Murray Matheson
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Bucks County Playhouse productions
The Cocktail Party - An Unidentified Guest - 1954
A Burst Of Summer - 1954
Oh Men! Oh Women! - Alan Coles - 1955
Janus - Denny - 1957
The Lautrec Print - David Kendall - 1959
The Pleasure Of His Company - Biddeford Poole - 1961
Mary Mary - Dirk Winston - 1965
Murray Matheson
(1912 - 1985)
Following an apprenticeship in regional theatre in his native Australia, MURRAY MATHESON first appeared on the London stage in 1935's And On We Go. He served in the RAF during the war, then worked for a while at the British embassy in Moscow. His first film was 1945's "The Way to the Stars". Matheson's brittle acting style was somewhat reminiscent of Noel Coward and Cyril Ritchard (whom Matheson closely resembled); accordingly, most of his film and TV roles were cut from the Coward/Ritchard waspish, epigrammatic cloth. His many roles included an amusing turn as business executive Benjamin Barton David Ovington (BBDO) in the 1967 film version of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", and the recurring role of bookstore proprietor Felix Mulholland on the 1972 TV series "Banacek". Murray Matheson also played The Clown in the memorable 1961 "Twilight Zone" episode "Six Characters in Search of an Exit"; ironically, Matheson's last appearance was in the "Kick the Can" segment of "Twilight Zone: The Movie" (1985).