hailed by film critics as the "King of the Kiddie Matinee". To promote these films, he hired a local costume shop to create costumes for his two leading mascots: Stinky the Skunk and the Ferocious Wolf, both of whom appeared in a series of films based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Murray released over 60 movies in 15 years. Toward the end of his life, Murray ran afoul of the Internal Revenue Service, which seized his films and took them out of circulation. But on December 30, 1979, before he could take the IRS to court to reclaim his movies, Murray suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 57 while watching an NFL playoff game between the Miami Dolphins and the Pittsburgh Steelers during his visit to his sister-in-law in St. Petersburg. Legacy Three of his films were featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy in the first season, Santa Claus in the fifth season, and Samson vs. the Vampire Women in the sixth season. Santa Claus was also featured in a live performance by RiffTrax. Films The Prince of Peace (a.k.a. The Lawton Story) Why Girls Leave Home (a.k.a. Secrets of Beauty) Children of Love (originally French) (1953) Mother Holly (Frau Holle; a West German film) (1954) King Thrushbeard (1954) Hansel and Gretel (1954/II) Rumpelstiltskin (1955) The False Prince (1957) Mischief in Wonderland (1957) The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (1957) Wasted Lives (1957) (originally The Most Wonderful Moment, an Italian film) Little Angel (1958) (presenter) Naughty New York (1959) Santa Claus (1959) (narrator) Little Red Riding Hood (1960) Little Red Riding Hood and Her Friends (1961) The Brainiac (1962) Count Frankenhausen (a.k.a. The Bloody Vampire) (1962) The Turkish Cucumbers (1962) Tom Thumb and Little Red Riding Hood (1962) Bring Me the Vampire (1963) The Invasion of the Vampires (1963) Puss N' Boots (1963) (originally El Gato con Botas (1961)) Santa Claus and his Helpers (1964) Santa's Enchanted Village (1964) (writer) The Golden Goose (1964) The Swamp Of The Lost Monsters (a.k.a. Swamp Of The Lost Souls) (1965) (originally El Pantano de las Animas (Swamp of the Spirits) (1956)) The Witch's Mirror (1962) The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (Las Luchadoras contra la Momia Azteca) (1965) Santa's Magic Kingdom (1966) (writer) The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957/1966) Shanty Tramp (1967) (writer) The Doctor Says (a.k.a. The Doctor Speaks