George Murdock was born on June 25, 1930 in Salina, Kansas, USA as George Risk Sawaya Jr. He was an actor, known for The X Files (1998), Orange County (2002) and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989). He was married to Catherine A. Miller. He died on April 30, 2012 in Burbank, California, USA.
He made guest appearances on both of the longest running prime time dramas in United States television history: Gunsmoke (1955) and Law & Order (1990).
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One of only 24 actors to appear in both the Doctor Who and Star Trek franchises.
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Craggy character actor, best known on screen as the humourless, tough, by-the-book Lt. Ben Scanlon, perfect comic foil for the crew of Barney Miller (1974); on stage as Judge Julius Hoffman in the L.A. Odyssey Theatre production of "The Chicago Conspiracy Trial" (1979).
Changed his name to George Murdock when he became an actor.
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Performed the role of Big Daddy in Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" with the Arizona Theater Company during the 1988 season. Clare Wren starred as Maggie the Cat. Seth D. Webster played Sonny, one of the No-Neck Monsters.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bert D'Angelo/Superstar
1976
TV Series
Jan Krupek
Police Story
1976
TV Series
Captain Michaels
Harry O
1976
TV Series
Captain Shelldrake
Police Woman
1975
TV Series
Hogan / Macon
The Invisible Man
1975
TV Series
Captain Scopes
Movin' On
1975
TV Series
Cap
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
1975
TV Movie
Procesutor Simons
Last Hours Before Morning
1975
TV Movie
Sergeant Hagen
The Impostor
1975
TV Movie
Glover
McCloud
1972-1974
TV Series
Sergeant Rosovitch / Officer Duncan
Earthquake
1974
Colonel
Gunsmoke
1967-1974
TV Series
Luke / Cole Matson / Bret Gruber / ...
Hangup
1974
Captain Gorney
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
TV Series
Rossi
Thomasine & Bushrod
1974
U.S. Marshal Bogardie
Ironside
1968-1974
TV Series
Sheriff / Phil Wagner / Jim Peters / ...
Banacek
1972-1974
TV Series
Cavanaugh
The F.B.I.
1965-1974
TV Series
Dirken / Vic Kirby / Al Evans
Willie Dynamite
1974
Celli
The Death Squad
1974
TV Movie
Vern Acker
Griff
1974
TV Series
Wolf Plantaine
The Magician
1973
TV Series
Timothy Dunagan
Cry Rape
1973
TV Movie
John Curzon
The New Perry Mason
1973
TV Series
Sgt. Dave Cook
Mannix
1973
TV Series
Mr. Ferraro
The Mack
1973
Fatman
You'll Never See Me Again
1973
TV Movie
Desk Sergeant
Hec Ramsey
1973
TV Series
Milt Brennan
Search
1973
TV Series
Pearson
Banyon
1972
TV Series
Wayne Douglas
The Sixth Sense
1972
TV Series
Victor Harris
Cade's County
1972
TV Series
Vic Winters
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
1972
TV Series
Lt. Matheson
The Bravos
1972
TV Movie
Captain MacDowell
Bearcats!
1971
TV Series
Coot Leonard
Adam-12
1971
TV Series
Mr. Williams
Longstreet
1971
TV Series
Burt Oaks
A Howling in the Woods
1971
TV Movie
Mel Warren
The Todd Killings
1971
Mod Squad
1971
TV Series
Price
Hawaii Five-O
1971
TV Series
Hank Merrill
The Name of the Game
1969-1970
TV Series
Dave / Sergeant Joe Ames / Dr. George Bertrand
Bonanza
1965-1970
TV Series
Luis Getty / Marks / Floyd
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1970
TV Series
Albert Prescott
It Takes a Thief
1969-1970
TV Series
Fred Devon
Bracken's World
1970
TV Series
Marco
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
1969
TV Series
D.A. William Braddock
District Attorney Braddock
Night Gallery
1969
TV Series
1st Agent
The Virginian
1969
TV Series
Barton
The Outsider
1969
TV Series
Vern Fletcher
The Sound of Anger
1968
TV Movie
George Grebe
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
Head Official
Run for Your Life
1968
TV Series
Police Sergeant
Cimarron Strip
1968
TV Series
Bladgey
Judd for the Defense
1967
TV Series
Officer Shayon
Tarzan
1966-1967
TV Series
Eric / Damian / Karl
Gunn
1967
Archie
Iron Horse
1967
TV Series
Walcott
The Wild Wild West
1967
TV Series
Luther Coyle
Hank
1965
TV Series
Sergeant Keller
Ben Casey
1965
TV Series
Byron B. Davis
Death Valley Days
1965
TV Series
Pete Gorman
I Spy
1965
TV Series
Mariner
No Time for Sergeants
1964-1965
TV Series
Captain Krupnick
Capt. Krupnick
Rawhide
1965
TV Series
Sergeant
Combat!
1965
TV Series
Marcus
Taggart
1964
Army Scout (uncredited)
Destry
1964
TV Series
George Washington Bedloe
He Rides Tall
1964
Burt
77 Sunset Strip
1963
TV Series
Frank Syden
The Untouchables
1962-1963
TV Series
Pete Topchinski / Gus Dmytryk
The Gallant Men
1963
TV Series
Pfc. Ben Cagel / Sgt. Varney
Dr. Kildare
1962
TV Series
Orderly
Pressure Point
1962
Rally Speaker (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
1962
TV Series
Willie
The Defenders
1961
TV Series
Cab Driver #1
Shannon
1961
TV Series
Chief Engineer Wakely
Film School Shorts
2013
TV Series
Bernie
Caterwaul
2012
Short
Bernie
Torchwood
2011
TV Series
Preacher
Eagleheart
2011
TV Series
Fred
Eli Stone
2008
TV Series
Future Wallender
Say It in Russian
2007
Warden
Man in the Chair
2007
Richard Butler
One More Round
2005
Mr. Mack
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2005
TV Series
Stuart Manslow
Serial Killing 4 Dummys
2004
Detective Ray Berro
To Kill a Mockumentary
2004
Video
Walt
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
Acme VP, Unfairly Promoted
Spider's Web
2002
Robert Harding
Legend of the Phantom Rider
2002
The Judge
The Dead Zone
2002
TV Series
Arthur Allen
Judging Amy
2000-2002
TV Series
Judge Norman Artel
Orange County
2002
Bob Beugler
Smallville
2001
TV Series
Old Harry Bollston
That's Life
2001
TV Series
Judge Hackman
Time Share
2000
Cedric Templeton
Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming
1999
Short
Dr. Salik
Family Tree
1999
Big Wig
Norm
1999
TV Series
Probation Officer
Law & Order
1992-1999
TV Series
Judge Eric Bertram
The X-Files
1998-1999
TV Series
Elder #2 / 2nd Elder
The Adventures of Ragtime
1998
Captain Murphy
Scorpio One
1998
CIA Director Wilfrid Parlow
The X Files
1998
2nd Elder
Phoenix
1998
Sid
Just Shoot Me!
1998
TV Series
Sea Captain
Anarchy TV
1998
Chief Cochon
Early Edition
1998
TV Series
Dutch Van Drie
Nothing Sacred
1998
TV Series
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
1997
TV Series
Cleve Baxter
Team Knight Rider
1997
TV Series
Bowman
The Gregory Hines Show
1997
TV Series
Samuel Lawrence
Malcolm & Eddie
1997
TV Series
Mr. Gordon
Apollo 11
1996
TV Movie
Lew Hartznel
ER
1996
TV Series
Mr. Sidowski
Chicago Hope
1996
TV Series
Judge John Spencer
Crosscut
1996
Uncle Leo
The American President
1995
Congressman
Tyson
1995
TV Movie
Baranski
Madman of the People
1995
TV Series
The Nanny
1995
TV Series
Dakota Williams
Dave's World
1994
TV Series
Coach Rymer
Molly & Gina
1994
Patrick Sweeny
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
1994
Senator Riley
Seinfeld
1994
TV Series
Testikov
Hot Line
1994
TV Series
Dick Beleher
Secret Adventures: Shrug
1994
Video short
Grandpa Thomas
Secret Adventures: Smash
1994
Video short
Grandpa Thomas
Firepower
1993
Captain Croy
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
TV Series
Burton Newcomb
Reasonable Doubts
1993
TV Series
Mr. Maxwell
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
TV Series
Boss Biggis
Final Analysis
1992
Judge Costello
Grand Tour: Disaster in Time
1992
Judge Caldwell
Equal Justice
1990-1991
TV Series
Judge Ernest Franklin
What a Dummy
1990
TV Series
Judge Waver
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1990
TV Series
Admiral J. P. Hanson
Shannon's Deal
1990
TV Series
Poley Karpinski
Chameleons
1989
TV Movie
Dragnet
1989
TV Series
Rags
L.A. Law
1989
TV Series
Sam
Nightmare Classics
1989
TV Series
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989
God
Roe vs. Wade
1989
TV Movie
War and Remembrance
1989
TV Mini-Series
Gen. Leslie Groves
Jesse Hawkes
1989
TV Series
Gen. Pickens
Night Court
1984-1989
TV Series
Detective Griffin / Sergeant Foster / Hank Mire / ...