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Jan Murray is a Actor American born on 4 october 1916 at New York City (USA)
Jan Murray (born Murray Janofsky; October 4, 1916 – July 2, 2006) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and game show host who originally made his name on the Borscht Belt and later was known for his frequent television appearances over several decades.
Murray was an ardent golfer and had many fellow comedian partners. Among them were Jack Carter, Jerry Lewis, Joey Bishop and others, from whom he created comedy routines often related at various golf charity events. He chaired the Comedians' Golf Classic for several years, held both in New York and California.
Murray retired from show business at the age of 83, as he felt his asthma was affecting his timing. He died at the age of 89 in Beverly Hills, California, on July 2, 2006. He was buried at the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.
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Jan Murray
Birth name Murray Janofsky
Nationality USA
Birth 4 october 1916 at New York City (USA)
Death 2 july 2006 (at 89 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 4 october 1916 at New York City (USA)
Death 2 july 2006 (at 89 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)
Biography
Murray married Pearl Cohen in 1939, and had a child with her, but later divorced. In October 1949, he married Kathleen (Toni) Mann, had three children with her, and remained married to her until his death. Murray's production company, Jantone, took its name from their first names.Murray was an ardent golfer and had many fellow comedian partners. Among them were Jack Carter, Jerry Lewis, Joey Bishop and others, from whom he created comedy routines often related at various golf charity events. He chaired the Comedians' Golf Classic for several years, held both in New York and California.
Murray retired from show business at the age of 83, as he felt his asthma was affecting his timing. He died at the age of 89 in Beverly Hills, California, on July 2, 2006. He was buried at the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.
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Fear City (1984)
, 1h36Directed by Abel Ferrara
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Striptease
Actors Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith, Michael Vincenzo Gazzo, Rossano Brazzi
Roles Goldstein
Rating56%
A serial killer who is an expert at martial arts is preying on strippers in Manhattan's Times Square. Night after night, he visits smoky strip clubs, waiting for his victims. The owners of the largest company of strippers in the city are Matt Rossi (Berenger) and Nicky Parzeno (Scalia). Rossi is a retired boxer who retired after having killed an opponent in the ring. He is now seeing their whole business under threat, at the same time as he fears that the woman he loves might be the next victim.
Roll, Freddy, Roll! (1974)
, 1h13Directed by Bill Persky
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films
Actors Tim Conway, Jan Murray, Moosie Drier, Barra Grant, Scott Brady, Robert J. Hogan
Roles Big Sid
Rating71%
A man tries to impress his son by breaking the world record for staying on roller skates.
The Day of the Wolves (1971)
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Richard Egan, Martha Hyer, Jan Murray, Rick Jason, Frankie Randall, Zaldy Zshornack
Roles No. 1
Rating57%
Pete Anderson (Richard Egan) is chief of police of a small western town, Wellerton. Anderson has a run-in with the son of a council official (played by Len Travis and John Dennis respectively), who gets him fired. His warnings that the town is vulnerable to a criminal takeover were considered scaremongering.
Which Way to the Front? (1970)
, 1h32Directed by Jerry Lewis
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Jerry Lewis, Jan Murray, Joe Besser, Kathleen Freeman, Kaye Ballard, John Wood
Roles Sid Hackle
Rating46%
Brendan Byers III (Jerry Lewis) is a rich playboy who enlists to fight in the war against the Axis powers, but is classified 4-F. He really wants to fight, so he enlists other 4-Fs and some loyal volunteers from his own service staff and forms his own army. He finances their training and equipment. Once completed, they travel to the front in Italy, with Byers impersonating a Nazi general named Eric Kesselring.
The Busy Body (1967)
, 1h41Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar, Robert Ryan, Anne Baxter, Kay Medford, Jan Murray
Roles Murray Foster
Rating55%
George Norton is a low-level bumbler who works for Chicago crime boss Charley Barker. A well-dressed mama's boy, George is in good standing with Barker, even gaining a promotion, until an incident that costs the mob a million dollars.
A Man Called Dagger (1967)
, 1h26Directed by Richard Rush
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films
Actors Paul Mantee, Jan Murray, Sue Ane Langdon, Terry Moore, Maureen Arthur, Richard Kiel
Roles Rudolph Koffman / Hans Leitel
Rating48%
Secret agents Dick Dagger and Harper Davis are on the trail of former SS Colonel Rudolph Koffman, who is using a meat-packing plant as his secret lair.
Tarzan and the Great River (1967)
, 1h28Directed by Robert Day
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Tarzan films
Actors Mike Henry, Diana Millay, Jan Murray, Manuel Padilla, Jr., Paulo Gracindo
Roles Sam Bishop
Rating53%
Tarzan is called to Brazil by an old friend, The Professor (Paulo Gracindo) to help stop the Jaguar Cult, led by Barcuma (Rafer Johnson), from destroying native villages and enslaving the survivors in his search for diamonds. Tarzan is assisted by Captain Sam Bishop (Jan Murray), a riverboat pilot, and Bishop's young ward, Pepe (Manuel Padilla Jr.), as well as Baron (a lion) and Cheeta (a chimpanzee). On their way they encounter Dr. Ann Philips (Diana Millay), who has witnessed the destruction of a village, and wants to continue fighting a plague by giving much-needed inoculations to natives who live along the Amazon River.
Thunder Alley (1967)
, 1h30Directed by Richard Rush
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Annette Funicello, Fabian Forte, Diane McBain, Warren Berlinger, Jan Murray, Stanley Adams
Roles Pete
Rating53%
A race car driver, Tommy Callahan, retires after a blackout causes the death of another driver on the motorway. After the accident, he begins working at a Pete Madsen's "Thrill Circus" as a stunt driver. There he meets the proprietor's daughter, Francie, who also drives there, and her boyfriend Eddie Sands.
Thunder Alley (1967)
, 1h29Directed by Richard Rush
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films
Actors Annette Funicello, Fabian Forte, Diane McBain, Warren Berlinger, Jan Murray, Stanley Adams
Roles Pete
Rating53%
Le pilote de stock-car Tommy Callahan est contraint de rejoindre le cirque motorisé de Pete Madsen car il a causé un accident mortel lors d'une course après avoir eu un blackout. Il apprend à Francie, la fille de Pete, et à son copain Eddie Sands tout ce qu'il sait sur la conduite automobile. Eddie apprend vite et il est séduit par Annie Blaine, l'ex-copine de Tommy, après avoir gagné sa première course. Tommy et Eddie deviennent de féroces rivaux lors de la course suivante, au cours de laquelle Tommy fait équipe avec Francie et se remémore la cause de ses blackouts.
Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965)
, 1h34Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, Tom Aldredge, Jan Murray, Elaine Stritch, Frank Campanella
Roles Lt. Dave Madden
Rating65%
Norah Dain (Juliet Prowse), a nightclub disc jockey and aspiring actress living alone in a Manhattan apartment, receives a series of obscene phone calls from someone who seems to be watching her on a daily basis. She also finds a decapitated teddy bear in her apartment. At first it is not clear to either the viewer or Norah who is making the calls. A police detective, Lt. Dave Madden (Jan Murray), whose own wife was raped and murdered, takes a personal interest in Norah and her case. Lt. Madden engages in suspicious behavior such as suggesting to Norah several times that he himself could be the caller, secretly tape recording his discussions with Norah, listening to tapes of Norah and other women talking about obscene phone calls, and obsessively studying pornography and the behavior of sex perverts, despite the fact that he is exposing his ten-year-old daughter to such adult concepts and he is being reported to his superiors at work.
Of Love and Desire (1963)
, 1h34Directed by Richard Rush
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Merle Oberon, Curd Jürgens, Steve Cochran, John Agar, Steve Brodie, Eduardo Noriega
Rating50%
American engineer Steve Corey moves to Mexico to work at one of the mining projects owned by Katherine Beckman and her half-brother Paul. He finally is introduced to Katherine, and the man that he is taking over for, Bill Maxton, informs tells him that Katherine is his for the taking: "All you have to do is touch her---she goes off like fireworks. There were plenty of guys before me, and there'll be plenty after me."