The weird and wonderful world of Bill Murray - an actor who never sold his soul

Bill Murray’s infamous high-jinks, aversion to corniness and the fact that he never sold his soul help explain why he is one of the truly beloved actors working in Hollywood today, writes Ed Power.

IF Bill Murray wasn’t a living, breathing movie icon, he might be mistaken for an especially ripe urban myth. Circulating on the web are dozens of accounts of the 63-year-old actor’s irascibility.

The time he turned up unannounced at a crowded restaurant in Austin, Texas, climbed behind the bar and started serving tequila. The evening he crashed a karaoke party in New York, spending several hours boozily dueting Sinatra songs with tourists. His 2007 golf buggy ride through Stockholm, where he offered lifts around town to strangers.