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Birth name | Stephen Umfreville Hay Murray |
Birth place | Partney, Lincolnshire, England, UK |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Actor |
Nationality | English |
Role | Lewis Carroll The Knave of Hearts |
IMDB page | Stephen Murray |
Stephen Umfreville Hay Murray (6 September 1912 – 31 March 1983) was an English cinema, radio, theatre and television actor. He portrayed Lewis Carroll and was the voice of the Knave of Hearts in the 1949 film Alice in Wonderland, directed by Dallas Bower and produced by Lou Bunin.
A member of Clan Murray headed by the Duke of Atholl, he was born in Partney, Lincolnshire, the son of the Reverend Charles Murray, Rector of Kirby Knowle, North Riding of Yorkshire, and Mabel (née Umfreville). He was the great-grandson of the Right Reverend George Murray, Bishop of Rochester, while the diplomat Sir Ralph Murray was his elder brother. He was educated at Brentwood School, Essex and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. He was also the great uncle of the comedian Al Murray.