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George Murdock was an American character actor, especially prolific on television.
Birth Name
George Risk Sawaya Jr.
Born
Wednesday, 25 June 1930
Died
Monday, 30 April 2012
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Caterwaul | Bernie | 2014 |
| Dispatch | Self | 2011 |
| Eagleheart | Fred | 2011 |
| Eli Stone | Future Wallender | 2008 |
| Say It in Russian | Warden | 2007 |
| Man in the Chair | Richard Butler | 2007 |
| Torchwood | Preacher | 2006 |
| One More Round | Mr. Mack | 2005 |
| Serial Killing 4 Dummys | Detective Ray Berro | 2004 |
| To Kill a Mockumentary | Walt | 2004 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Caterwaul | Bernie | 2014 |
| Dispatch | Self | 2011 |
| Eagleheart | Fred | 2011 |
| Eli Stone | Future Wallender | 2008 |
| Say It in Russian | Warden | 2007 |
| Man in the Chair | Richard Butler | 2007 |
| Torchwood | Preacher | 2006 |
| One More Round | Mr. Mack | 2005 |
| Serial Killing 4 Dummys | Detective Ray Berro | 2004 |
| To Kill a Mockumentary | Walt | 2004 |
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Acme VP, Unfairly Promoted | 2003 |
| Legend of the Phantom Rider | The Judge | 2003 |
| Spider's Web | Robert Harding | 2002 |
| The Dead Zone | Arthur Allen | 2002 |
| Orange County | Bob Beugler | 2002 |
| Smallville | Harry Bolston | 2001 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Stuart Manslow | 2000 |
| That's Life | Judge Hackman | 2000 |
| Time Share | Cedric Templeton | 2000 |
| Judging Amy | Judge Norman Artel | 1999 |
| Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming | Dr. Salik | 1999 |
| Norm | Probation Officer | 1999 |
| Family Tree | Big Wig | 1999 |
| Phoenix | Sid | 1998 |
| The X Files: Fight the Future | 2nd Elder | 1998 |
| Anarchy TV | Chief Cochon | 1998 |
| The Adventures of Ragtime | Captain Murphy | 1998 |
| Scorpio One | CIA Director Wilfrid Parlow | 1998 |
| Team Knight Rider | Bowman | 1997 |
| Mike Hammer, Private Eye | Cleve Baxter | 1997 |
| The Gregory Hines Show | Samuel Lawrence | 1997 |
| Just Shoot Me! | Sea Captain | 1997 |
| Apollo 11 | Lew Hartznel | 1996 |
| Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon | Lew Hartznel | 1996 |
| Early Edition | Dutch Van Drie | 1996 |
| Malcolm & Eddie | Mr. Gordon | 1996 |
| Crosscut | Uncle Leo | 1996 |
| The American President | Congressman | 1995 |
| The Monroes | Bennett | 1995 |
| Tyson | Baranski | 1995 |
| Hot Line | Dick Beleher | 1995 |
| ER | Mr. Sidowski | 1994 |
| Chicago Hope | Judge John Spencer | 1994 |
| Molly & Gina | Patrick Sweeny | 1994 |
| Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II | Senator Riley | 1994 |
| The Nanny | Dakota Williams | 1993 |
| Firepower | Captain Croy | 1993 |
| Dave's World | Coach Rymer | 1993 |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Burton Newcomb | 1993 |
| The X-Files | Elder #2 / 2nd Elder | 1993 |
| Batman: The Animated Series | Boss Biggis | 1992 |
| Grand Tour: Disaster in Time | Judge Caldwell | 1992 |
| Final Analysis | Judge Costello | 1992 |
| Reasonable Doubts | Mr. Maxwell | 1991 |
| What a Dummy | Judge Waver | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Trial Judge Eric Bertram | 1990 |
| Shannon's Deal | Poley Karpinski | 1990 |
| Equal Justice | Judge Ernest Franklin | 1990 |
| Dragnet | Rags | 1989 |
| Seinfeld | Testikov | 1989 |
| Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | God / "God" | 1989 |
| Roe vs. Wade | Supreme Court Judge | 1989 |
| Jesse Hawkes | Gen. Pickens | 1989 |
| War and Remembrance | Gen. Leslie Groves | 1988 |
| Midnight Caller | Sam Chase | 1988 |
| Retribution | Dr. John Talbot | 1987 |
| The Law and Harry McGraw | Judge Two | 1987 |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Adm. J. P. Hanson | 1987 |
| What a Country | Laslo Gabov | 1986 |
| L.A. Law | Sam | 1986 |
| Small Wonder | Mr. Gordon | 1985 |
| Certain Fury | Lt. Speier | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Officer Kaplan | 1984 |
| Call to Glory | Interrogator | 1984 |
| The New Mike Hammer | Sam Brockman | 1984 |
| Night Court | Womack / Sergeant Foster / Hank Mire / Detective Griffin | 1984 |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Leo Atkins | 1983 |
| The Winds of War | Brig. Gen. 'Fitz' Fitzgerald | 1983 |
| I'm Going to Be Famous | 1983 | |
| Knight Rider | Judge Oliver Callan / Archibald | 1982 |
| The Sword and the Sorcerer | Quade | 1982 |
| T.J. Hooker | Detective Jackson | 1982 |
| Shoot the Moon | French DeVoe | 1982 |
| Fame | Mr. Pulaski | 1982 |
| Hill Street Blues | Buck Remington | 1981 |
| Dynasty | Charlie Braddock | 1981 |
| A Time for Miracles | 1980 | |
| Willie Dynamite | Celli | 1980 |
| Any Which Way You Can | Sgt. Cooley | 1980 |
| Bosom Buddies | Elliot Pardo | 1980 |
| Hagen | Ballard | 1980 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Jobo's Dad | 1979 |
| Struck by Lightning | Dr. Parker | 1979 |
| The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Mayor Hawkins / Mr. Sheldon | 1979 |
| Benson | Officer Grimsby | 1979 |
| Time Express | Max | 1979 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Big Jim Downey | 1979 |
| Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack | Dr. Salik | 1979 |
| Battlestar Galactica | Dr. Salik | 1978 |
| Lou Grant | Sgt. Irwin Winowsky | 1977 |
| CHiPs | Ernie | 1977 |
| Thunder and Lightning | Jake Summers | 1977 |
| Lucan | Sheriff Barnes | 1977 |
| Breaker! Breaker! | Judge Joshua Trimmings / Judge Trimmings | 1977 |
| Fish | Det. Ryan | 1977 |
| Yesterday's Child | Lieutenant Spano | 1977 |
| The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Officer Harlen | 1977 |
| Once an Eagle | Sgt. Chepenek | 1976 |
| Lanigan's Rabbi | Ben Franks | 1976 |
| Bert D'Angelo/Superstar | Jan Krupek | 1976 |
| Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case | Procesutor Simons | 1975 |
| The Invisible Man | Captain Scopes | 1975 |
| Switch | Prof. Grosswirter | 1975 |
| Earthquake | Colonel | 1974 |
| Hangup | Capt. Gorney | 1974 |
| Police Woman | Hogan / Macon | 1974 |
| Barney Miller | Lt. Ben Scanlon / Master Sgt. J.R. Reville | 1974 |
| Movin' On | Cap | 1974 |
| Thomasine & Bushrod | U.S. Marshal Bogardie | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Jeremy Stokes | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Doc Holliday | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Rossi | 1974 |
| The Death Squad | Vern Acker | 1974 |
| Cry Rape | John Curzon | 1973 |
| Griff | Wolf Plantaine | 1973 |
| The New Perry Mason | Sgt. Dave Cook | 1973 |
| The Mack | Fatman | 1973 |
| Police Story | Captain Michaels | 1973 |
| The Magician | Timothy Dunagan | 1973 |
| Harry O | Captain Shelldrake | 1973 |
| You'll Never See Me Again | Desk Sergeant | 1973 |
| Hec Ramsey | Milt Brennan | 1972 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Dempsey / Harlan Betts / Merle | 1972 |
| Search | Pearson | 1972 |
| Banacek | Cavanaugh | 1972 |
| The Sixth Sense | Victor Harris | 1972 |
| The Bravos | Captain MacDowell | 1972 |
| A Howling in the Woods | Mel Warren | 1971 |
| The Todd Killings | Police Officer | 1971 |
| Cade's County | Vic Winters | 1971 |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Lt. Matheson | 1971 |
| Bearcats! | Coot Leonard | 1971 |
| Banyon | Wayne Douglas | 1971 |
| Longstreet | Burt Oaks | 1971 |
| McCloud | Sgt. Rosovitch / Officer Duncan | 1970 |
| The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | D.A. William Braddock / District Attorney Braddock | 1969 |
| Bracken's World | Marco | 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Albert Prescott | 1969 |
| The Sound of Anger | George Grebe | 1968 |
| Mod Squad | Price | 1968 |
| The Outcasts | Sergeant | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | Mr. Williams | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Dave / Sergeant Joe Ames / Dr. George Bertrand | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Hank Merrill | 1968 |
| The Outsider | Vern Fletcher | 1968 |
| Blackbeard's Ghost | Head Official | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Fred Devon | 1968 |
| Mannix | Mr. Ferraro | 1967 |
| Ironside | Capt. Walter Finch / FBI Agent Torrence / Jim Peters / Lee R. Anderson / Phil Wagner / Sheriff / Victor Cramer | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Officer Shayon | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Bladgey | 1967 |
| Gunn | Archie | 1967 |
| Iron Horse | Walcott | 1966 |
| Tarzan | Damian / Eric / Karl | 1966 |
| The Wild Wild West | Luther Coyle | 1965 |
| Hank | Sergeant Keller | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Vic Kirby / Dirken / Al Evans | 1965 |
| I Spy | Mariner | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Police Sergeant | 1965 |
| Taggart | Army Scout | 1964 |
| No Time for Sergeants | Captain Krupnick / Capt. Krupnick | 1964 |
| He Rides Tall | Burt | 1964 |
| Destry | George Washington Bedloe | 1964 |
| Pressure Point | Rally Speaker | 1962 |
| The Gallant Men | Sgt. Varney / Pfc. Ben Cagel | 1962 |
| Combat! | Marcus | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Barton | 1962 |
| Shannon | Chief Engineer Wakely | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Byron B. Davis | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Orderly | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Cab Driver #1 | 1961 |
| The Twilight Zone | Willie | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Marks / Luis Getty / Floyd | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Gus Dmytryk / Pete Topchinski | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Sergeant | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Frank Syden | 1958 |
| Gunsmoke | Bret Gruber / Cole Matson / Jim Travers / Luke | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Head Official | 1954 |
| Death Valley Days | Pete Gorman | 1952 |
