Murray Head

He was born in Scotland, his parents being Seafield Head, a documentary-maker, and Helen Shingler, an actress. His younger brother is "Buffy" star, Anthony Stewart Head. Murray Head began acting and writing songs as a child, and by the mid-1960s had a London recording contract. He had limited success until selected by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber to play Judas Iscariot on the original album version of Jesus Christ Superstar. At around the same time he won a leading role in the Oscar-winning Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), alongside Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson. Despite these successses, he received little public attention in the next ten years, reappearing in the spotlight in 1984 as the star of the musical, Chess.