Johnny Murray
Also Known As: John James Murray
Biography: Johnny Murray was an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing the animated character Bosko.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: June 12, 1904
Age: 120 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: August 01, 1956
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Bosko and Honey
Overview: An unreleased cartoon that eventually went on to have most of its animation recycled by Bosko's Dizzy Date. Honey is trying to teach violin to a difficult pupil who hates music. She call Bosko over. The pair sing and dance and play music while the kitten continues to express its disdain.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-19
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Bosko the Speed King
Overview: Bosko enters a road race.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-21
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A Great Big Bunch of You
Overview: 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.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-12
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Big Man from the North
Overview: Bosko is a Mountie in the cold, snowy north. His sergeant demands that he get his man: a peg-legged villain wanted dead or alive.
Genres: Crime Animation Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-31
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Honeyland
Overview: A group of brave honey bees attempt to rescue a girl bee who's been abducted by a spider.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-19
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Ride Him, Bosko
Overview: 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!
Genres: Animation Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-17
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Bosko's Picture Show
Overview: Bosko runs a movie theater that shows a wacky newsreel with Jack Dumpsey, a slapstick short from Haurel and Lardy, and a turn-of-the-century melodrama starring Honey.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-26
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Bosko in Person
Overview: Bosko and Honey perform a wacky stage act that includes doing imitations of Maurice Chevalier, Greta Garbo and Jimmy Durante.
Genres: Animation Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-10
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Shuffle Off to Buffalo
Overview: An animated singing and dancing revue of babies (representing a variety of stereotypes) who are being prepared for delivery by stork.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-08
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The Booze Hangs High
Overview: Bosko has a grand time on the farm, dancing with a cow, playing a horse's tail like a violin and getting drunk with three pigs.
Genres: Comedy Animation Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-09
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Congo Jazz
Overview: Bosko hunts in the jungle, but ends up playing music with the animals.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-07
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Abdul the Bulbul Ameer
Overview: The 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.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-21
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Hold Anything
Overview: 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.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-01
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You're Too Careless with Your Kisses!
Overview: 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.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-10
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Bosko's Soda Fountain
Overview: 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 kitten pupil.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-14
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Box Car Blues
Overview: Bosko and his porcine friend are hobos in a runaway boxcar.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-15
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Ain't Nature Grand!
Overview: Bosko fishes, and sings and dances with frogs. But two ladybugs use a wasp as an airplane, and a beehive and tree branch as a machine gun to drive him away.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-01
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Ups 'n Downs
Overview: Bosko runs a hot dog stand at an amusement park; but he sneaks away to the racetrack to ride his mechanical horse.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-02
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Dumb Patrol
Overview: During the Great War, Bosko and a fearsome beast are in a dogfight. Bosko loses, but that's only the first battle.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-19
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Yodeling Yokels
Overview: Bosko and Honey yodel happily in the Alps until a series of disasters end with Honey rushing downriver on an ice floe.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-01
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Bosko's Holiday
Overview: Bosko and Honey go on a picnic that ends badly.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-20
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The Tree's Knees
Overview: Bosko the woodsman spurns cutting down trees and plays music instead. The trees and animals dance and make their own music.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-01
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Bosko at the Zoo
Overview: Bosko and Honey go to the zoo. Honey is frightened by the lion, but Bosko is the one who ends up in danger.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-09
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Battling Bosko
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-06
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Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee
Overview: 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.
Genres: Music Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-19
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Bosko and Bruno
Overview: Bosko, carrying his hobo stick, travels along the railroad tracks with his dog, Bruno. Unfortunately, they're both on the tracks as they cross a bridge and realize that a train is coming perilously near. They manage to escape via a handcar, which was waiting for them on the tracks. however, once over the bridge, Bruno gets his foot caught near the switch. Bruno escapes, but not before allowing his poor master to think he's dead. Bosko is angry at his pet, but outrage turns to fear when the sound of another train gets them both panicking again. Luckily, the "train whistle" is only the mooing of a cow. The pair's adventures continue as they try to steal a chicken for her eggs. Finally, they end up on a runaway boxcar and have a second encounter with the obnoxious cow.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-30
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Bosko's Dog Race
Overview: Bosko enters his dog, Bruno, in a dog race.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-25
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Bosko at the Beach
Overview: Bosko, Honey, and Bruno spend a day at the beach.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-23
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Bosko's Store
Overview: Shopkeeper Bosko takes care of business.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-13
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Bosko the Drawback
Overview: Bosko is the star player in a wacky game of professional football.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-22
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Bosko's Dizzy Date
Overview: Honey is trying to teach violin to a difficult pupil who hates music. She call Bosko over. The pair sing and dance and play music while the kitten continues to express its disdain.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-19
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Bosko's Woodland Daze
Overview: While romping through the forest, Bosko falls asleep and dreams of giants and gnomes. (bosko.toonzone.net)
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-17
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Bosko in Dutch
Overview: Set on a frozen pond in Holland, various animals attempt to skate on the slippery ice.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-14
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Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
Overview: In this first Merrie Melodie short, things are hopping at a certain Mexican café. And then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild.
Genres: Music Animation Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-13
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The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives
Overview: 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.
Genres: Music Animation Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-07
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