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William "Billy" Albert Murray (born 6 October 1941)〔http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Trial+nearly+sent+me+mad.+I+slept+rough+%26+had+a+nervous+breakdown....-a077304650〕 is an English actor, best known for playing Don Beech in ''The Bill'' from 1995 to 2004, Johnny Allen in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 2005 to 2006, Captain John Price in the video games ''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'', ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'', and ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3''. ==Career== Murray was born in Forest Gate, Essex and grew up in Upon Park. He attended St. Edward's Catholic Primary and St Bonaventure's Catholic Comprehensive School.〔http://newhamstory.com/node/788〕 After leaving school, Murray worked at a Co Op supermarket in Canning Town and boxed for the Reggie and Ronnie Kray owned West Ham Boxing Club for 12 years. The Kray twins paid £400 for him to go to the East 15 Acting School as a teenager, because they "liked his attitude".〔''Daily Mirror'', 23 January 2005.〕 They never asked for the money back, and Murray later appeared as a character witness for Charlie Kray who had been accused of smuggling cocaine.〔http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60634541.html〕〔http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Trial+nearly+sent+me+mad.+I+slept+rough+%26+had+a+nervous+breakdown....-a077304650〕 Murray made his acting debut in the 1963 film ''Two Left Feet'' where he played a minor uncredited role. He then had small roles in the films ''Poor Cow'' (1967), ''Corruption'' (1967), ''Up the Junction'' (1968) and ''Performance'' (shot 1968, released 1971). From the 1970s through to the early 1990s, he made appearances in a wide variety of television series such as ''Softly, Softly'', ''The Sweeney'', ''The Professionals'', ''Minder'', ''Bergerac'' and ''Casualty''. He was among those considered for the role of Del Boy Trotter in the BBC TV series Only Fools and Horses before it finally went to David Jason. In 1980, Murray played the part of "Joey" in the hit film ''McVicar''. In the film, he was to help McVicar hide after escaping from prison. Murray went on to play the corrupt DS Don Beech in the ITV police drama series ''The Bill'' from early 1995 to late 2000. In 2001 he returned as Don Beech in a one-off special episode titled ''Beech on the Run'' and later that year starred as Beech in a spin-off six-part mini-series entitled ''Beech is Back''. In 2004 he returned as Don Beech once again for a guest stint in five episodes, in which his character escaped from prison and is now back 'on the run'. Before playing Don Beech, Murray played a different character, DI Jackson, in an episode in 1989. In late 2004, he joined the cast of popular BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', playing gangster Johnny Allen. His first scenes were broadcast in January 2005. Murray's character terrorised numerous characters on the programme, including Peggy Mitchell, Phil Mitchell, Grant Mitchell Sharon Watts and Pauline Fowler. He also murdered Andy Hunter by pushing him from a motorway flyover, and ordered the killing of Dennis Rickman (carried out by Danny Moon, played by Jake Maskall). He departed from the show in March 2006 when his character was jailed after confessing to ordering the murder of Dennis Rickman and carrying out the murder of Andy Hunter. He won the 'Best Villain' award at the British Soap Awards in May 2006 for his role as Johnny Allen. He made a brief return to ''EastEnders'' in October that year when his character was seen in prison and later died of a heart attack. Before playing Johnny Allen in ''EastEnders'' he also appeared as Mr X in 1991. He has since appeared in several British films like ''Rollin' with the Nines'' (2006), ''Rise of the Footsoldier'' (2007), ''Doghouse'' (2009) and ''Dead Cert'' (2010).〔(AFM '09: Latest Vamp Pic 'Dead Cert' Now Filming )〕〔(AFM '09: Vampire Attack in Hi-Res 'Dead Cert' Pics )〕 He has provided the voice of Captain John Price in the video games ''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'', ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'' and ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3''. He also fronts the adverts for Injury Lawyers 4 U, a (compensation claims ) company in the UK.〔(Injury Lawyers4U )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Billy Murray (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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