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Richard Murdoch‌

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Richard Murdoch

Keston, Kent, England, UK

Richard Murdoch

Keston, Kent, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1907-04-06

Popularity

star4.4

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

The Ghost Train

The Ghost Train‌
star5.9
calendar 1941

Under the Table You Must Go

Under the Table You Must Go‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

I Thank You

I Thank You‌
star7.4
calendar 1941

Lilli Marlene

Lilli Marlene‌
star5.6
calendar 1950

Over She Goes

Over She Goes‌
star7.0
calendar 1937

Band Waggon

Band Waggon‌
star5.0
calendar 1940

Strictly Confidential

Strictly Confidential‌
star4.5
calendar 1959

Golden Arrow

Golden Arrow‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Not a Hope in Hell

Not a Hope in Hell‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

One Exciting Night

One Exciting Night‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

The Magic Box

The Magic Box‌
star6.3
calendar 1952

It Happened in Soho

It Happened in Soho‌
star4.0
calendar 1948

Looking on the Bright Side

Looking on the Bright Side‌
star6.0
calendar 1932

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt‌
star5.0
calendar 1940

The Terror

The Terror‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

Whoops Apocalypse

Whoops Apocalypse‌
star5.7
calendar 1986

The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls

The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Tv Credits

The Professionals

The Professionals‌
star7.4
calendar 1977

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey‌
star7.1
calendar 1975

The New Avengers

The New Avengers‌
star6.9
calendar 1976

The Moomins

The Moomins‌
star7.2
calendar 1978

Blackadder

Blackadder‌
star8.0
calendar 1983