Having cut his teeth with Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop, Murray’s award-winning performance as Geoffrey in A Taste of Honey (on stage and in the subsequent 1961 film) was ground-breaking. Other memorable roles followed – in Alfie (1966), The Devils (1971) Barry Lyndon (1975), and Phantom of the Opera (2004).
His TV appearances ranged from the Dr Who spinoff, Torchwood, to a sublime performance as Ignatius, an artistic and peace-loving cavemen, in the kid’s TV series T.Bag.
As a long-standing archivist for The Theatre Royal Stratford Murray had recently donated his vast archive – 140 boxes of scripts, letters, photographs and press cuttings – to The British Library.
Archivist, actor, director, writer – Murray was as entertaining on screen as he was in person. He had great style – excellent poise and deportment (from his days training as a dancer), was always elegantly attired, and will be missed by many who loved this charming, mischievous, and extremely talented man.
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