John T. Murray
Acting
Biography
John T. Murray was an Australian film actor.
Born: August 28, 1886
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Known For
Sweetheart of the Navy
Singer Joan Whitney, called the "Sweetheart of the Navy" by sailors, is struggling to re-open the Snug Harbor Cafe. After her partner, Richard, skips town with the money owed to their creditors, the club opens unceremoniously. Two of Joan's sailor friends, Andy and Pete, offer to help her raise money for the club by staging a fight with Bumper Martin, boxing champion of the fleet. At Andy's request, straight-laced yeoman Eddie Harris replaces him in the upcoming fight. Andy and Pete then intimidate or coerce the sailors into betting on the fight, promising to give Joan the profits. Navy Commander Lodge, who is grooming Eddie for the Naval Academy at Annapolis, is against the fight, however, and Joan decides to "vamp" Eddie to make him fight.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
Bardelys the Magnificent
Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who could win any woman he set his mind to...and was not above boasting about it to all who would listen.
Foreign Correspondent
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
Reveille with Beverly
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a nearby army camp assemble for reveille. Beverly, with her modern music, camp bulletins and chatter, is a hit with the soldiers. Beverly's younger brother and his two buddies are soldiers at the camp. The buddies vie for Beverly's attentions.
Snowed Under
Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but Tanner just can't finish the third act. He's retreated to a snowbound cottage to work, but blonde neighbor Pat Quinn wants to play. Producer Arthur Layton sends Alice, Alan's first wife, to help him stick to business. But then Daisy, his second wife, shows up wanting her alimony. Stranded with two wives, a girlfriend, and a jug of applejack, Alan still has to finish his play!
Lost Horizon
British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-La provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
Boom Town
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.
Broadway Melody of 1940
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.
Judge Hardy's Children
Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French ambassador's daughter.
Filmography
as Oscar B. Zerk
as Mr. Ryan (uncredited)
as Member of Board of Directors in Hell (uncredited)
as Mr. Springtime (uncredited)
as Clark (Jones Family Member) (uncredited)
as Baby Face Wessel
as Ham Actor (uncredited)
as Simmons
as Don Davis
as Don Davis
as Uncredited
as Horace Meade
as Mr. Dean
as Marvin
as Mental Patient
as Jones
as Colonel Rose
as Ben Johnson
as French Waiter (uncredited)
as Otto Krayler
as Theodore
as Mr. Cronkite
as Lowell
as Announcer
as Silas Wright
as Carson
as Venable
as Meeker (uncredited)
as Ben Rogers
as Nat Hicks
as Writer (uncredited)
as Mike (uncredited)
as Albert J. Sayre
as Pilate's Servant (uncredited)
as Jules (uncredited)
as Simon
as Ira Lazarie
as Melville O'Grunion
as Sam Corlis
as Gendarme (uncredited)
as Count Talleyrand
as Colonel Stanhope
as Mons. Chaumier, an Irate Husband
as Dr. Lofton
as Calloway
as Mr. Keller
as Cafe Manager
as Hamilton
as Gondolier
as Billy Smith
as Mr. Cluney
as Homer Fairchild
as Lafosse
as Andy Todd
as A Friend
as Cyril Buckland
as Lord Teddy Dorminster
as Lucky Broad
as Otis Hooper
as 'Slippery' Eddie Foster