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
7.0The familiar song is adapted into a cartoon short. Abdul The Bulbul-Ameer, a rotund Arab, gets into a brawl with Ivan Skavinski Scavar, a preening Russian Cossack, over an offense to Abdul's pride. Groucho Marx and a newsreel crew provide running commentary as the pair pummel each other and the surrounding square.
Abdul the Bulbul Ameer
1941
5.3Bosko 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
6.2During the Great War, Bosko and a fearsome beast are in a dogfight. Bosko loses, but that's only the first battle.
Dumb Patrol
1931
5.9An 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
5.5An 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
5.8Bosko, Honey, and Bruno spend a day at the beach.
Bosko at the Beach
1932
Film credits
1930s · 36 titles
5.3Bosko 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
6.2During the Great War, Bosko and a fearsome beast are in a dogfight. Bosko loses, but that's only the first battle.
Dumb Patrol
1931
5.9An 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
5.5An 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
5.8Bosko, Honey, and Bruno spend a day at the beach.
Bosko at the Beach
1932
5.2Piggy 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
5.2Bosko 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
6.5Ride 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
6.1A 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
5.6Bosko enters his dog, Bruno, in a dog race.
Bosko's Dog Race
1932
6.0The 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
4.8Bosko 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
5.3Christmas 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
5.8Bosko 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
5.6Shopkeeper Bosko takes care of business.
Bosko's Store
1932
5.8While romping through the forest, Bosko falls asleep and dreams of giants and gnomes.
Bosko's Woodland Daze
1932
4.7Honey 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
6.5Bosko enters a road race.
Bosko the Speed King
1933
6.3Things are hopping at a certain Mexican cafe and then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild.
Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
1931
5.2Bosko and Honey yodel happily in the Alps until a series of disasters end with Honey rushing downriver on an ice floe.
Yodeling Yokels
1931
5.6Bosko 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
5.6A 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
5.1Set on a frozen pond in Holland, various animals attempt to skate on the slippery ice.
Bosko in Dutch
1933
5.7Bosko 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
5.2Bosko hunts in the jungle, but ends up playing music with the animals.
Congo Jazz
1930
5.5Bosko and Honey perform a wacky stage act that includes doing imitations of Maurice Chevalier, Greta Garbo and Jimmy Durante.
Bosko in Person
1933
5.5The 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
5.3Bosko and Honey go on a picnic that ends badly.
Bosko's Holiday
1931
7.2This 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
5.2A 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
5.5Bosko 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
4.7On 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
8.0This 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
4.6Bosko is the star player in a wacky game of professional football.
Bosko the Drawback
1932
5.9Bosko 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
A group of brave honey bees attempt to rescue a girl bee who's been abducted by a spider.
Honeyland
1935
