Gavin Muir (American actor)

Not to be confused with Gavin Muir (British actor).

Gavin Muir
in Night Tide (1961)
Born	(1900-09-08)8 September 1900 Chicago, Illinois
Died	24 May 1972(1972-05-24) (aged 71) Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1920–1965

Gavin Muir (1900–1972) was an American film, television, and theatre actor.

Muir's mother was American, and his father was Scottish. Although he was born in Chicago, he was educated in England at the University College School.

Muir's career included acting on Broadway through 1933. His first film appearance was in 1932 in a short film, then in John Ford's Mary of Scotland in 1936. His film career continued through 1965, often in character roles, and with a sort of specialty in villains with British accents.

Broadway roles

• Enter Madame (1920) as John Fitzgerald

  

  Gavin Muir ca. 1925 (Billy Rose Theatre Collection)

• Hay Fever (1927) with Laura Hope Crews and Frieda Inescort

Partial filmography

• Half Angel (1936) - Dr. William Barth
• Mary of Scotland (1936) - Leicester
• Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) - Bagley
• Lloyd's of London (1936) - Sir Gavin Gore
• The Holy Terror (1937) - Redman
• Fair Warning (1937) - Herbert Willett
• Wee Willie Winkie (1937) - Capt. Bibberbeigh
• Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) - Pilot (uncredited)
• One Night in Lisbon (1941) - Aide (uncredited)
• A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941) - Wing Commander (uncredited)
• Dangerously They Live (1941) - Capt. Strong (credits) / Captain Hunter
• Captains of the Clouds (1942) - Orderly (uncredited)
• Eagle Squadron (1942) - Maj. Severn
• Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) - BBC Radio Announcer (voice, uncredited)
• Nightmare (1942) - J.B. Abbington
• Hitler's Children (1943) - Nazi Major
• Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) - Bart Lang
• Passport to Suez (1943) - Karl
• Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) - Phillip Musgrave
• Passport to Destiny (1944) - Herr Joyce / Lord Haw-Haw
• The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) - Dutch Military Messenger (uncredited)
• The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) - Captain Griffiths (uncredited)
• The Merry Monahans (1944) - Weldon Laydon, Broadway Talent Scout
• The Master Race (1944) - Captain William Forsythe
• Tonight and Every Night (1945) - Group Captain G. Homesby (uncredited)
• Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (1945) - Chalmers
• Patrick the Great (1945) - Prentis Johns
• Salome Where She Danced (1945) - Henderson
• The Brighton Strangler (1945) - Capt. Perry (uncredited)
• O.S.S. (1946) - Col. Crawson
• Temptation (1946) - Smith-Parrington (uncredited)
• California (1947) - Booth Pennock
• Calcutta (1947) - Inspector Kendricks
• The Imperfect Lady (1947) - Kelvin (uncredited)
• Ivy (1947) - Sergeant (uncredited)
• Unconquered (1947) - Lieut. Fergus McKenzie
• The Prince of Thieves (1948) - Baron Tristram (uncredited)
• Chicago Deadline (1949) - G.G. Temple
• Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950) - Baron Alfred (uncredited)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) - Dr. Philip Gray
• Double Crossbones (1951) - British Sea Captain (uncredited)
• Thunder on the Hill (1951) - Melling
• The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951) - Editor Richard Daniels
• Lady in the Iron Mask (1952)
• The Desert Rats (1953) - Captain (uncredited)
• The Royal African Rifles (1953)
• King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) - Maj. Lee, doctor (uncredited)
• Charge of the Lancers (1954) - Ring Official at Boxing Match (uncredited)
• King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) - Physician (uncredited)
• Khyber Patrol (1954) - (uncredited)
• Escape to Burma (1955) - Astrologer
• The Sea Chase (1955) - British Officer of the Watch (uncredited)
• D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) - Voice of Radio Broadcaster (uncredited)
• The Abductors (1957) - Herbert Evans
• Johnny Trouble (1957) - Madden
• Too Much, Too Soon (1958) - Sean (uncredited)
• Island of Lost Women (1959) - Dr. McBain
• The Miracle (1959) - Colonel (uncredited)
• Night Tide (1961) - Capt. Samuel Murdock

External links

• Gavin Muir at IMDb
• Gavin Muir at the Internet Broadway Database