Murray Salem

{{short description|American actor}}

Murray Salem (January 12, 1950 in Cleveland, Ohio – January 6, 1998) from Brooklyn, Ohio{{Cite web|url= https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/05/16/discovering-murray-salem-a-journey-into-the-kindergarten-cop-screenwriters-life |title= Discovering Murray Salem: A Journey Into the 'Kindergarten Cop' Screenwriter's Life |date= May 16, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160516180022/https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/05/16/discovering-murray-salem-a-journey-into-the-kindergarten-cop-screenwriters-life |url-status= dead |archive-date= May 16, 2016}} was an American television actor and screenwriter.

He appeared in a number of television shows as an actor, including the miniseries Jesus of Nazareth as Simon the Zealot.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=15250|title=Murray Salem|website=www.aveleyman.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1137783/credits.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Jesus of Nazareth (1977) Credits|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}} He wrote the script for the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Kindergarten Cop.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4e59509|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022124403/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4e59509|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 22, 2018|title=Murray Salem|website=BFI}}

Murray Salem died in Los Angeles, California on January 6, 1998 from AIDS complications, six days before his 48th birthday.