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F. Murray, Buddy and Petula

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Marc Myers
Oct 22, 2022
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The Wall Street Journal this week, I interviewed actor F. Murray Abraham for my "House Call" column in the Mansion section (go here). As an early teen, Murray belonged to the Rogues, a gang in El Paso, Texas, that stole cars and wrecked them. One day, when his gang was jumped by a rival gang, the other Rogues ran off and left him alone to get beaten …

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