Brian Murray (actor)


Brian Murray was a South African actor and theatre director who was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2004.

History

Murray was born Brian Bell in Johannesburg, the son of Mary Dickson and Alfred Bell, a professional golfer.

Career

Murray made his Broadway debut in the play All in Good Time in 1965. In 1967, he starred as Rosencrantz in the Broadway production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, earning the first of three Tony Award, Best Featured Actor In A Play nominations for his performance.
Murray directed the 1973 Broadway revival of The Waltz of the Toreadors. His stage directing credits include Broadway revivals of Hay Fever, Arsenic and Old Lace, Blithe Spirit, and The Show Off.
In 1998, he received the Lucille Lortel Award for outstanding body of work.
His film credits include Bob Roberts and City Hall. On television he has appeared in Kojak, Another World, and 30 Rock. In the 1970s and 1980s, he performed in a number of radio plays for Yuri Rasovsky's award-winning National Radio Theater. He played a role in the 2009 film, My Dog Tulip.
On August 20, 2018, Murray died at age 80 of natural causes, just one month before his 81st birthday.

Additional Broadway acting credits

Source: Playbill Vault
Source: Rotten Tomatoes
Source: Behind the voice actors

Film

Television

Videogames

Radio drama

Sources: Playbill Vault; IBDB
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