Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Murray (actor)

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The result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 01:02, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

John Murray (actor)

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The article fails WP:BASIC and WP:NACTOR, as he’s only had one significant role in Moving Violations. I strongly recommend the article be redirected to Moving Violations but I leave it to consensus to decide. Hitcher vs. Candyman (talk) 18:22, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Hitcher vs. Candyman (talk) 18:22, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I recommend that participants here review the comments at Talk:John Murray (actor) for context re the history of the article and activity that led to the current state of affairs. Largoplazo (talk) 22:11, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete there is clearly not the sourcing to show notability. Note that the first movie he is listed as having been in, we do not include him among the 22 listed cast members (some of whom appear to lack Wikipedia articles). That suggests his role in that film was very minor.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:07, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Which film are you referring to Johnpacklambert? Hitcher vs. Candyman (talk) 21:12, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Caddyman, which is the first film listed in the article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:14, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Johnpacklambert: ah yes, you must be referring to Caddyshack then, in which he was uncredited. Hitcher vs. Candyman (talk) 21:16, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      - I guess I am getting tired. Hmm, yes that would make it hard to show he had multiple significant roles, if at least one of three listed was uncredited.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:18, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 01:33, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete - He was the lead in Moving Violations, he had a significant role as, uh, the brother in Scrooged, he participated in that Murray golf show, he's done other minor stuff. There's some coverage of him, mostly related to Moving Violations. Not that it bears on the community's decision, but didn't the previous article state that he was kind of a semi-recluse sorta guy? My "vote" is a weak delete, because there is some coverage and because people are always going to be curious about him... Caro7200 (talk) 22:55, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: One lead role in an obscure teen flick that just barely dodged direct-to-video doesn't cut it, I'm afraid. Fails NACTOR, NOTINHERITED and the GNG. Ravenswing 05:36, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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