Charlie the Cheetah

Beloved Treasure Planet voice actor passed away 8 years ago at the age of 80 😔 For many Disney fans, Brian Murray will always be John Silver, the complicated pirate who became both mentor and adversary to Jim Hawkins in Treasure Planet. The performance even earned Murray an Annie Award nomination, but animation represented only one remarkable chapter of a career built primarily on the stage. Murray spent more than four decades on Broadway and received three Tony Award nominations, for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Little Foxes, and The Crucible. He was also inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Some of his memorable roles included: John Silver (Treasure Planet) Rosencrantz (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) Benjamin Hubbard (The Little Foxes) Deputy Governor Danforth (The Crucible) Lloyd Dallas (Noises Off) Charlie Now (Da) Claudius (Hamlet) Sir Toby Belch (Twelfth Night) Terry Manchester (Bob Roberts) Brian Murray left us at 80, but eight years later, his legacy reaches two very different audiences: theatergoers who knew one of Broadway’s most accomplished character actors, and a generation that still remembers the cyborg pirate who told Jim Hawkins he was going to “rattle the stars.” 🕊️