Ken Murray Age, Biography, Birthday, Upcoming Movies, Net Worth, Wiki, Filmography
Ken Murray Biography / Wiki
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Navigator: Lt. Col. Ken Murray
Ken Murray
2022-11-01
A former U.S. Air Force air tanker navigator, Lt. Col. Ken Murray’s career takes us from the horrific accident that killed 70 people at an airshow dem…
The Forgotten War
Ken Murray
2020-01-01
The Korean War saw three years of heavy combat take place on the small Korean peninsula, ending in a stalemate that remains contested to this day. Th…
Ralph Parr: Fighter Ace of the Twentieth Century
Ken Murray
2020-02-01
Ralph Parr flew as a fighter pilot in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam and made the transition from propeller fighter planes to the antecedents of the jets ou…
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, including The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford and The Bing Crosby Show.
Murray produced and co-starred as “Smiling Billy Murray” in a 1953 film, The Marshal’s Daughter, a western that featured his protege Laurie Anders in the title role, her sole film performance. In 1962, Murray portrayed the top hat wearing, cigar chewing, drunken Doc Willoughby in John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance starring John Wayne and James Stewart, arguably his most memorable screen role. Paired off for most of the picture with Edmond O’Brien as an alcoholic newspaper editor, he drunkenly rolls over the gunshot corpse of villain Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin) with his boot, looks around off-handedly, and says “Dead” to the surrounding crowd of euphoric Mexicans.
In 1964, Murray played Whipsaw, the operator of a stagecoach depot in the episode “Little Cayuse” of the television series Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews. He and his partner take in a Cayuse orphan (Larry Domasin), who demonstrates his loyalty to the men during an Indian attack. In 1965, Murray played a THRUSH financier and owner of a caribbean casino in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. In 1966, Murray was cast as Melody Murphy in the Walt Disney film Follow Me, Boys! starring Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles and Kurt Russell.
Ken Murray Biography / Wiki
Name
Ken Murray
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Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Date of Birth
1903-07-14
Age(as in 2022)
85
Deathday
1988-10-12
Ken Murray Acting Movies
Movie Name
Character
Release Date
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Hollywood Without Make-Up
Host
1963-07-01
A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood….
Hollywood My Home Town
Himself
1965-12-31
Ken Murray narrates his 16mm home movies shot over 35 years in Hollywood….
Swing, Sister, Swing
Nap Sisler
1938-12-16
In this musical comedy, two star-struck small town kids head for the Big Apple and become famous for their jitterbug act. Their fame doesn’t last long…
Swing It Soldier
Jerry Traynor
1941-11-07
In this musical comedy, a pregnant disc jockey misses her husband who is fighting overseas. Stressed out by the situation and her job, she decides to …
A Night at Earl Carroll’s
Barney Nelson
1940-12-06
Newly-elected reform Mayor Jones celebrates his victory over the crooked political machine with a party at Earl Carroll’s night club. Steve Kalkus, th…
Juke Box Jenny
Malcolm Hammond
1942-03-27
Swing and jitterbug….
Bill and Coo
Ken Murray
1948-03-28
The feathered residents of Chirpendale are terrorized by an evil black crow by the name of “The Black Menace”. But to the citizen’s rescue comes a bra…
Crooner
Peter Sturgis
1932-08-20
Fame goes to a priggish singer’s head and almost costs him his girlfriend….
Half Marriage
Charles Turner
1929-10-12
A young couple marries in secret. Judy’s afraid her parents won’t approve of Dick and she’ll lose her generous allowance. Her parents bring her home f…
Ladies of the Jury
Spencer B. Dazy
1932-02-02
Society matron Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane is selected as a juror in the trial of former chorus girl Yvette Gordon, who’s accused of murdering her r…
You’re a Sweetheart
Don King
1937-12-26
A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event. He …
The Marshal’s Daughter
‘Smiling Billy’ Murray
1953-06-25
To fully appreciate the western comedy The Marshal’s Daughter, one must be aware that its star, a zaftig, wide-eyed lass named Laurie Anders, was in 1…
Leathernecking
Frank
1930-09-12
Chick Evans is a Marine private in Honolulu, Hawaii. He falls for society girl Delphine Witherspoon, and begins to scheme as to how to win her over….
Disgraced!
Jim McGuire
1933-07-07
A lovely fashion model’s dreams of marital bliss are shattered when her fiance jilts her. To make matters worse, her father kills the cad and she gets…
Peeks at Hollywood
1946-01-26
Two young beautiful starlets use the Griffith Observatory telescope to find stars in Hollywood….
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Doc Willoughby
1962-04-15
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed….
Red Light
Ken Murray
1949-09-30
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pay…
Follow Me, Boys!
Melody Murphy
1966-12-01
Lem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle down, he finds a job as a stockboy in the general sto…
The Power
Grover
1968-02-21
One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis – the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race i…
Son of Flubber
Mr. Hurley
1963-01-16
Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance “Flubber.” Now he hope…
From Headquarters
Mac
1933-11-06
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it’s up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates….
Frank Capra’s American Dream
1997-01-01
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard….
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Souvenir Salesman
1976-07-26
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s….
Ken Murray Production Movies
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Job
Release Date
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Hollywood Without Make-Up
Producer
1963-07-01
A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood….
Bill and Coo
Producer
1948-03-28
The feathered residents of Chirpendale are terrorized by an evil black crow by the name of “The Black Menace”. But to the citizen’s rescue comes a bra…
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Zelig
Thanks
1983-07-15
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act l…
Hollywood My Home Town
Editor
1965-12-31
Ken Murray narrates his 16mm home movies shot over 35 years in Hollywood….
