As per our current Database, J. Harold Murray has been died on 11 December, 1940 at Killingworth, Connecticut, USA.
When J. Harold Murray die, J. Harold Murray was 49 years old.
| Popular As | J. Harold Murray |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 49 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | February 17, 1891 (South Berwick, Maine, USA) |
| Birthday | February 17 |
| Town/City | South Berwick, Maine, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
J. Harold Murray’s zodiac sign is Aquarius. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
J. Harold Murray was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rabbit enjoy being surrounded by family and friends. They’re popular, compassionate, sincere, and they like to avoid conflict and are sometimes seen as pushovers. Rabbits enjoy home and entertaining at home. Compatible with Goat or Pig.
For more than a decade during the Roaring Twenties and early 1930s, baritone J. Harold "Hal" Murray contributed significantly to the musical theater by bridging vaudeville, operetta and the modern American musical.
After a short apprenticeship in vaudeville, Murray made his debut on Broadway at the age of 30 in "The Passing Show of 1921". During the rest of that decade he starred in "Midnight Rounders of 1921", "The Whirl of New York", "Make It Snappy" (with Eddie Cantor), "The Springtime of Youth", "Caroline", "Vogues of 1924" (with Fred Allen), "China Rose", "Captain Jinks" (co-starred with Joe E.
Brown), "Castles in the Air" and "Rio Rita". From 1929-30 he was in Hollywood, appearing in five musicals for the Fox Films: Married in Hollywood (1929), Cameo Kirby (1930), Happy Days (1929), Women Everywhere (1930) and Under Suspicion (1930).
He returned to Broadway in October 1931, starring in "East Wind", a collaboration of Oscar Hammerstein II and Sigmund Romberg. The following spring he starred in "Face the Music" by Irving Berlin and Moss Hart.
In 1934 Murray starred in Eddie Dowling's revue, "Thumbs Up!."Murray retired in 1935 after "Venus in Silk" didn't make it to New York, closing in Pittsburgh. He appeared in RKO, Universal (Mentone) and Vitaphone musical film shorts from 1934 to 1939, including "Under a Gypsy Moon," The Singing Bandit (1937), The Flame Song (1934), Somewhere in Paris (1938), Wild and Bully (1939), A Night in a Night Club (1934) and "Phony Boy.
"Active in business and Connecticut summer-stock performances during the next five years, Murray developed nephritis (kidney disease) in the spring of 1940. He died of the disease on December 11 at the age of 49 at his home in Killingworth, CT.
