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Murray Alper Born January 11, 1904
New York, New York, U.S.Died November 16, 1984 (aged 80)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.Occupation Actor Years active 1930–1969 Murray Alper (January 11, 1904 – November 16, 1984) was an American actor.
Alper's earliest screen credit was 1930's The Royal Family of Broadway, and for the following thirty-five years, he appeared in a number of films, usually playing cab drivers, bookies, cops and GIs.
Frequently seen in comedies, Alper was featured in the Three Stooges' Tricky Dicks and The Outlaws Is Coming, and also in several films of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock. One of Alper's least characteristic roles was the judo instructor in 1963's Jerry Lewis' The Nutty Professor.
External links
- Murray Alper at the Internet Movie Database
- Murray Alper at AllRovi
- Murray Alper at Find a Grave
Categories:- American film actors
- Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- 1904 births
- 1984 deaths
- Actors from New York City
- American film actor, 1900s birth stubs
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