Richard Bernard ('Stinker') Murdoch
(1907-1990), Actor and television personalitySitter in 9 portraits
Nicknamed 'Stinker', Murdoch became a household name through the popular radio series Band Waggon with Arthur Askey. Their humour was a forerunner of much radio comedy to come in the 1940s and later, including ITMA (It's That Man Again) and Hancock's Half Hour, and was a strong influence on many developing comedy scriptwriters. Together with Kenneth Horne, Richard Murdoch created and starred in the long-running, much-loved radio comedy series Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh (1944-54). Murdoch's other well-known radio programmes included The Men from the Ministry (1961-77).
Richard Bernard ('Stinker') Murdoch; Peggy Murdoch (née Rawlings)
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 17 October 1949
NPG x195615
Richard Bernard ('Stinker') Murdoch; Peggy Murdoch (née Rawlings)
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 17 October 1949
NPG x195616
Richard Bernard ('Stinker') Murdoch
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, early 1950s
NPG x128654
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 15 March 1950
NPG x198426
by Francis Goodman
eleven 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, December 1954
NPG x195562
by Francis Goodman
ten 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, December 1954
NPG x195563
Richard Bernard ('Stinker') Murdoch
by Bob Collins
bromide fibre print, 1957
NPG x35154
Richard Bernard ('Stinker') Murdoch with his family
by Francis Goodman
twelve 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, 17 October 1949
NPG x195342
Richard Bernard ('Stinker') Murdoch with his wife and daughters
by Francis Goodman
twelve 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, 17 October 1949
NPG x195343
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Allan Singleton-Wood
02 January 2020, 22:08
Who was in the Forces Show with Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne in 1953.