and puppets.

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The Nun's Story · 1959

The Nun's Story

★ 7.21959

MovieDrama

After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.

Chaplain

Second Policeman

Electric in the City · 1980

Electric in the City

1980

Movie

The Mozart Cafe explodes, a city is blacked out, a great newspaper goes to the wall, and a prophet is seen to have feet of clay!

Richard

Dr. Stephan Petrovitch

My Brother Jonathan · 1948

My Brother Jonathan

★ 6.81948

MovieDrama

Dr. Craig

The End of the Affair · 1955

The End of the Affair

★ 5.81955

MovieDramaRomance

Father Crompton

A Tale of Two Cities · 1958

A Tale of Two Cities

★ 6.81958

MovieDramaHistory

Dr. Manette

Alice in Wonderland · 1949

Alice in Wonderland

★ 5.51949

MovieMusicFamily

This exceptional theatrical version of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic features a combination of live characters and puppets.

Lewis Carroll / The Knave of Hearts (voice)

A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.

Chaplain

For Them That Trespass · 1949

For Them That Trespass

★ 5.31949

MovieDramaCrime

In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, the writer refuses to assist him as the knowledge that he has been "slumming" could destroy his career. The young man is sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Christopher Drew

Boris Turganev (Murray) is a Russian scientist who has absconded from a Communist prison in an attempt to achieve a better life working for the British. As Boris struggles to make his superiors believe he is there to work and not to spy for the Russians, an office romance blossoms that could put his mission in jeopardy.

Boris Turganev

The Prime Minister · 1941

The Prime Minister

★ 6.51941

MovieDramaHistory

A biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.

Mr. Gladstone

William Wilson · 1976

William Wilson

1976

Movie

Throughout his life, William Wilson finds himself being shadowed by another William Wilson, who seems to resemble him in more than name.

Dr. Bransby

The Next of Kin · 1942

The Next of Kin

★ 5.01942

MovieDramaWar

Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this British wartime movie illustrating how gossipy talk can result in unknowingly giving valuable information to Nazi spies.

Mr. Barratt

London Belongs to Me · 1948

London Belongs to Me

★ 7.01948

MovieDrama

Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.

Uncle Henry

A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.

Dr Brent

The Stranger's Hand · 1954

The Stranger's Hand

★ 6.81954

MovieThrillerDrama

Eight-year-old Roger Court is in Venice expecting to reunite with his father, British diplomat Major Court (Trevor Howard), whom he hasn't seen in three years. Roger lives with his Aunt Rose since his mother abandoned him.

British Consul in Venice

Four Sided Triangle · 1953

Four Sided Triangle

★ 5.91953

MovieScience FictionRomance

A young man, in love with a woman who can never be his, discovers a way to fulfil his dreams. In their childhood the three were the best of friends, the perfect triangle. But years later when Lena returns to her sleepy home the tone of the relationship changes and it is Robin she loves. Bill has discovered a method of duplication and decides to make an exact replica of the woman he cannot have... .with disastrous consequences for them all.

Bill

24 Hours of a Woman's Life · 1952

24 Hours of a Woman's Life

★ 5.81952

MovieDrama

A compulsive gambler stumbles towards losing everything when Merle Oberon decides to save him from himself.

Father Andre Benoit

Convinced that a wartime resistance heroine is innocent of a murder charge, Nap Rumbold, a solicitor / private detective travels to France searching for evidence to clear her name.

Summers

At the Stroke of Nine · 1957

At the Stroke of Nine

★ 10.01957

MovieDramaCrime

A prominent journalist is kidnapped by a lunatic who threatens to kill her unless she writes flattering articles about him.

Stephen Garrett

A wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead son, who was killed in battle in World War II. Not long before the dedication ceremony is to be held, the son shows up; it turns out that he wasn't killed in battle but deserted, and has become a blackmailer and a killer. He wants to get some money to "start a new life", but his blind father senses that something is wrong and sets out to find out what's going on.

Robert Rawley

Stargazy on Zummerdown · 1978

Stargazy on Zummerdown

1978

MovieTV Movie

In the 23rd Century, Britain (now called Albion) is made up of two distinct communities - the Aggros (farm workers) and the Toonies (industrial workers). They meet at Zummerdown for the annual midsummer festival of Stargazy

Father John Cuchlian

Rivalry at a local Gilbert and Sullivan Society over who will play Jack Point in the Silver Jubilee production. Rowland Matthews has always been the main star, but he is getting on, and the young Clive Bates is a strong rival.

Mr. Richardson

Play for Today · 1970

Play for Today

★ 6.61970

SeriesDrama

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

Mr. Richardson

BBC Play of the Month · 1965

BBC Play of the Month

★ 5.21965

SeriesDrama

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.

Sir William Collyer

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.

Sir Richard Cresswell

Thirty-Minute Theatre · 1965

Thirty-Minute Theatre

★ 4.31965

SeriesDrama

An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.

Richard Tremayne

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

Richard

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

President of the Court

Churchill's People · 1974

Churchill's People

★ 5.01974

SeriesDramaWar & Politics

Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies. 26 episodes were produced by the BBC and initially broadcast from 30 December 1974 to 23 June 1975.

King Edward I

BBC2 Play of the Week · 1977

BBC2 Play of the Week

★ 7.01977

SeriesDramaComedy

An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

Father John Cuchlain

Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.

Doctor Bransby

Anthology series telling suspenseful tales.

Writer

Compelling crime anthology looks at some of Britain's most notorious murder trials, in which both male and female defendants stood accused of the murder of women. Presented by Robert Morley, seven hour-long dramas reconstruct sensational trials which shocked Britain, offering in-depth analyses of individuals' motives and methods.

Archibald Bodkin

This historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one dramatic period in the lengthy reign of the Virgin Queen, including her ascension to the throne, her various marital intrigues, her problems with her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, and the threatened invasion of the Spanish Armada.

Walsingham

House on the Hill · 1981

House on the Hill

★ 8.01981

SeriesDrama

A series of six plays centred on a house in Glasgow, from 1878 to the 1980s.

Archie Maitland

Scorpion Tales · 1978

Scorpion Tales

★ 7.31978

SeriesMysteryDrama

Scorpion Tales is a British anthology that aired on ITV in 1978, featuring one-off, hour-long plays with twist endings. Produced by ATV, the programme was similar in format to other thriller anthologies like Thriller and Sapphire & Steel. Each episode presented a self-contained story, often with a sinister or surprising conclusion, and starred actors such as Trevor Howard, David Robb, and Anthony Bate.

Commodore Jacobs

Armchair Theatre · 1956

Armchair Theatre

★ 6.01956

SeriesDrama

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

Geoffrey James