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| birth_name = Stephen Umfreville Hay Murray
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1912|09|06}}
| birth_place = [[Partney]], [[Lincolnshire]], [[England]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1983|03|31|1912|06|9}}
| death_place = [[London]], [[England]]
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| occupation = Actor
| alma_mater = [[RADA]]
| spouse = Joan Alestha Butterfield <small>(m.1937)</small>
| children = Amanda Murray <small>(b.1942)</small>
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'''Stephen Umfreville Hay Murray''' (6 September 1912 – 31 March 1983) was an English [[Film|cinema]], [[radio]], [[theatre]] and [[television]] [[actor]].

==Background and education==
A member of [[Clan Murray]] headed by the [[Duke of Atholl]], he was born in [[Partney]], [[Lincolnshire]], the son of the Reverend Charles Murray, Rector of [[Kirby Knowle]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], and Mabel (née Umfreville). He was the great-grandson of the Right Reverend [[George Murray (bishop of Rochester)|George Murray]], [[Bishop of Rochester]], while the diplomat [[Ralph Murray|Sir Ralph Murray]] was his elder brother. He was educated at [[Brentwood School (Essex)|Brentwood School]], [[Essex]] and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], [[London]].<ref name="thepeerage.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p2254.htm#i22540|title=Person Page|website=thepeerage.com}}</ref> He was also the great uncle of the comedian [[Al Murray]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thejohnfleming.wordpress.com/2014/03/16/comedian-al-murray-has-a-chat-about-his-pub-landlord-character-tv-satire-and-mentally-sub-normal-medieval-fools/|title=Comedian Al Murray has a chat about his Pub Landlord character, TV satire and mentally sub-normal medieval fools|date=16 March 2014|publisher=}}</ref>

==Acting career==
Murray found his greatest fame as the new Number 1, later promoted to Lieutenant Commander in ''[[The Navy Lark]]'' on [[BBC Radio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lmqts|title=Mr Murray Is Victimised, The Navy Lark - BBC Radio 4 Extra|website=BBC}}</ref> His film debut was as the second police officer who interrupts an amorous Eliza and Freddy ([[Wendy Hiller]] and [[David Tree]]) in ''[[Pygmalion (1938 film)|Pygmalion]]'' (1938).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/stephen-murray-p51531|title=Stephen Murray - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He was [[William Ewart Gladstone|Gladstone]] to [[John Gielgud]]'s [[Benjamin Disraeli|Disraeli]] in ''[[The Prime Minister (film)|The Prime Minister]]'' in 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b376dfa|title=The Prime Minister (1941)|publisher=}}</ref> He played Dr. Stephan Petrovitch in the 1943 [[Ealing Studios|Ealing]] war film ''[[Undercover (1943 film)|Undercover]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b95fc27|title=Undercover (1943)|publisher=}}</ref> Among his other larger film roles were Uncle Henry in ''[[London Belongs to Me]]'' (1948, heavily made-up to look several decades older) and the lead in [[Terence Fisher]]'s ''[[Four Sided Triangle]]'' (1953).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9eee6636|title=Stephen Murray|publisher=}}</ref> He once again appeared under heavy make-up as the elderly Dr Manette in ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1958 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]'' (1958).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=19896|title=Stephen Murray|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref>

Murray made his stage debut at [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] in 1933, and he played such parts as Seyton in ''[[Macbeth]]'', among smaller roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/1vp/stephen-murray/past?page=8|title=Stephen Murray - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> He later did seasons at the Malvern Festival and at the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]], where he played Hamlet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/2/hamlet/production/erb|title=Production of Hamlet - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> He worked at the Old Vic in London with [[Laurence Olivier]] and [[Tyrone Guthrie]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/8/othello/production/7et|title=Production of Othello - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> He also played at the [[Open Air Theatre]] in [[Regent's Park]], and in the West End.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ez4M-5zcYuYC&q=stephen+murray+open+air+theatre+regent%27s+park&pg=PA243|title=Dramatic Critic: Selected Reviews (1922-1939): Selected Reviews (1922-1939)|first=Charles|last=Morgan|date=20 May 2013|publisher=Oberon Books|isbn=9781849439411|via=Google Books}}</ref> At the [[Westminster Theatre]] in 1940 he portrayed the title character in [[John Drinkwater (playwright)|John Drinkwater]]'s ''[[Abraham Lincoln (play)|Abraham Lincoln]]''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mreCBAAAQBAJ&q=John+Drinkwater%27s+Abraham+Lincoln+1940+stephen+murray&pg=PA15|title=The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel|first=J. P.|last=Wearing|date=22 August 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810893061|via=Google Books}}</ref> He was in many of the plays of [[George Bernard Shaw]], and he did later engagements at the [[Mermaid Theatre]] in London and at [[Stratford, Ontario|Stratford]], [[Ontario]], Canada. On television he played in such prorammes as ''[[Dr. Finlay's Casebook]]'', and had a leading role as [[Svengali]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ee12bec|title=Trilby (1959)|publisher=}}</ref> In 1952 he returned to the Old Vic to play [[King Lear]], and toured Europe in that production. Several years later he also played Lear on radio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av69503|title=Tragedy of King Lear, The · British Universities Film & Video Council|website=bufvc.ac.uk}}</ref>

Radio became one of Murray's most triumphant acting areas, with appearances in over 300 plays.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXnXDQAAQBAJ&q=stephen+murray+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA539|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111975|via=Google Books}}</ref> He played Macbeth in 1949 with [[Flora Robson]], a month after playing the part on television (with Ruth Lodge), so different were the two medium's audiences deemed to be.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZYtDwAAQBAJ&q=macbeth+bbc+stephen+murray&pg=PA126|title=Blood on the Stage, 1600 to 1800: Milestone Plays of Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem|first=Amnon|last=Kabatchnik|date=14 August 2017|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781538106167|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eg9RDAAAQBAJ&q=macbeth+bbc+radio+flora+robson&pg=PT51|title=Listen in terror: British horror radio from the advent of broadcasting to the digital age|first=Richard J.|last=Hand|date=1 November 2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526102577|via=Google Books}}</ref> He played the part again on radio in 1960. He was a fine Leontes in ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' in 1951 with [[Elspeth March]] and [[Fay Compton]], and again in 1966 with [[Rachel Gurney]] and [[Edith Evans]]. He played Shakespeare's ''[[Timon of Athens]]'' both in 1961 and in 1975.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lggXeGPV1fQC&q=timon+of+athens+bbc+radio+stephen+murray&pg=PT366|title=Timon of Athens: The Oxford Shakespeare|first=William|last=Shakespeare|date=14 August 2008|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=9780191623080|via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1964, he played the title role in the monumental BBC Radio production of Marlowe's ''[[Tamburlaine]]'' with [[Sheila Allen (English actress)|Sheila Allen]] as Zenocrate with [[Timothy West]], [[Andrew Sachs]], [[Joss Ackland]], [[Gabriel Woolf]], Bruce Condell and other leading Shakespearian actors of the day.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/tamburlainegreat0000marl|url-access=registration|quote=tamburlaine 1964 bbc radio.|title=Tamburlaine the Great: Parts 1 and 2|first=Christopher|last=Marlowe|date=1 January 1967|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=9780803252714 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> He did two versions of the BBC radio epic ''The Rescue'' by Edward Sackville-West, where he played Odysseus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/r3-the-rescue-1973.html|title=radio plays drama,bbc,The Rescue, by Edward Sackville-West, DIVERSITY website|first=Alison Deacon, Nigel|last=Deacon|website=suttonelms.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://publiclistenings.wordpress.com/2014-early-radio-features/therescue/|title=The Rescue (BBC Third Programme, 1943)|date=3 May 2014|publisher=}}</ref> Other classic '50s roles included Marlowe's ''[[Doctor Faustus (play)|Doctor Faustus]]'', ''[[John Gabriel Borkman]]'' and ''[[Brand]]'' as well as Calderon's ''The Mayor of Zalamea''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4db5ee651c4b4e0984863c3d478f2001|title=The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus|date=28 May 1964|publisher=|issue=2116|pages=30|via=BBC Genome}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/897504013e314b498eaf1d095a0ec7ad|title=World Theatre presents Stephen Murray with Beatrix Lehmann and Dorothy Holmes-Gore in ' JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN'|date=25 May 1956|publisher=|issue=1698|pages=18|via=BBC Genome}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a4809447422246bfa19c3edb2baa2f55|title=Brand|date=1 March 1957|publisher=|issue=1738|pages=39|via=BBC Genome}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4721173f3bc0427e8e34eba981143a28|title=Stephen Murray and Barbara Jefford in 'THE MAYOR OF ZALAMEA'|date=12 February 1954|publisher=|issue=1579|pages=43|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> However, his longest running part was that of "No 1" in ''[[The Navy Lark]]'' in which he starred from 1960 to 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://navylark.0catch.com/navy/cast.html|title=The Navy Lark - Cast|website=navylark.0catch.com}}</ref>

In 1970 Murray played alongside [[Glenda Jackson]] in the BBC drama series ''[[Elizabeth R]]'' about the life and reign of [[Queen Elizabeth I]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/films/elizabeth-r/cast|title=Elizabeth R - Cast & Crew on MUBI|website=mubi.com}}</ref> In this he played [[Francis Walsingham|Sir Francis Walsingham]], head of Elizabeth's secret service, and a noted [[Puritan]], whose work exposed the [[Babington Plot]] which led to the trial and execution of [[Mary, Queen of Scots]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7114e864|title=The Enterprise of England (1971)|publisher=}}</ref> Even in the 1970s he enjoyed the difficult roles, like [[August Strindberg]]'s ''[[To Damascus]]'' with [[Zena Walker]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbLfAgAAQBAJ&q=to+damascus+zena+walker&pg=PA190|title=Strindberg Plays: 3: Master Olof; Creditors; To Damascus|first=August|last=Strindberg|date=29 May 2014|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781472574138|via=Google Books}}</ref>

His expressive voice was often anguished and uncertain in his roles, so he was ideal for ''A Hospital Case'' by [[Dino Buzzati]], a play which [[Albert Camus]] had translated and adapted for the [[Paris]] stage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1972-06-19|title=BBC Radio 4 FM - 19 June 1972 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> He also did new radio work like [[Peter Tegel]]'s ''Rocklife''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/peter-tegel.html|title=radio plays drama,bbc,Peter Tegel, DIVERSITY website|first=Alison Deacon, Nigel|last=Deacon|website=suttonelms.org.uk}}</ref> In 1970 he was the old Prince Bolkonsky in BBC radio's ''[[War and Peace]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ebfb4b80bba44f5688c3a76bf94bf5a5|title=War and Peace|date=5 March 1970|publisher=|issue=2417|pages=35|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> He tried his hand at [[science fiction]] in radio's ''The Tor Sands Experience'' by [[Bruce Stewart (playwright)|Bruce Stewart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5d46bff5412d49629f89d1318961cff9|title=The Tor Sands Experience|date=21 December 1978|publisher=|issue=2876|pages=103|via=BBC Genome}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Murray married Joan Alestha, daughter of John Joseph Moy Butterfield, in 1937. He died in London on 31 March 1983, aged 70.<ref name="thepeerage.com"/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
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| 1938
| ''[[Pygmalion (1938 film)|Pygmalion]]''
| Second Policeman
| Film debut
|-
| 1941
| ''[[The Prime Minister (film)|The Prime Minister]]''
| [[William Gladstone|Mr. W.E. Gladstone]]
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|-
| 1942
| ''[[The Next of Kin]]''
| Mr. Barratt
|
|-
| 1943
| ''[[Undercover (1943 film)|Undercover]]''
| Dr. Stephan Petrovitch
|
|-
| 1947
| ''[[Master of Bankdam]]''
| Zebediah Crowther
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1948
| ''[[My Brother Jonathan]]''
| Dr. Craig
|
|-
| ''[[London Belongs to Me]]''
| Uncle Henry
|
|-
| rowspan=4|1949
| ''[[Silent Dust]]''
| Robert Rawley
|
|-
| ''[[For Them That Trespass]]''
| Christopher Drew
|
|-
| ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1949 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''
| [[Lewis Carroll]] / [[Knave of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Knave of Hearts]]
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Now Barabbas]]''
| Chaplain
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[The Magnet (film)|The Magnet]]''
| Dr. Brent
|
|-
| 1952
| ''[[24 Hours of a Woman's Life]]''
| Father Andre Benoit
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Four Sided Triangle]]''
| Bill
|
|-
| 1954
| ''[[The Stranger's Hand]]''
| British Consul in Venice
|
|-
| 1955
| ''[[The End of the Affair (1955 film)|The End of the Affair]]''
| Father Crompton
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1956
| ''Guilty?''
| Summers
|
|-
| ''The Door in the Wall''
| Sir Frank Wallace
| Short
|-
| 1957
| ''[[At the Stroke of Nine]]''
| Stephen Garrett
|
|-
| 1958
| ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1958 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]''
| [[Alexandre Manette|Dr. Manette]]
|
|-
| 1959
| ''[[The Nun's Story (film)|The Nun's Story]]''
| Chaplain (Father Andre)
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Master Spy]]''
| Boris Turganev
| Final film
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Elizabeth R]]''
| [[Francis Walsingham|Walsingham]]
| Miniseries
|-
| 1981
| ''Lady Killers''
| [[Archibald Bodkin]]
| Episode: ''My Perfect Husband''
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0615278}}
* www.imdb.com/title/tt4868338/

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