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Ken Murray

Ken Murray

Actor · Born 1903-07-14 · New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

Ken Murray (born Kenneth Abner Doncourt, July 14, 1903 – October 12, 1988) was an American comedian, actor, radio and television personality and author. After finding success on the vaudeville stage, Murray moved to Hollywood and made his film debut in the 1929 romantic drama Half Marriage, followed by a role in Leathernecking in 1930. Murray was the host of a weekly radio variety show (The Ken Murray Show) on NBC 1932-33 and on CBS 1936–37. He later was the original host (1945-57) of Queen for a Day, on the Mutual Broadcasting System radio show, which was simulcast on KTSL (now KCBS-TV), Channel 2 in Los Angeles. During World War II, Murray was one of the many celebrities to volunteer at the Hollywood Canteen. In 1947, he produced Bill and Coo, a feature film using trained birds and other animals as actors. Bill and Coo won a special Academy Award for "novel and entertaining use of the medium of motion picture" and "artistry and patience" . He was also the host of The Ken Murray Show, a weekly music and comedy show on CBS Television that ran from 1950 to 1953. The show was the first to win a Freedom Foundation Award. Murray also guest starred on several television series, inclu…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — Doc Willoughby
  2. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) — Anton Korbel
  3. Son of Flubber (1963) — Mr. Hurley
  4. Follow Me, Boys! (1966) — Melody Murphy
  5. The Power (1968) — Grover
  6. What's My Line? (1950) — Self
  7. Red Light (1949) — Ken Murray
  8. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  9. Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) — Souvenir Salesman
  10. You're a Sweetheart (1937) — Don King
  11. This Is Your Life (1952) — Self
  12. Bill and Coo (1948) — Ken Murray
  13. Burke's Law (1963) — Charles P. Banner
  14. Ladies of the Jury (1932) — Spencer B. Dazy
  15. Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963) — Self - Host
  16. Frank Capra's American Dream (1997) — Self (archive footage)
  17. From Headquarters (1933) — Mac
  18. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
  19. Half Marriage (1929) — Charles Turner
  20. A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940) — Barney Nelson
  21. The Marshal's Daughter (1953) — 'Smiling Billy' Murray
  22. Hollywood My Home Town (1965) — Self
  23. The Hollywood Palace (1964) — Self
  24. The Judy Garland Show (1963) — Self
  25. A Preferred List (1933)
  26. The Ken Murray Show (1950)
  27. Crooner (1932) — Peter Sturgis
  28. Disgraced! (1933) — Jim McGuire
  29. Swing It Soldier (1941) — Jerry Traynor
  30. The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
  31. The Bing Crosby Show (1964)
  32. Swing, Sister, Swing (1938) — Nap Sisler
  33. Leathernecking (1930) — Frank
  34. Juke Box Jenny (1942) — Malcolm Hammond
  35. The Lux Show (1957) — Self
  36. Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 (1941) — Self
  37. Peeks at Hollywood (1946)

Directed

  1. Ken Murray Shooting Stars (1979) — Director