Murray Melvin actor dies at 90

2023-04-16 15:25:00

The 90-year-old actor had a fall in December “from which he never fully recovered”, according to his relatives. He died in St. Thomas’s Hospital in London.

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British actor Murray Melvin, right, died aged 90 on Sunday.
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Published on 04/16/2023 at 3:25 p.m.

Lhe British comedian Murray Melvin, who notably acted in the cinema in The Phantom of the Opera, Barry Lindonso in that the series Torchwood, died Friday at the age of 90, announced one of his relatives.

“It is with great sadness that I must announce the passing of Murray Melvin, actor, director and theater archivist,” director and producer Kerry Kyriacos Michael wrote on Twitter on Saturday.

Murray Melvin had, according to him, suffered a fall in December, “from which he had never fully recovered”. He died Friday at St Thomas’ Hospital in London.

A “Wonderful Villain”

The comedian was a “wonderful villain” in the skin of Bilis Manger in the series Torchwwodderived from Dr Whopraised producer Russell Davies on Instagram.

Born on August 10, 1932 in London, Murray Melvin had played in the film adaptation of Phantom of the Opera (2004) or Barry Lindon by Stanley Kubrick in 1975, in which he played Reverend Samuel Runt.

In 1962, he received the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for A Taste of Honey by British director Tony Richardson.