Murray Foy (1935–1998) was an Australian teacher, actor, and theatre director. He was born in Quirindi, New South Wales, and died in Toowoomba, Queensland. He was educated at

St Laurence's College St Laurence's College (known colloquially as Lauries) is an independent Catholic primary and secondary school for boys, located in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Founded by the Congregation of Christian Brothers in 1915. the school is a m ...

Brisbane, and trained as a teacher at Kelvin Grove Teachers' College. He was accepted into the inaugural

National Institute of Dramatic Art The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1958, it offers bachelor's, master's and vocational degrees in subjects including acting ...

(NIDA) class in 1959, and graduated in 1960 with classmates

Robyn Nevin Robyn Anne Nevin (25 September 1942) is an Australian actress recognised with the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards and the JC Williamson Award at the Helpmann Awards for her outstanding contributions to Australian theatre performance art. F ...

and Edwin Hodgman among others. He continued working throughout his career as an actor, director, artistic director, playwright and theatre teacher. He also served on the

Australia Council for the Arts Creative Australia, formerly known as the Australia Council for the Arts and the Australia Council, is the country's official arts council, serving as an arts funding and advisory body for the Government of Australia. The council was announ ...

(now Australia Council) Theatre Board during the 1970s. He married actor Kathryn (Kate) Wilson in 1975. They had two children, born 1978 and 1979. In 1989 Foy had a minor acting role in the 1988 TV series '' Mission: Impossible'', where he played a character named 'Russell' in the episode "The Devils", which aired on 25 March.

Theatre Appointments

*(Inaugural) Education Officer and associate director: Queensland Theatre Company 1970–1978; *Senior Lecturer in Acting: Darling Downs Institution of Advanced Education (now

University of Southern Queensland The University of Southern Queensland is a public research university based in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, the sixth largest city in the Australian state of Queensland Founded in 1967 after a successful campaign by the local Darling Down ...

) 1978–1980; *Artistic Director: New England Theatre Company: 1980–1987.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Foy, Murray 1935 births 1998 deaths Australian male stage actors 20th-century Australian male actors People educated at St Laurence's College