Lionel Murton

Lionel Murton
File:Actor Lionel Murton.jpg in TV's The Four Just Men (1960)
Born	William Lionel Murton (1915-06-02)2 June 1915 Wandsworth, London, England
Died	26 September 2006(2006-09-26) (aged 91) Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Resting place	Basingstoke Crematorium and Gardens of Remembrance
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1945-1981
Spouse	Anita D'Allaire

William Lionel Murton (2 June 1915 – 26 September 2006) was an English character actor. Born in Wandsworth, London, he was resident at Little Orchard, Weston Road, Upton Grey, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, before his death at age 91. He was cremated at Basingstoke Crematorium on 6 October 2006. He is commemorated with his wife, Anita, in Upton Grey Churchyard, Grave 1 E-3.

Having grown up in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he most often played Americans and Canadians in films and in various television series, from the late 1940s. He also appeared in episodes of several TV series, including The Persuaders! and Danger Man and was a regular cast member of the Dickie Henderson Show, playing Dickie's friend Jack.

Selected filmography

• Meet the Navy (1946) - Johnny
• Brass Monkey (1948) - Detective Mann
• Badger's Green (1949) - Albert
• The Girl Is Mine (1950)
• Dangerous Assignment (1950) - Joe Wilson
• The Long Dark Hall (1951) - Jefferson (American published) (US version only)
• The Pickwick Papers (1952) - Augustus Snodgrass
• Our Girl Friday (1953) - Barman
• Monte Carlo Baby (1953)
• The Runaway Bus (1954) - American Traveller
• Night People (1954) - Norman Lakeland
• Raising a Riot (1955) - Harry
• The Battle of the River Plate (1956) - Mike Fowler
• Interpol (1957) - Murphy
• Carry On Admiral (1957) - Psychiatrist
• Fire Down Below (1957) - The American
• Up the Creek (1958) - Perkins
• Further Up the Creek (1958) - Perkins
• The Captain's Table (1959) - Bernie Floate
• Make Mine a Million (1959) - Commercial TV director
• The Mouse That Roared (1959) - American General at the Pentagon (uncredited)
• North West Frontier (1959) - American Correspondent
• Our Man in Havana (1959)
• Surprise Package (1960) - US Marshal
• Danger Man (1960-1961) - Colonel Keller
• Petticoat Pirates (1961) - Admiral
• The Main Attraction (1962) - Joe Burton, the Drunk (uncredited)
• On the Beat (1962) - Man in Underground Train
• Summer Holiday (1963) - Jerry
• Man in the Middle (1964) - Capt. Alec Gunther
• Goldfinger (1964) - Colonel (uncredited)
• The Truth About Spring (1964) - Simmons
• Carry On Cowboy (1966) - Clerk
• Doctor in Clover (1966) - Publicity Man
• The Dirty Dozen (1967) - MP Lt. Col. in charge at hanging (uncredited)
• Sette volte sette (1968)
• Nobody Runs Forever (1968) - Reporter on Steps (uncredited)
• The Last Shot You Hear (1969) - Rubens
• Zeta One (1969) - W
• Patton (1970) - Third Army Chaplain James Hugh O'Neill
• The Games (1970) - US Team VIP (uncredited)
• The Revolutionary (1970) - The Professor
• Cannon for Cordoba (1970) - Colonel
• Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) - Brenda's Landlord
• Seven Nights in Japan (1976) - American Tourist
• Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) - Col. Horne
• The Billion Dollar Bubble (1978)

External links

• Lionel Murton at IMDb
• http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f0964e7
• Lionel Murton at Find a Grave