- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 20, 1908
- Place of Birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- February 11, 1981
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".
Filmography
tvRich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976 · Minister
movieThe Godchild
1974 · Nathaniel Mony
tvHarry O
1974
tvKung Fu
1972 · Judge Burt
tvBanacek
1972 · Archbishop
tvThe Sixth Sense
1972
tvSarge
1971 · Pierce
movieThe Priest Killer
1971 · Publisher
movieThe Andromeda Strain
1971 · Dr. Robertson
tvAlias Smith and Jones
1971
tvThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · Mr. Vandermast
tvThe Bold Ones: The Senator
1970 · Sen. Calvin Shea
movieOn a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970 · Hoyt III
movieDial Hot Line
1970 · Fourth Board Member
movieThe Lonely Profession
1969 · Senator
movieThe Whole World Is Watching
1969 · 2nd Judge
tvThe Mod Squad
1968 · Abe Turson
tvThe High Chaparral
1967 · Seechrist
movieIn the Heat of the Night
1967 · Henderson
tvIronside
1967 · Publisher
tvStar Trek
1966 · The Prosecutor
tvRun for Your Life
1965 · Sen. Strohm
movieSplendor in the Grass
1961 · Dean Pollard (uncredited)
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Peter
movieFarewell to Yesterday
1950 · Self - Narrator(voice)