Acting
Murray Rose
Born 1939-01-06 · Birmingham - England - UK
Murray Rose was born on January 6 1939. With the onset of World War Two he moved as a baby with his parents from Britain to Australia and took up swimming at age five. By the age of ten he was already breaking records and in 1956 won three Olympic gold medals at Melbourne, also achieving success at the Rome Olympics four years later. He moved to America and studied acting at the University of California,graduating in 1962. Several film roles came his way and he lived in the States for thirty years,latterly working as a swimming commentator and then moving into marketing back in his native Australia where he died in 2012.
Acting credits
6.4A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out distress signals before falling silent. The atomic submarine Tigerfish, commanded by Cmdr. James Ferraday, is dispatched to save them.
Ice Station Zebra
1968
5.2A group of friends go to Hawaii during the height of surfing season, to compete with other surf bums and find girlfriends along the way.
Ride the Wild Surf
1964
Demonstrates “drown-proofing” developed by Fred Lanoue by showing how to survive for long periods in water in an emergency. Shows how to discard and use clothing, time breathing and reduce fatigue in detail. Features Lloyd Bridges and Murray Rose.
Why Drown?
1966