Murray Head

Murray Head

Murray Seafield St George Head (born 5 March 1946) is an English actor and singer. Head has appeared in a number of films, including a starring role as the character Bob Elkin in the Oscar-nominated 1971 film Sunday Bloody Sunday. As a musician, he is most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar" (from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar) and "One Night in Bangkok" (the 1984 single from the musical Chess, which topped the charts in various countries), and for his 1975 album Say It Ain't So. He has been involved in several projects since the 1960s and continues to record music, perform concerts, and make appearances on television either as himself or as a character actor. Head was born in London to Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head (20 August 1919 – 22 March 2009) and Helen Shingler (29 August 1919 − 8 October 2019). Head's father was a documentary filmmaker for Verity Films. Head's mother played Mme Maigret alongside Rupert Davies in the BBC 1960s television adaptation of the Maigret novels written by Georges Simenon. Head's younger brother Anthony Head is also an actor, best known for playing Rupert Giles in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Head was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in South Kensington, London and Hampton School in Hampton, Middlesex. He attended Chiswick Polytechnic (A level college) in the early 1960s. Head began writing songs as a child, and by the mid-1960s he had a London-based recording contract. He briefly appeared as one of the hosts of the Bristol-based television pop show Now! alongside Michael Palin. He had limited success, until asked by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber to play Judas Iscariot on the original concept album version of Jesus Christ Superstar; at the time, he had been appearing in the West End production of the musical Hair. With the Trinidad Singers, the song "Superstar" peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1971. He made his film debut in The Family Way (1966), which featured Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett and John Mills in the leading roles. Head won a leading role in the Oscar-nominated film Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), alongside Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson. Despite these successes, he received little public attention in the next ten years (except for his single release, "Say It Ain't So, Joe" in 1975, which has been covered by The Who's lead vocalist, Roger Daltrey, among others, including The Hollies). "Never Even Thought" has been covered by both Colin Blunstone and Cliff Richard. In 1973, he appeared in a radio drama, The Fourth Tower of Inverness. In 1979, Head appeared in the miniseries Prince Regent and the final episode of the ITV program Return of the Saint. ... Source: Article "Murray Head" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Murray Head
  • Popularity: 7.141
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1946-03-05
  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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Murray Head Movies

  • 2003
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    I, Cesar

    I, Cesar

    5.5 2003 HD

    Cesar is a young schoolboy living in Paris with his family. Their life is ordinary, but Cesar wants more excitement (which he creates, in one...

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  • 1987
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    White Mischief

    White Mischief

    6.01 1987 HD

    A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as...

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  • 2009
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    No Pasaran

    No Pasaran

    5 2009 HD

    Maxence Lafourcade raises pigs in the Pyrenees. His life changes when he learns that a highway will cross his his farm. To face the cynical deputy...

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  • 1971
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    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    6.6 1971 HD

    Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also...

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  • 1972
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    La Mandarine

    La Mandarine

    4.7 1972 HD

    Paris, seventies. In a hotel in the glittering Rue de Rivoli an English boy falls in love with the two young grandchildren of the owner. Based on the...

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  • 1966
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    The Family Way

    The Family Way

    6.6 1966 HD

    Young newlyweds Arthur and Jenny Fitton want nothing more than to get their marriage started on the right foot. But before they can depart for their...

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  • 1977
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    Madame Claude

    Madame Claude

    4.9 1977 HD

    Based on a true story. Madame Claude, a well connected Parisienne with dark past, runs a network of high-class call girls. She sends her girls to any...

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  • 1973
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    Gawain and the Green Knight

    Gawain and the Green Knight

    4.6 1973 HD

    The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.

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  • 1984
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    Magasinet Special: Chess 1984

    Magasinet Special: Chess 1984

    1 1984 HD

    A documentary about the recording of the CHESS concept album by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

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  • 1999
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    The Big Snake of the World

    The Big Snake of the World

    5 1999 HD

    This feature drama tells the story of Tom Paradise, a young 40-something refusing to grow up. Behind the wheel of his bus, he drives endlessly...

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  • 2002
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    Lovers of the Nile

    Lovers of the Nile

    4 2002 HD

    During the Second World War, in 1943, Anne Frendo, a young dreamer and artist, living alone with her father in Tunisia, discovers, by chance, the...

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  • 1989
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    The Savage

    The Savage

    1 1989 HD

    Story of a teenage girl whose father dies. She goes to live with her father's friends, a couple. As a sort of revenge on her Father, whom she hates...

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  • 2014
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    Horsehead

    Horsehead

    5.3 2014 HD

    Since her childhood, Jessica has been haunted by recurrent nightmares whose meaning escapes her. This peculiarity has led her to study the...

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  • 1975
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    El poder del deseo

    El poder del deseo

    6 1975 HD

    Javier lives with his mother in a modest apartment. He conducts surveys on the effectiveness of ads. This work provides a humble earning for the two...

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  • 2004
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    D-Day 6.6.1944

    D-Day 6.6.1944

    7.1 2004 HD

    On June 6th, 1944 the largest military invasion and defence the world has ever seen occurred. D-Day tells the epic story of the preparation and...

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  • 1967
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    Two Weeks in September

    Two Weeks in September

    4.8 1967 HD

    Story of a woman torn between her love for two different men.

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  • 2002
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    Cindy

    Cindy

    6 2002 HD

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  • 1974
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    Taking Leave

    Taking Leave

    1 1974 HD

    Mike comes home on leave from Ulster. After six years in the Army he has to decide whether to sign up again or not. His parents want him to leave the...

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  • 1989
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    Chess in Concert

    Chess in Concert

    10 1989 HD

    The story of a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and...

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  • 1996
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    Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

    Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

    6.6 1996 HD

    Beaumarchais the Scoundrel is a biopic film based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pierre Beaumarchais depicting his...

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  • 1989
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    Stormy Summer

    Stormy Summer

    1 1989 HD

    Every year, the whole gather in the French region of Auvergne's home. During this 1944 summer, Louis falls in love with his cousin Laurence. The...

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  • 1999
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    The Children of the Century

    The Children of the Century

    5.8 1999 HD

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  • 1982
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    For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now

    For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now

    6.336 1982 HD

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  • 1980
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    Cocktail Molotov

    Cocktail Molotov

    5.8 1980 HD

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  • 1988
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    Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator

    Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator

    6.2 1988 HD

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  • 1983
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    Bei Bio

    Bei Bio

    1 1983 HD

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  • 2001
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    Judge John Deed

    Judge John Deed

    6 2001 HD

    Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F....

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  • 1972
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    Shirley's World

    Shirley's World

    5 1972 HD

    Shirley's World is a television series aired first by American Broadcasting Company during the U.S. 1971-72 television season. The sitcom was...

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  • 1999
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    Where Are They Now?

    Where Are They Now?

    7.5 1999 HD

    Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each...

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  • 1981
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    Six Fifty-Five Special

    Six Fifty-Five Special

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1987
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    Nulle part ailleurs

    Nulle part ailleurs

    5.6 1987 HD

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  • 2003
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    Rosemary & Thyme

    Rosemary & Thyme

    7.5 2003 HD

    Brought together by professional and personal heartache, two plucky ladies plant the seeds for a brighter future. Rosemary Boxer, with a doctorate in...

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  • 1975
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    Midi Première

    Midi Première

    10 1975 HD

    Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975...

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  • 1986
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    Casualty

    Casualty

    6 1986 HD

    Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and...

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 2011
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    Vera

    Vera

    7.372 2011 HD

    A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder,...

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  • 1999
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    The Vice

    The Vice

    4.7 1999 HD

    The Vice is an ITV police drama about the Metropolitan Police Vice Unit. It ran for five short series between 1999 and 2003. It tells the story of...

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  • 1990
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    Centrepoint

    Centrepoint

    6 1990 HD

    A young man is reunited with his father, who has been presumed dead for ten years, and then tries to unravel the truth behind his disappearance.

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  • 2009
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    En direct de l'univers

    En direct de l'univers

    1 2009 HD

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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  • 1982
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    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.2 1982 HD

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  • 2019
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    War of the Worlds

    War of the Worlds

    7.3 2019 HD

    When astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. The world’s...

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  • 1978
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    Return of the Saint

    Return of the Saint

    7 1978 HD

    Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

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  • 1987
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    Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    40° à l'ombre

    40° à l'ombre

    1 1987 HD

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