Peter Murray-Hill
| Peter Murray-Hill | |
|---|---|
 1940s postcard | |
| Born |
Peter Auriol Murray Hill 20 April 1908 Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died |
25 November 1957 London, England |
| Occupation | Actor, Publisher |
| Years active | 1938-1945 (acting) |
| Spouse(s) | Phyllis Calvert (1941-1957) (his death) |
| Children | 2 |
Peter Auriol Murray Hill[1] (20 April 1908 – 25 November 1957) was an English actor, and publisher [2][3] He was married to the actress Phyllis Calvert from 1941 until his death.[3][4]
Career
Murray-Hill's first prominent acting role was in 1938's Jane Steps Out.[2] Also in 1938, Murray-Hill was cast in the lead role in Mr. Reeder in Room 13.[5] He was cast in the secondary male lead in The Outsider in 1939, alongside George Sanders and Mary Maguire.[6]
His acting career peaked in the late 1930s. By the early 1940s, he returned to playing secondary lead roles in films such as At the Villa Rose and The House of the Arrow. By the mid-1940s, he was cast mostly in supporting roles. His final film was They Were Sisters, released in 1945, which also starred his wife, Phyllis Calvert.
Murray-Hill specialised in 18th Century books and by the 1950s he had turned to book publishing. He served as the president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association from 1956 until his death in 1957.
Personal life
Murray-Hill met actress Phyllis Calvert during a West End production of the play Punch Without Judy in 1939.[7] They were married in 1941.[4] They had two children: Ann Auriol (born 1943) and Piers (born 1954).[8][9] Murray-Hill and Calvert remained married for sixteen years, until Murray-Hill's death in 1957.[4] Calvert never remarried.
Selected filmography
- A Yank at Oxford (1938)
- Jane Steps Out (1938)
- Mr. Reeder in Room 13 (1938)
- The Outsider (1939)
- At the Villa Rose (1940)
- The House of the Arrow (1940)
- The Ghost Train (1941)
- Rhythm Serenade (1943)
- Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945)
- They Were Sisters (1945)
References
- ↑ http://www.aba.org.uk/About-the-ABA/More-About-the-ABA/Past-Presidents/ABA-Past-Presidents-1950-1960/Peter-Murray-Hill
- 1 2 "Peter Murray Hill". BFI.
- 1 2 "Phyllis Calvert". Telegraph.co.uk. 9 October 2002.
- 1 2 3 "BBC NEWS - Entertainment - Actress Phyllis Calvert dies". bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "Mr. Reeder in Room 13 (1938)". BFI.
- ↑ "The Outsider (1939)". BFI.
- ↑ Eric Shorter. "Obituary: Phyllis Calvert". the Guardian.
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/12/movies/phyllis-calvert-87-virtuous-heroine-of-wartime-melodramas.html
- ↑ "National Portrait Gallery - Portrait - NPG x76717; Piers Auriol Murray-Hill; Phyllis Calvert; (Anna) Auriol Lee (née Murray-Hill); Peter Murray-Hill". npg.org.uk.