Kermit Murdock
Kermit Murdock (20 March 1908 – 11 February 1981) was an American film, television and radio actor known for his avuncular and professorial character portrayals. His more prominent character roles in major motion pictures included Dean Pollard in Splendor in the Grass (1961), Henderson in In the Heat of The Night (1967), and Dr. Robertson in The Andromeda Strain (1970). He is also well known for his voice acting in many episodes of the 1950s science fiction radio series X Minus One. He was in The Mysterious Traveler episode "Survival of the Fittest" with Everett Sloane, and was featured in an episode of the series Adventure Ahead. He appeared in character roles in television drama of the 1960s and 1970s including episodes of Kung Fu, The Mod Squad, and The Defenders. He portrayed a prosecutor of witches in the Star Trek episode, "All Our Yesterdays".
The Andromeda Strain
as Dr. RobertsonWhen virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to...
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In the Heat of the Night
as HendersonAfrican-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder...
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Splendor in the Grass
as Dean Pollard (uncredited)A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's...
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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Hoyt IIIDaisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her...
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The Whole World Is Watching
as 2nd JudgeIn this second pilot of "The Lawyers," a rotating segment of "The Bold Ones" series, the firm of...
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The Godchild
as Nathaniel MonyThree Union POWs fleeing across the desert to escape both their Confederate pursuers and...
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The Lonely Profession
as SenatorPrivate investigator Leo Gordon is hired to trail Karen Mendaros, the mistress of a reclusive...
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Dial Hot Line
as Fourth Board MemberThe head of a psychiatric telephone hotline inspires his associates to get out of the office and...
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Star Trek
as The ProsecutorSpace. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the...
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Ironside
as PublisherWhen an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...
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The High Chaparral
as SeechristThe High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and...
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Run for Your Life
as Sen. StrohmRun for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Mr. Vandermast30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic...
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Alias Smith and Jones
as uncreditedAlias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to...
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The Mod Squad
as Abe TursonThe Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran...
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Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as MinisterWeekly series spun off from the miniseries.
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The Sixth Sense
as uncreditedThe Sixth Sense is an American paranormal thriller television
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Banacek
as ArchbishopBanacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as PeterHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Harry O
as uncreditedAfter being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego...
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Sarge
as PierceSarge is an American crime drama series starring George Kennedy. The series aired on for one...
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Kung Fu
as uncreditedThe adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in...
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