Richard Murdoch
Actor
6 de abril de 1907 — 9 de octubre de 1990 (83 años)
Richard Bernard Murdoch was educated at Charterhouse School in Surrey, and Pembroke College, Cambridge University. Whilst at university he participated in the Footlights Dramatic Club's performances.
Murdoch's first appearance in cinema was as an uncredited dancing extra in 1932 film Looking on the Bright Side. In 1937 he was listed among the cast of the "Television Follies", an early BBC Television programme.
He received his big professional break in the British Broadcasting Corporation's comedy radio programme Band Waggon in 1938 as part of a double act with the then rising star Arthur Askey, acquiring the nickname "Stinker" in mocking reference to his superior formal education.
As Askey moved from radio performing into cinema at the end of the 1930s Murdoch went with him and they appeared in a number of Askey star vehicle films together, Murdoch's tall athletic physique, good looks and upper middle class English Home Counties demeanor contrasting comedically with Askey's short stature, homely appearance, Lancashire provincial accent and working class performance persona. Their working partnership broke up during World War 2 when Murdoch joined the Armed Forces, but they briefly reprised it in the late 1950s for the television series Living It Up.
Murdoch was conscripted into the Royal Air Force in 1941, serving as a junior intelligence officer with Bomber Command, before being posted to the Department of Allied Air Force and Foreign Liaison as a Flight Lieutenant. In 1943 he joined the Directorate of Administrative Plans at the Air Ministry, where he shared an office with Wing Commander Kenneth Horne, being responsible for the supply of aircraft and air equipment to Russia. He finished the war with the rank of Squadron Leader.
Murdoch's first appearance in cinema was as an uncredited dancing extra in 1932 film Looking on the Bright Side. In 1937 he was listed among the cast of the "Television Follies", an early BBC Television programme.
He received his big professional break in the British Broadcasting Corporation's comedy radio programme Band Waggon in 1938 as part of a double act with the then rising star Arthur Askey, acquiring the nickname "Stinker" in mocking reference to his superior formal education.
As Askey moved from radio performing into cinema at the end of the 1930s Murdoch went with him and they appeared in a number of Askey star vehicle films together, Murdoch's tall athletic physique, good looks and upper middle class English Home Counties demeanor contrasting comedically with Askey's short stature, homely appearance, Lancashire provincial accent and working class performance persona. Their working partnership broke up during World War 2 when Murdoch joined the Armed Forces, but they briefly reprised it in the late 1950s for the television series Living It Up.
Murdoch was conscripted into the Royal Air Force in 1941, serving as a junior intelligence officer with Bomber Command, before being posted to the Department of Allied Air Force and Foreign Liaison as a Flight Lieutenant. In 1943 he joined the Directorate of Administrative Plans at the Air Ministry, where he shared an office with Wing Commander Kenneth Horne, being responsible for the supply of aircraft and air equipment to Russia. He finished the war with the rank of Squadron Leader.
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Filmography
| 1988 | Mr Majeika · as Worshipful Wizard |
| 1987 | Whoops Apocalypse · as Cabinet Minister |
| 1983 | Blackadder · as Ross, A Lord |
| 1981 | Never the Twain · as Colonel Wainwright |
| 1981 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years · as Lord Halifax |
| 1978 | Rumpole of the Bailey · as Uncle Tom |
| 1978 | Warrior Queen · as Olussa |
| 1978 | Hazell · as Dornford |
| 1977 | The Moomins · as Narrator - English (1982) |
| 1977 | The Professionals · as Sir Alan SternfieldEn Plex |
| 1976 | The New Avengers · as Pinman Perry |
| 1959 | Strictly Confidential · as Cmdr. Bissham-Ryley |
| 1951 | The Magic Box · as Sitter In Bath Studio |
| 1950 | Lilli Marlene · as Flight Lieutenant Murdoch / Capt. Wimpole |
| 1949 | The Gay Adventure · as David Felton |
| 1948 | It Happened in Soho · as Scott The News Reporter |
| 1944 | One Exciting Night · as Illusionist |
| 1941 | I Thank You · as Stinker |
| 1941 | The Ghost Train · as Teddy DeakinEn Plex |
| 1940 | Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt · as 'stinker' Burton |
| 1940 | Band Waggon · as Stinker Murdoch |
| 1938 | The Terror · as Detective Lewis |
| 1937 | Over She Goes · as Sergeant Oliver |
| 1934 | Evergreen · as Undetermined Role |
| 1932 | Looking on the Bright Side · as Dancer (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Wogan · as Self |
| 1979 | Give Us A Clue · as Self - Panellist |
| 1972 | Pebble Mill at One · as Self |
| 1970 | Under the Table You Must Go · as Self |
| 1968 | Frost on Sunday · as Self |
| 1965 | Call My Bluff · as Self |
| 1964 | Late Night Line-Up · as Self |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) · as Self |