What Happened to John Murray?
Does anyone know whatever became of him? He dropped out of site after "Scrooged". Thought he was hilarious in "Moving Violations"! Would of liked to have seen more of him. Anyone out there with any info?
shareI have fond memories of MOVING VIOLATIONS from seeing it on cable back in the late Eighties. Though John was doing virtually a line by line imitation of brother Bill in this movie, he certainly did it well, didn't he? I thought he could have had a nice career as a lightweight, good-guy leading man if he had really committed himself to it. Sorry, but I don't have any further info on the guy other than to report having seen him with Bill (and I think brother Brian) on the links during that golfing show the Murrays did a few years ago. Steve.
shareI haven't seen this movie in 15+ years and here it pops up on cable this afternoon.
I agree, John was not playing the charactor, he was playing his brother Bill playing a charactor. I guess the producers didn't have the budget to hire Bill so they hired his little brother and said "pretend you're Bill for the whole movie".
Amusing film.
I caught it today as well. I hadn't seen it since it was running on cable in 86. Forgot how funny it was
shareI saw it today, too! Hadn't seen it since I was a young, impressionable child in the 80s. I'd really like to know what happened to Murray. He was definitely the best part of the film.
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Wow, a lot of folks watched this film today! I don't have cable, but I watched this today after buying the tape in a clearance bin. I agree that John Murray was terrific, and it's too bad he didn't have more of a career.
shareTotally! I really think it's hilarious that so many people watched today...truly, one of the great things about cable. I'm shocked as hell they were running this movie.
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I was surprised that this board had any posts at all. And it's weird that I happened to watch the VHS tape the same day it's playing on cable. I thought this was going to be moronic like the "Police Academy" films, but it actually had some moments of inspiration. The stop-motion bit with the clothes was quite clever. And Sally Kellerman is always worthwhile. Definitely worth my $1.99!
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My friend is a stand up comic and he says John Murray is standing ten feet in front of him online waiting to audition of the NBC show.Last Comic Standing.
Right now.
It's still there. Key in 'John Murray' in the search bar and click on 'John Murray in Radioshack commercial'. There are three clips but the Mick Jagger one's the best I think. I'm sure it's the guy and he's brilliant.
shareThat's not him. You can tell by the fact that the man looks and sounds absolutely nothing like him besides being a goofy white guy. Also, that commercial was from 2006 and John Murray is now almost 50 and that guy was no more than 30. In fact, the guy looks younger than this John Murray did 20 years ago in Moving Violations. Unless, he's on one of those Hollywood rejuvenation regimens, it's not him. John Murray is a common name.
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Goofy white guy? Try caucasian, you ignorant shmuck (I don't care if you're white).
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Don't you mean Caucasian?
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Try caucasian, you ignorant shmuck
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I fell totally in LOVE with John Murray when this movie was first released....gosh let's see i'm now 52.......hmmmmm we 'Tivo'd' it the other night, and watched it again. GOD HE WAS SO DAMN GREAT in that movie......Why he didn't go on to be a MEGA star is beyond me.........this movie has become another 'cult' film for me.........
"John, if you can hear us, please come back to the big screen in a script just like this........perhaps "Office space 2?" Who would you cast as everybody lol?
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I just watched the movie yesterday and that's just what I thought, too, that he was playing Bill playing the character, but it seemed he may have thrown in some John Cusack for good measure. It was a fairly fun movie.
shareI don't know about that. Considering that they are brothers they may have similar voices and mannerisms and senses of humor. Since Bill is his older brother, he may have grown up trying to be like him. There are times when I see Brian's (the oldest brother) similarity to Bill especially before his voice got all gravelly.
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I just watched Moving Violations for the first time in like over 20 years! I was saying the exact same thing that John Murray sounded like his brother Bill and how they were using similar lines in the movie from Stripes it seemed like. I can remember when Lifetime would show this on TV at this time back in the late 80's and early 90's. Man has the time changed! They no longer make movies like this anymore or show them on TV. If you do happen to see them showing this I would definitely take the time and sit down and watch this all right because it is a classic film to watch! I was cracking up with it last night!
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