Notable Television Performances
He appeared in the very first episode of the cult television series The Avengers in 1960.
He played the Dauphin in Shaw’s St. Joan, directed in 1966 by Warris Hussein. He played Bertold in a television production of Pirandello’s Henry IV directed by Michael Hayes; Don Pietro in Peter Drummond’s film of The Little World of Don Camillo; and The Hermit in Mai Zetterling’s production of William Tell. And he appeared as the Barber in Rex Harrison's Don Quixote in the 1973 television film directed by Alvin Rakoff.
In 1998 he appeared in a Christmas Special episode of the BBC's Jonathan Creek called "The Black Canary".
In 2007 he appeared as the sinister Bilis Manger in the Doctor Who spinoff, Torchwood.
In July 2011 Murray Melvin played the Professor in a short comedy/drama called The Grey Mile, a story about two ex master criminals who are now confined to a care home. The film, written by Jonathan Parramint and Simon Janes, co-stars Paul Shane as Terry 'The Taxman' Tempest and Maggie Tulip as Miss Match. The film was shot on location at Wolterton Hall in Norfolk.
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