Murray Head

Murray Head

Birthdate
March 5, 1946 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
March 5, 1946 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Known For
Acting

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. ...

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Murray Head's LGBTQ+ Titles

Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bob Elkin

Acting (41)

2019
War of the Worlds as Mikel (1 episode)
2014
Horsehead as Jim
2011
Vera as Peter Calvert (1 episode)
2009
En direct de l'univers as Self (1 episode)
2009
No Pasaran as Peter Konchelsky
2004
D-Day 6.6.1944 as Robert Douin
2003
Rosemary & Thyme as Nev Connolly (1 episode)
2003
I, Cesar as Mr. Fitzpatrick
2002
Cindy as Ronan
2002
Lovers of the Nile as Le colonel
2001
Judge John Deed (1 episode)
1999
The Big Snake of the World as Tom
1999
Where Are They Now? as Self (1 episode)
1999
The Vice as Tommy Roker (2 episodes)
1996
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel as Lord Rochford
1992
Heartbeat as Jack Hollins (13 episodes)
1990
Centrepoint as Nick Wareing (4 episodes)
1989
Chess in Concert as Freddie
1989
Stormy Summer as Jack
1989
The Savage as Michael
1987
White Mischief as Lizzie
1987
Le monde est à vous as Self (2 episodes)
1987
Nulle part ailleurs as Self (1 episode)
1987
40° à l'ombre as Self (1 episode)
1986
Casualty as Billy Cooper (1 episode)
1984
Magasinet Special: Chess 1984 as Self
1983
Bei Bio as Self (1 episode)
1982
Champs-Elysées as Self (2 episodes)
1981
Six Fifty-Five Special as Self (1 episode)
1978
Return of the Saint as Pierre (1 episode)
1977
Madame Claude as David Evans
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self (2 episodes)
1975
Midi Première as Self (1 episode)
1975
El poder del deseo as Javier
1974
Taking Leave as Barbara Allen Singer (voice only)
1973
Gawain and the Green Knight as Gawain
1972
Shirley's World (1 episode)
1972
La Mandarine as Tony Bellay-VanguardAnthony Bellay-Vanguard, « Tony l'Anglais »
1971
Sunday Bloody Sunday as Bob Elkin
1967
Two Weeks in September as Dickinson's Assistant
1966
The Family Way as Geoffrey Fitton

Writing (1)

1999
The Children of the Century • Writer
• Writer

Sound (3)

1988
Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator • Original Music Composer
• Original Music Composer
1982
For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now • Original Music Composer
• Original Music Composer
1980
Cocktail Molotov • Music
• Music