Murray Seafield St George Head (born 5 March 1946) is an English actor and singer. He has appeared in numerous films, including a starring role as Bob Elkin in the BAFTA‑winning and Oscar‑nominated Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971). As a musician, he is best known for the international hit singles “Superstar” from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar and “One Night in Bangkok” from the 1984 musical Chess, both of which topped charts in several countries. Active since the 1960s, he continues to record music, perform live and make television appearances, both as himself and as a character actor. Head was born in London to Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head (20 August 1919 – 22 March 2009) and Helen Shingler (29 August 1919 – 8 October 2019). His father worked as a documentary filmmaker for Verity Films, while his mother was an actress who portrayed Mme Maigret alongside Rupert Davies in the BBC’s 1960s adaptation of Georges Simenon’s Maigret novels. His younger brother, Anthony Head, is also an actor, known for playing Rupert Giles in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Jesus Christ Superstar
Say It Ain’t So Joe
Dust in the wind
One Night In Bangkok
Los Angeles
When I’m Yours
Last Daze Of An Empire
Boats away
Mademoiselle
Boy On The Bridge
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