Born in New York City. The son of a famous vaudevillian, he drew on his own experience in vaudeville to produce a highly successful revue "Ken Murray's Blackouts," which ran from 1942 to 1949. Primarily a stage performer, he also made sporadic film appearances from the late 1920s through the 1970s. An amateur cameraman, he recorded candid 16mm personal episodes in the lives of Hollywood stars which were later shown on television. He produced and starred in BILL AND COO (1947), a feature length fantasy about birds which won a special Academy Award. He starred on early TV as the host of his own variety program, "The Ken Murray Show" (1950-53) and was later a regular on "The Judy Garland Show" (1964). Author of Life on a Pogo Stick (1960), an autobiography, and The Golden Days of San Simeon (1971).  Special Award 1947: BILL AND COO (Ken Murray, producer) - "In which artistry and patience blended in a novel and entertaining use of the medium of motion pictures." Winner presented a Plaque. 1 Special Award