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Murray Humphreys (born Llewellyn Morris Humphreys; April 20, 1899 [1] – November 23, 1965) (also known as The Camel or The Hump), was a Chicago mobster of Welsh descent who was the chief political fixer and labor racketeer, beginning with the Chicago Outfit during Prohibition. Considered to be a ruthless but also well-dressed, socially ...
Others were Murray Humphreys, who was of Welsh descent, Gus Alex, a Greek, and Ken Eto (aka Tokyo Joe), who was Japanese-American. Another well-known associate of the Outfit is Jewish New York City mobster Benjamin Siegel. Siegel was a childhood friend of Capone. [131]
Mike Humphreys (born 1967), American Major League Baseball player; Murray Humphreys (1899–1965), U.S. criminal; Sir Myles Humphreys (died 1998), Northern Irish politician and activist; Nigel Humphreys (born 1951), British actor; Noel Forbes Humphreys (1890–1918), Welsh rugby union international; Onslow Humphreys (born c.1893), Australian ...
The parents of Murray Humphreys (1899–1965), one of Chicago's most feared Prohibition gangsters, emigrated to the United States from the village in the late 1890s. [4] Gordonstoun school was evacuated here for the duration of World War II. [5] The village was previously served by Llandinam railway station on the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway.
Murray "The Camel" Humphreys tried to oversee Glimco's activities after Campagna's departure but had been forced out of the labor rackets by his fellow mobsters in 1953. [6] [24] Over the next few years, Humphreys continued to accuse Glimco of picking fights with other gangsters. [24] Campagna died of a heart attack in Florida in 1955. [138]
It was adapted for film as Casablanca (1942), starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Written by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison in 1940, prior to the United States' entry into World War II, the play was anti-Nazi and pro-French Resistance.
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Humphries attended Mallard Creek High School, where he was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and track.He was an All-American offensive lineman, clearing the way for 2,000-yard rusher Jela Duncan, and helping protect quarterback Marquise Williams.
Brian Murray (born October 31, 1945), known professionally by his stage name as Brian Doyle-Murray, is an American actor, comedian and screenwriter. He has appeared with his younger brother, actor/comedian Bill Murray , in several films, including Caddyshack , The Razor's Edge , Scrooged , Ghostbusters II , and Groundhog Day .