Murray Alper

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Murray Alper (11 January 1904 – 16 November 1984) was an American actor.

Alper's earliest screen credit was 1930's The Royal Family of Broadway, and for the following thirty-five years, he appeared in a number of films, usually playing cab drivers, bookies, cops and GIs.

Frequently seen in comedies, Alper was featured in the Three Stooges' Tricky Dicks and The Outlaws Is Coming,and also in several films of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock. One of Alper's least characteristic roles was the judo instructor in 1963's Jerry Lewis' The Nutty Professor.

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• Murray Alper at the Internet Movie Database
• Murray Alper at Allmovie
• Murray Alper at Find A Grave