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Murray Head
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Murray Head
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1946-03-05,London, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

5.51

I, Cesar
2003-04-09

6

White Mischief
1987-11-10

5

No Pasaran
2009-07-15

Sunday Bloody Sunday

6.6

Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971-07-01

4.7

La Mandarine
1972-03-17

6.7

The Family Way
1966-12-18

4.9

Madame Claude
1977-05-11

Gawain and the Green Knight

4.6

Gawain and the Green Knight
1973-06-01

Magasinet Special: Chess 1984

0

Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
1984-11-08

The Big Snake of the World

5

The Big Snake of the World
1999-09-17

Lovers of the Nile

4

Lovers of the Nile
2002-01-16

1

The Savage
1989-05-05

5.3

Horsehead
2014-09-07

El poder del deseo

6

El poder del deseo
1975-01-01

7.1

D-Day 6.6.1944
2004-06-06

Two Weeks in September

4.8

Two Weeks in September
1967-06-07

6

Cindy
2002-09-11

0

Taking Leave
1974-11-28

Chess in Concert

10

Chess in Concert
1989-12-30

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

6.6

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996-03-20

1

Stormy Summer
1989-06-21

0

Bei Bio
1983-03-10

Shirley's World

5

Shirley's World
1972-04-07

Where Are They Now?

7.5

Where Are They Now?
1999-06-07

Six Fifty-Five Special

0

Six Fifty-Five Special
1981-07-13

Nulle part ailleurs

5.6

Nulle part ailleurs
1987-08-31

Rosemary & Thyme

7.4

Rosemary & Thyme
2003-08-31

10

Midi Première
1975-01-06

6

Casualty
1986-09-06

7

Heartbeat
1992-04-10

7.4

Vera
2011-05-01

6

The Vice
1999-01-04

6

Centrepoint
1990-10-08

En direct de l'univers

1

En direct de l'univers
2009-09-19

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975-01-12

6.167

Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16

War of the Worlds

7.262

War of the Worlds
2019-10-28

Return of the Saint

7

Return of the Saint
1978-09-10

Le monde est à vous

0

Le monde est à vous
1987-09-13

6

40° à l'ombre
1987-06-29

Judge John Deed

6.6

Judge John Deed
2001-11-26

6.2

Sacrée soirée
1987-09-02