People
Richard Murdoch
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.
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Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Whoops Apocalypse as Cabinet Minister | 1986-05-06 |
The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls as Lord Chamberlain | 1980-12-28 |
Under the Table You Must Go as Self | 1970-01-02 |
Not a Hope in Hell | 1960-10-01 |
Strictly Confidential | 1959-01-01 |
The Magic Box as Sitter in Bath Studio | 1952-01-01 |
Lilli Marlene as Flight Lieutenant Murdoch / Capt. Wimpole | 1950-12-08 |
Golden Arrow as David Felton | 1949-12-31 |
It Happened in Soho as Scott the News Reporter | 1948-06-24 |
One Exciting Night as Illusionist | 1944-12-04 |
I Thank You as Stinker | 1941-10-20 |
The Ghost Train as Teddy Deakin | 1941-05-05 |
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt as 'Stinker' Burton | 1940-08-31 |
Band Waggon as Stinker Murdoch | 1940-03-23 |
The Terror as Detective Lewis | 1938-05-02 |
Over She Goes as Sergeant Oliver | 1937-08-16 |
Looking on the Bright Side as Dancer (uncredited) | 1932-03-14 |