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Richard Murdoch

Richard Murdoch

Actor · Born 1907-04-06 · Keston, Kent, England, UK

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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 brief…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Blackadder (1983) — Ross, a Lord
  2. The New Avengers (1976) — Pinman Perry
  3. The Professionals (1977) — Sir Alan Sternfield
  4. The Ghost Train (1941) — Teddy Deakin
  5. The Magic Box (1952) — Sitter in Bath Studio
  6. Rumpole of the Bailey (1975) — Uncle Tom
  7. Whoops Apocalypse (1986) — Cabinet Minister
  8. The Terror (1938) — Detective Lewis
  9. I Thank You (1941) — Stinker
  10. Band Waggon (1940) — Stinker Murdoch
  11. Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940) — 'Stinker' Burton
  12. One Exciting Night (1944) — Illusionist
  13. Lilli Marlene (1950) — Flight Lieutenant Murdoch / Capt. Wimpole
  14. Hazell (1978) — Dornford
  15. Strictly Confidential (1959) — Cmdr. Bissham-Ryley
  16. It Happened in Soho (1948) — Scott the News Reporter
  17. Looking on the Bright Side (1932) — Dancer (uncredited)
  18. Over She Goes (1937) — Sergeant Oliver
  19. Under the Table You Must Go (1970) — Self
  20. Golden Arrow (1949) — David Felton
  21. Not a Hope in Hell (1960)
  22. Living It Up (1957) — Stinker
  23. The Moomins (UK Release) (1983) — Narrator (voice)
  24. The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls (1980) — Lord Chamberlain