George Murdock (born George Sawaya Jr.; June 25, 1930 - April 30, 2012) was an American actor best known for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Breaker! Breaker! (1977), and Orange County (2002).
He was married to Catherine A. Miller.
Murdock died in 2012 at the age of 81 from cancer.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1962: Pressure Point as Rally Speaker (Uncredited Role)
- 1964: He Rides Tail as Burt
- 1964: Taggart as Army Scout (uncredited)
- 1967: Gunn as Archie
- 1968: Blackbeard's Ghost as Head Official
- 1968: The Sound Of Anger as George Grebe
- 1971: The Todd Killings as Police Officer
- 1971: A Howling In The Woods as Mel Warren
- 1972: The Bravos as Capt. MacDowell
- 1973: Youll Never See Me Again as Desk Sergeant
- 1973: The Mack as Fatman
- 1973: Cry Rape as John Curzon
- 1974: The Death Squad as Vern Acker
- 1974: Willie Dynamite as Celli
- 1974: Thomasine And Bushrod as U.S. Marshal Bogardie
- 1974: Hangup as Capt. Gorney
- 1974: Earthquake as Colonel
- 1975: The Impostor as Glover
- 1975: Last Hours Before Morning as Sgt. Hagen
- 1975: Guilty Or Innocent The Sam Sheppard Murder Case as Prosecutor Simons
- 1977: Yesterdays Child as Lt. Spano
- 1977: Breaker! Breaker! as Judge Joshua Trimmings
- 1977: Thunder And Lightning as Jake Summers
- 1978: The Two Five as Commander Malloy
- 1978: Crash as Claypool
- 1980: Any Which Way You Can as Sgt. Cooley
- 1982: Shoot The Moon as French DeVoe
- 1982: The Sword and the Sorcerer as Quade
- 1982: In Love With An Older Woman as Max Rosen
- 1985: Certain Fury as Lt. Speier
- 1987: Retribution as Dr. John Talbot
- 1989: Roe Vs Wade as Supreme Court Judge
- 1989: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier as "God"
- 1989: Chameleons as Alex Manning
- 1991: Grand Tour Disaster In Time as Judge Caldwell
- 1992: Final Analysis as Judge Costello
- 1993: Firepower as Capt. Croy
- 1994: Plughead Rewired Circuitry Man II as Sen. Riley
- 1994: Molly And Gina as Patrick Sweeny
- 1995: Tyson as Baranski
- 1995: Crosscut as Uncle Leo
- 1995: The American President Congressman
- 1996: Apollo 11 as Lew Hartznel
- 1998: Scorpio One as CIA Director Wilfrid Parlow
- 1998: Anarchy TV as Chief Cochon
- 1998: Phoenix as Sid
- 1998: The X-Files: Fight the Future as 2nd Elder
- 1998: The Adventures Of Ragtime as Capt. Murphy
- 1999: Family Tree as Big Wig
- 2000: Time Share as Cedric Templeton
- 2002: Orange County as Bob Beugler
- 2002: Legend Of The Phantom Rider as The Judge
- 2002: Spiders Web as Robert Harding
- 2003: Looney Tunes: Back in Action as Acme VP, Unfairly Promoted
- 2004: Serial Killing 4 Dummys as Det. Ray Berro
- 2004: To Kill A Mockumentary as Walt
- 2005: One More Round as Mr. Mack
- 2007: Man In The Chair as Richard Butler
- 2007: Say It In Russian as Warden
Television Roles
- 1961: Shannon as Chief Engineer Wakely
- 1961: The Defenders as Cab Driver #1
- 1962: The Twilight Zone as Willie
- 1962: Dr. Kildare as Orderly
- 1962-1963: The Untouchables as Pete Topchinski/Gus Dmytryk (2 episodes)
- 1963: The Gallant Men as Pcf. Ben Cagel/Sgt. Varney (2 episodes)
- 1963: 77 Sunset Strip as Frank Syden
- 1964: Destry as George Washington Bedloe
- 1964-1965: No Time For Sergeants as Capt. Krupnick (4 episodes)
- 1965: Combat as Marcus
- 1965: Rawhide as Sergeant
- 1965: I Spy as Mariner
- 1965: Death Valley Days as Pete Gorman
- 1965: Ben Casey as Byron B. Davis
- 1965: Hank as Sgt. Keller
- 1965-1970: Bonanza as Luis Getty/Marks/Floyd (3 episodes)
- 1965-1974: The F.B.I. as Dirken/Vic Kirby/Al Evans (3 episodes)
- 1966-1967: Tarzan as Eric/Damian/Karl (3 episodes)
- 1967: The Wild Wild West as Luther Coyle
- 1967: Iron Horse as Walcott
- 1967: Judd For The Defense as Officer Shayon
- 1967-1974: Gunsmoke as Luke/Cole Matson/Bret Gruber/Jim Travers (4 episodes)
- 1968: Cimarron Strip as Bladgey
- 1968: Run For Your Life as Police Sergeant
- 1968-1974: Ironside as Sheriff/Phil Wagner/Jim Peters/Lee R. Anderson/FBI Agent Torrence/Capt. Walter Finch/Victor Cramer (7 episodes)
- 1969: The Outsider as Vern Fletcher
- 1969: The Outcasts as Sergeant
- 1969: The Virginian as Barton
- 1969: Night Gallery as 1st Agent
- 1969: The Bold Ones: The Lawyers as D.A. William Braddock
- 1969-1970: It Takes a Thief as Fred Devon (5 episodes)
- 1969-1970: The Name Of The Game as Dave/Sgt. Joe Ames/Dr. George Bertrand (4 episodes)
- 1970: Brackens World as Marco
- 1970: The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as Albert Prescott
- 1971: Hawaii Five-O as Hank Merrill
- 1971: The Mod Squad as Price
- 1971: Longstreet as Burt Oaks
- 1971: Adam-12 as Mr. Williams
- 1971: Series/{{Bearcats}] as Coot Leonard
- 1972: Owen Marshall Counselor At Law as Lt. Matheson
- 1972: Cade's County as Vic Winters
- 1972: The Sixth Sense as Victor Harris
- 1972: Banyon as Wayne Douglas
- 1972-1974: Banacek as Cavanaugh (5 episodes)
- 1972-1974: McCloud as Sgt. Rosovitch/Officer Duncan (2 episodes)
- 1973: Search as Pearson
- 1973: Hec Ramsey as Milt Brennan
- 1973: Mannix as Mr. Ferraro
- 1973: The New Perry Mason as Sgt. Dave Cook
- 1973: The Magician as Timothy Dunagan
- 1974: Griff as Wolf Plantaine
- 1974: The Six Million Dollar Man as Rossi
- 1974-1977: The Streets of San Francisco as Harlan betts/Dempsey/Merle (3 episodes)
- 1975: Movin' On as Cap
- 1975: The Invisible Man as Capt. Scopes
- 1975: Police Woman as Hogan/Macon (2 episodes)
- 1976: Harry O as Capt. Shelldrake
- 1976: Police Story as Capt. Michaels
- 1976: Bert D Angelo Superstar as Jan Krupek
- 1976: Switch as Prof. Grosswirter
- 1976-1982: Barney Miller as Lt. Ben Scanlon/Master Sgt. J.R. Reville (12 episodes)
- 1977: Once An Eagle as Sgt. Chepenek
- 1977: The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries as Officer Harlen
- 1977: Little House on the Prairie as Jeremy Stokes
- 1977: Lanigans Rabbi as Ben Franks
- 1977: Fish as Det. Ryan
- 1977: Lou Grant as Sgt. Irwin Winowsky
- 1978: The Rockford Files as Doc Holiday
- 1978: Lucan as Sheriff Barnes
- 1978-1979: Battlestar Galactica as Dr. Salik (5 episodes)
- 1979: Time Express as Max
- 1979: Struck By Lightning as Dr. Parker
- 1979: The Dukes of Hazzard as Big Jim Downey
- 1979-1981: The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo as Mr. Sheldon/Mayor Hawkins (2 episodes)
- 1980: BAD Cats as Nun
- 1981: Hagen as Ballard
- 1981: Trapper John, M.D. as Jobo's Dad
- 1982: Bosom Buddies as Elliot Pardo
- 1982: T.J. Hooker as Det. Jackson
- 1982: Hill Street Blues as Buck Remington
- 1982: CHiPs as Ernie
- 1982: Benson as Officer Grimsby
- 1983: The Winds Of War as Brig. Gen. 'Fitz' Fitzgerald
- 1983-1984: Knight Rider as Archibald/Judge Oliver Callan (2 episodes)
- 1984: The New Mike Hammer as Sam Brockman
- 1984-1989: Night Court as Det. Griffin/Sgt. Foster/Hank Mire/Womack (4 episodes)
- 1985: Fame as Mr. Pulaski
- 1985: Murder, She Wrote as Officer Kaplan
- 1985: Call To Glory as Interrogator
- 1986: Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Leo Atkins
- 1986: Small Wonder as Mr. Gordon
- 1986-1987: What A Country as Laslo Gabov
- 1987: Great Performances as Bud Loring
- 1988: The Law And Harry Mc Graw as Judge Two
- 1988: Dynasty as Charlie Braddock
- 1989: Midnight Caller as Sam Chase
- 1989: Jesse Hawkes as Gen. Pickens
- 1989: War And Remembrance as Gen. Leslie Groves
- 1989: L.A. Law as Sam
- 1989: Dragnet as Rags
- 1990: Shannons Deal as Poley Karpinski
- 1990: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Adm. J. P. Hanson
- 1990: What A Dummy as Judge Waver
- 1990-1991: Equal Justice as Judge Ernest Franklin (2 episodes)
- 1991: The New Adam Twelve as Eddie Copeland
- 1992: Batman: The Animated Series as Boss Biggis
- 1992-1999: Law & Order as Trial Judge Eric Bertram (3 episodes)
- 1993: Reasonable Doubts as Mr. Maxwell
- 1993: Lois & Clark as Burton Newcomb
- 1994: Seinfeld as Testikov
- 1994: Dave's World as Coach Rymer
- 1994: Hot Line as Dick Beleher
- 1995: The Nanny as Dakota Williams
- 1995: The Monroes as Bennett
- 1995: General Hospital as Crater
- 1996: Days of Our Lives as Judge Andrew Walker
- 1996: Chicago Hope as Judge John Spencer
- 1996: ER as Mr. Sidowski
- 1997: Malcolm & Eddie as Mr. Gordon
- 1997: The Gregory Hines Show as Samuel Lawrence
- 1997: Team Knight Rider as Bowman
- 1997: Mike Hammer Private Eye as Cleve Baxter
- 1998: Early Edition as Dutch Van Drie
- 1998: Just Shoot Me! as Sea Captain
- 1998-1999: The X-Files as 2nd Elder (4 episodes)
- 1999: The Norm Show as Probation Officer
- 2000-2002: Judging Amy as Judge Norman Artel (2 episodes)
- 2001: Thats Life as Judge Hackman
- 2001: Smallville as Harry Bolston
- 2002: The Dead Zone as Arthur Allen
- 2005: CSI as Stuart Manslow
- 2008: Eli Stone as Future Wallender
- 2011: Eagleheart as Fred
- 2011: Torchwood as Preacher
Shorts
- 1994: Secret Adventures Shrug as Grandpa Thomas
- 1994: Secret Adventures Snag as Grandpa Thomas
- 1994: Secret Adventures Smash as Grandpa Thomas
- 1999: Battlestar Galactica The Second Coming as Dr. Salik
- 2013: Caterwaul as Bernie
Self
- 2011: Dispatch
