Brian Doyle-Murray (born October 31, 1945) is an American comedian, screenwriter, actor and voice artist. An alumnus of the long-running American sketch show,
Saturday Night Live, Doyle-Murray was a feature player during the show's fifth season
note 1979-1980 season, as one of many replacements for
Dan Aykroyd and
John Belushinote both of whom left after the 1978-1979 season, a writer for Jean Doumanian's critically abysmal sixth season (1980-1981), and was a feature player and Weekend Update anchor during Dick Ebersol's first full season as executive producer and show runner [season seven; the 1981-1982 season], making Doyle-Murray one of a handful of
SNL cast members who worked with all three executive producers
note Other cast members to hold this honor are: Denny Dillon (who cameoed on a 1970s Lorne Michaels episode, was a Jean Doumanian cast member, and appeared on the first episode with Dick Ebersol as the new executive producer) and Brian's brother, Bill Murray (who was a cast member for Lorne Michaels and hosted a Jean Doumanian-era episode and a Dick Ebersol episode).
He is the older brother of actor/comedian
Bill Murray and has acted with him in several films, including
Caddyshack,
Scrooged,
Ghostbusters II and
Groundhog Day.
Murray is known for his gravelly voice and has voiced The Flying Dutchman on
Spongebob Squarepants, a small role as the Grandfather on
Lloyd In Space, Coach Gills on Cartoon Network's
My Gym Partners A Monkey, Captain K'nuckles on
The Marvelous Misadventures Of Flapjack and as Maggie's dad on
The Buzz On Maggie. He has also appeared as "Salty" in the
Family Guy episode "A Fish out of Water". He is the voice of Jack the barber on
King of the Hill. He also voiced the mayor in
Ghostbusters: The Video Game and the Grandfather in
The Goode Family.
Doyle-Murray also plays Don Ehlert in
The Middle.
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