Murray Rose

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.

Ride the Wild Surf (1964)

A group of friends go to Hawaii during the height of surfing season, to compete with other surf bums and find girlfriends along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Karlson  •  Don Taylor
CAST:  Fabian  •  Shelley Fabares  •  Tab Hunter  •  Barbara Eden

A group of friends go to Hawaii during the height of surfing season, to compete with other surf bums and find girlfriends along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Karlson  •  Don Taylor
CAST:  Fabian  •  Shelley Fabares  •  Tab Hunter  •  Barbara Eden

Ice Station Zebra (1968)

A 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Sturges
CAST:  Rock Hudson  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Patrick McGoohan  •  Jim Brown

A 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Sturges
CAST:  Rock Hudson  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Patrick McGoohan  •  Jim Brown