Acting

Johnny Murray

Born — Died

1904-06-12 — 1956-08-01

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Johnny Murray was an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing the animated character Bosko.

Known for

Film credits

1930s · 36 titles

The Tree's Knees poster
5.3

Bosko the woodsman spurns cutting down trees and plays music instead. The trees and animals dance and make their own music.

The Tree's Knees

1931

Dumb Patrol poster
6.2

During the Great War, Bosko and a fearsome beast are in a dogfight. Bosko loses, but that's only the first battle.

Dumb Patrol

1931

Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee poster
5.9

An American Indian boy and girl sing and dance in the forest along with the animals. Trouble begins when a fire threatens baby birds in their nest.

Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee

1932

Shuffle Off to Buffalo poster
5.5

An animated singing and dancing revue of babies (representing a variety of stereotypes) who are being prepared for delivery by stork.

Shuffle Off to Buffalo

1933

Bosko at the Beach poster
5.8

Bosko, Honey, and Bruno spend a day at the beach.

Bosko at the Beach

1932

Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land poster
5.2

Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat and Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land.

Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land

1931

Bosko's Soda Fountain poster
5.2

Bosko is a soda jerk, who gives poor service to a mouse and to his former schoolteacher. Later, he must contend with Honey's bratty Wilbur.

Bosko's Soda Fountain

1931

Ride Him, Bosko poster
6.5

Ride Him, Bosko! is a western-flavored cartoon with lots of shooting gags involving body reduction, and card characters singing! There's also an alcohol gag that has a really strong one turning a male piano player into a woman instantly!

Ride Him, Bosko

1932

A Great Big Bunch of You poster
6.1

A mannequin in the city dump improvises a working piano from junk, then plays and sings the title song. Various discarded items join in with song or dance.

A Great Big Bunch of You

1932

Bosko's Dog Race poster
5.6

Bosko enters his dog, Bruno, in a dog race.

Bosko's Dog Race

1932

The Queen Was in the Parlor poster
6.0

The last Goopy Geer cartoon. The king returns to his castle, and asks where the queen is; she's in the parlor, and won't be seen, according to the title song. He goes to his throne and summons his jester, Goopy Geer. A black knight arrives and threatens one of the young ladies in court; Goopy Geer fights him off, first with an ax, then in armor from kitchen utensils, then butting him with a mounted animal head, which makes the knight's armor fall apart. He pulls it together again and runs away.

The Queen Was in the Parlor

1932

Bosko at the Zoo poster
4.8

Bosko and Honey go to the zoo. Honey is frightened by the lion, but Bosko is the one who ends up in danger.

Bosko at the Zoo

1932

The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives poster
5.3

Christmas Eve. A poor orphan boy trudges through the snow, pathetically. He finally arrives at his miserable cabin. While he is crying, Santa arrives and, singing the title song, offers to take the boy to his workshop. They arrive, and the toys go wild. He plays with a few toys. A candle falls off the tree and starts a fire. The toys try in vain to fight the fire; the boy hooks up a hose to a set of bagpipes and takes care of it.

The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives

1933

Battling Bosko poster
5.8

Bosko is a brave little boxer who battles the champion, Gas House Harry. The enormous brute proves a bit much, even for a plucky underdog. Some of the animation is later reused in "Bosko's Parlor Pranks" by M.G.M. in 1934.

Battling Bosko

1932

Bosko's Store poster
5.6

Shopkeeper Bosko takes care of business.

Bosko's Store

1932

Bosko's Woodland Daze poster
5.8

While romping through the forest, Bosko falls asleep and dreams of giants and gnomes.

Bosko's Woodland Daze

1932

Bosko's Dizzy Date poster
4.7

Honey is trying to teach the violin to Wilbur, the one who hates music. Honey calls Bosko over. Bosko and Honey sing, dance, and play music while Wilbur continues to express its disdain.

Bosko's Dizzy Date

1932

Bosko the Speed King poster
6.5

Bosko enters a road race.

Bosko the Speed King

1933

Lady, Play Your Mandolin! poster
6.3

Things are hopping at a certain Mexican cafe and then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild.

Lady, Play Your Mandolin!

1931

Yodeling Yokels poster
5.2

Bosko and Honey yodel happily in the Alps until a series of disasters end with Honey rushing downriver on an ice floe.

Yodeling Yokels

1931

Hold Anything poster
5.6

Bosko is a construction worker who impresses Honey by making music from everything in sight, including a decapitated mouse, a typewriter and a goat filled with hot air.

Hold Anything

1930

You're Too Careless with Your Kisses! poster
5.6

A bee returns home late after a night out having too much honey. His wife leaves him, but quickly ends up in the clutches of an evil large predator.

You're Too Careless with Your Kisses!

1932

Bosko in Dutch poster
5.1

Set on a frozen pond in Holland, various animals attempt to skate on the slippery ice.

Bosko in Dutch

1933

Bosko and Bruno poster
5.7

Bosko and Bruno escape from a speeding train via a handcar; make a failed attempt to steal a chicken; and end up on a runaway boxcar.

Bosko and Bruno

1932

Congo Jazz poster
5.2

Bosko hunts in the jungle, but ends up playing music with the animals.

Congo Jazz

1930

Bosko in Person poster
5.5

Bosko and Honey perform a wacky stage act that includes doing imitations of Maurice Chevalier, Greta Garbo and Jimmy Durante.

Bosko in Person

1933

Red-Headed Baby poster
5.5

The old toymaker goes to sleep, and his toys immediately come to life and sing "Red-Headed Baby." A red-haired baby doll begins the song. She's soon joined by her sweetheart, a toy soldier named Napoleon. A spider briefly spoils the fun when he descends upon the toys and grabs the doll. It's up to Napoleon to save her.

Red-Headed Baby

1931

Bosko's Holiday poster
5.3

Bosko and Honey go on a picnic that ends badly.

Bosko's Holiday

1931

Hey-Hey Fever poster
7.2

This MGM "Happy Harmonies" entry stars Bosko. He falls asleep at a sign promoting Mother Goose bread, and Mother Goose characters come to life.

Hey-Hey Fever

1935

The Organ Grinder poster
5.2

A beloved Italian organ grinder plays his music and sings his song through an immigrant-filled ghetto neighborhood, where hard-scrabble kids and well-proportioned matrons get hep to the beat that flows from the organ grinder's calliope. There are lots of spoofs of life on the Lower East Side and lots of monkeyshines as the organ grinder's pet performs "42nd Street" and imitates some Hollywood greats. The monkey takes wing and gets behind the wheel of a car, driving all over the area and wrecking everything.

The Organ Grinder

1933

Ups 'n Downs poster
5.5

Bosko runs a hot dog stand at an amusement park; but Bosko sneaks away to the racetrack to ride his mechanical horse.

Ups 'n Downs

1931

Pagan Moon poster
4.7

On a tropical island, a native boy sings "Pagan Moon" to his sweetheart. Later, he plays music underwater with an octopus-pianist and other jazz-loving sea life.

Pagan Moon

1932

Bosko and Honey poster
8.0

This is an unreleased cartoon that eventually went on to have most of its animation recycled by Bosko's Dizzy Date. Honey is trying to teach the violin to Wilbur, the one who hates music. Honey calls Bosko over. Bosko and Honey sing, dance, and play music while Wilbur continues to express its disdain.

Bosko and Honey

1932

Bosko the Drawback poster
4.6

Bosko is the star player in a wacky game of professional football.

Bosko the Drawback

1932

Bosko the Doughboy poster
5.9

Bosko is a doughboy in the Great War. Bullets and bombs are everywhere. (A bomb even blows up the title card.) Bosko and his fellow infantrymen are hardly safe in their trench. Bosko is happily eating from a pan full of beans when a bomb hits the pan and destroys his meal. Bosko misses Honey; he pulls out her picture and kisses it. A cannonball tears through it, making her head a gaping hole. Now Bosko is angry. He vows revenge but the moment his helmet appears above the trench, it’s hit with dozens of bullets, knocking him back down. Another soldier briefly cheers him up with harmonica music. Bosko gets his chance to be a hero when his buddy swallows a cannonball.

Bosko the Doughboy

1931

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6.5

A group of brave honey bees attempt to rescue a girl bee who's been abducted by a spider.

Honeyland

1935