Ken Murray

Ken Murray

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.

  • Populariteit : 3.712
  • Bekend om : Acting
  • Verjaardag : 1903-07-14
  • Geboorteplaats : New York City, New York, USA
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Ken Murray Films

  • 1962
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    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    7.8 1962 HD

    Senator Ransom Stoddard keert terug naar het stadje Shinbone in het Wilde Westen om de begrafenis van een oude vriend bij te wonen. Tegen een...

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  • 1949
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    Red Light

    Red Light

    5.5 1949 HD

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  • 1966
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    Follow Me, Boys!

    Follow Me, Boys!

    6.6 1966 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Power

    The Power

    6.241 1968 HD

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  • 1948
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    Bill and Coo

    Bill and Coo

    6.2 1948 HD

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  • 1941
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    Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

    Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1932
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    Crooner

    Crooner

    5 1932 HD

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  • 1929
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    Half Marriage

    Half Marriage

    5.2 1929 HD

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  • 1932
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    Ladies of the Jury

    Ladies of the Jury

    6.4 1932 HD

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  • 1963
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    Hollywood Without Make-Up

    Hollywood Without Make-Up

    5.9 1963 HD

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  • 1933
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    Disgraced!

    Disgraced!

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1940
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    A Night at Earl Carroll's

    A Night at Earl Carroll's

    3.5 1940 HD

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  • 1933
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    A Preferred List

    A Preferred List

    7 1933 HD

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  • 1937
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    You're a Sweetheart

    You're a Sweetheart

    4 1937 HD

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  • 1941
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    Swing It Soldier

    Swing It Soldier

    5 1941 HD

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  • 1965
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    Hollywood My Home Town

    Hollywood My Home Town

    5.3 1965 HD

    Ken Murray vertelt over zijn 16 mm-homevideo's die hij gedurende 35 jaar in Hollywood heeft opgenomen.

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  • 1953
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    The Marshal's Daughter

    The Marshal's Daughter

    2.7 1953 HD

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  • 1938
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    Swing, Sister, Swing

    Swing, Sister, Swing

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1963
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    Son of Flubber

    Son of Flubber

    5.9 1963 HD

    Als Professor Brainard verder experimenteert met Flubber (Flying Rubber) derivaten, raakt hij in de problemen en alleen zijn leerlingen kunnen helpen.

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  • 1933
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    From Headquarters

    From Headquarters

    5.8 1933 HD

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  • 1930
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    Leathernecking

    Leathernecking

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1942
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    Juke Box Jenny

    Juke Box Jenny

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1946
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    Peeks at Hollywood

    Peeks at Hollywood

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1997
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    Frank Capra's American Dream

    Frank Capra's American Dream

    6.2 1997 HD

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  • 1976
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    Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

    Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

    4.1 1976 HD

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  • 1948
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    Bill and Coo

    Bill and Coo

    6.2 1948 HD

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  • 1963
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    Hollywood Without Make-Up

    Hollywood Without Make-Up

    5.9 1963 HD

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  • 1983
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    Zelig

    Zelig

    7.43 1983 HD

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  • 1979
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    Ken Murray Shooting Stars

    Ken Murray Shooting Stars

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1965
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    Hollywood My Home Town

    Hollywood My Home Town

    5.3 1965 HD

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  • 1963
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    Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

    6 1963 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.632 1948 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Greatest Show on Earth

    The Greatest Show on Earth

    5 1963 HD

    Johnny Slate beheert met succes zijn circus terwijl het zich van stad naar stad verplaatst.

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  • 1964
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    The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

    4.5 1964 HD

    The Hollywood Palace is een Amerikaanse televisievariétéshow van een uur die wekelijks werd uitgezonden op ABC van 4 januari 1964 tot 7...

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  • 1952
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.6 1952 HD

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  • 1963
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    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    5.5 1963 HD

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is een Amerikaanse anthologiereeks, gesponsord door Chrysler Corporation, die van 1963 tot 1967 op NBC liep....

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  • 1964
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    The Bing Crosby Show

    The Bing Crosby Show

    5 1964 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Ken Murray Show

    The Ken Murray Show

    7 1950 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Judy Garland Show

    The Judy Garland Show

    8 1963 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Lux Show

    The Lux Show

    6 1957 HD

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.7 1950 HD

    Vier panelleden moeten de bezigheden van de gasten bepalen – en, in het geval van beroemde gasten, geblinddoekt, hun identiteit – door...

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