William Lionel Murton (2 June 1915 – 26 September 2006) was an English character actor.
Biography Born in Wandsworth, London, he was resident at Little Orchard, Weston Road, Upton Grey, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, before his death at age 91. He was cremated at Basingstoke Crematorium on 6 October 2006.Basingstoke Gazette 5 October 2006 He is commemorated with his wife, Anita, in Upton Grey Churchyard, Grave 1 E-3.
He appeared in episodes of several TV series, including The Persuaders! and Danger Man and was a regular cast member of the Dickie Henderson Show, playing Dickie's friend Jack.
Selected filmography
Meet the Navy (1946) - Johnny Brass Monkey (1948) - Detective Mann Badger's Green (1949) - Albert The Girl Is Mine (1950) Dangerous Assignment (1950) - Joe Wilson The Long Dark Hall (1951) - Jefferson (American published) (US version only) The Pickwick Papers (1952) - Augustus Snodgrass Our Girl Friday (1953) - Barman Monte Carlo Baby (1953) The Runaway Bus (1954) - American Traveller Night People (1954) - Norman Lakeland Raising a Riot (1955) - Harry The Battle of the River Plate (1956) - Mike Fowler Interpol (1957) - Murphy Carry On Admiral (1957) - Psychiatrist Fire Down Below (1957) - The American Up the Creek (1958) - Perkins Further Up the Creek (1958) - Perkins The Captain's Table (1959) - Bernie Floate Make Mine a Million (1959) - Commercial TV director The Mouse That Roared (1959) - American General at the Pentagon (uncredited) North West Frontier (1959) - American Correspondent Our Man in Havana (1959) Surprise Package (1960) - US Marshal Danger Man (1960-1961) - Colonel Keller Petticoat Pirates (1961) - Admiral The Main Attraction (1962) - Joe Burton, the Drunk (uncredited) On the Beat (1962) - Man in Underground Train Summer Holiday (1963) - Jerry Man in the Middle (1964) - Capt. Alec Gunther Goldfinger (1964) - Colonel (uncredited) The Truth About Spring (1964) - Simmons Carry On Cowboy (1966) - Clerk Doctor in Clover (1966) - Publicity Man The Dirty Dozen (1967) - MP Lt. Col. in charge at hanging (uncredited) Sette volte sette (1968) Nobody Runs Forever (1968) - Reporter on Steps (uncredited) The Last Shot You Hear (1969) - Rubens Zeta One (1969) - W Patton (1970) - Third Army Chaplain James Hugh O'Neill The Games (1970) - US Team VIP (uncredited) The Revolutionary (1970) - The Professor Cannon for Cordoba (1970) - Colonel Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) - Brenda's Landlord Seven Nights in Japan (1976) - American Tourist Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) - Col. Horne The Billion Dollar Bubble (1978)
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