Murray Head

Murray Seafield St George Head born 5 March 1946 is an English actor and singer Head has appeared in a number of films including a starring role as the character Bob Elkin in the Oscarnominated 1971 film Sunday Bloody Sunday As a musician he is most recognised for his international hit songs Superstar from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar and One Night in Bangkok the 1984 single from the musical Chess which topped the charts in various countries and for his 1975 album Say It Aint So He has been involved in several projects since the 1960s and continues to record music perform concerts and make appearances on television either as himself or as a character actor Head was born in London to Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head 20 August 1919 22 March 2009 and Helen Shingler 29 August 1919 8 October 2019 Heads father was a documentary filmmaker for Verity Films Heads mother played Mme Maigret alongside Rupert Davies in the BBC 1960s television adaptation of the Maigret novels written by Georges Simenon Heads younger brother Anthony Head is also an actor best known for playing Rupert Giles in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Head was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in South Kensington London and Hampton School in Hampton Middlesex He attended Chiswick Polytechnic A level college in the early 1960s Head began writing songs as a child and by the mid1960s he had a Londonbased recording contract He briefly appeared as one of the hosts of the Bristolbased television pop show Now alongside Michael Palin He had limited success until asked by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber to play Judas Iscariot on the original concept album version of Jesus Christ Superstar at the time he had been appearing in the West End production of the musical Hair With the Trinidad Singers the song Superstar peaked at No 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1971 He made his film debut in The Family Way 1966 which featured Hayley Mills Hywel Bennett and John Mills in the leading roles Head won a leading role in the Oscarnominated film Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971 alongside Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson Despite these successes he received little public attention in the next ten years except for his single release Say It Aint So Joe in 1975 which has been covered by The Whos lead vocalist Roger Daltrey among others including The Hollies Never Even Thought has been covered by both Colin Blunstone and Cliff Richard In 1973 he appeared in a radio drama The Fourth Tower of Inverness In 1979 Head appeared in the miniseries Prince Regent and the final episode of the ITV program Return of the Saint Source Article Murray Head from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30