
Michael Murphy
Biography
Michael Murphy (born May 5, 1938) is an American film and television actor.
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Known For
Acting History
2024
Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano as Himself
2024Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV as Self
2020The Man Who Tried to Feed the World as narrator
2019The Feud as Narrator
2019Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese as The Politician
2018The Circus as Narrator
2018Indian Horse as Father Quinney
2017Grand Coulee Dam as Narrator
2017The Race Underground as Narrator
2016The Battle Of Chosin as Narrator
2016Tesla as Narrator (voice)
2016Way Out on a Limb as Self
2016Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond as Self
2016Space Men as Narrator
2016Murder of a President as Narrator
2015The Forgotten Plague as Himself - Narrator (voice)
2015Edison as Narrator (voice)
2014Fall as Father Sam Ryan
2014Altman as Self
2014They Came Together as Roger
2014Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Narrator
2013White House Down as Vice President Hammond
2013Rogue as George Kelly
2013Silicon Valley as Narrator
2012Custer's Last Stand as Narrator (voice)
2012Billy the Kid as Narrator
2011Angle of Attack as Self - Narrator (voice)
2011Person of Interest as Jim Hallen
2011Triangle Fire as narrator
2011The Greely Expedition as Narrator
2011Panama Canal as Narrator
2011Dinosaur Wars as Narrator
2011Robert E. Lee as Narrator
2010The Trotsky as Frank McGovern
2010The Bridge as Ed Wycoff
2010Wyatt Earp as Narrator
2009According to Greta as Joseph
2008Depression: Out of the Shadows as Himself - Narrator
2008Kit Carson as Self - Narrator (voice)
2007Away from Her as Aubrey
2006The Wind in the Willows as Judge
2006The Path to 9/11 as William Cohen
2006X-Men: The Last Stand as Warren Worthington II
2006Playing House as Hubbard
2006Jesse James as Narrator (voice)
2005Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 2 - American Mecca as Narrator
2005Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City as Narrator
2005Mayday as Captain Randall Williams
2005Heights as Jesse
2005Tilt as Jimmy Molloy
2004On the Set: Alex’s Loft as Self
2004On the Set: Loews Theater as Self
2004What’s Happened Since ‘88 as Self
2004H2O as U.S. Ambassador Conrad
2004H2O as U.S. Ambassador Conrad
2004Tanner on Tanner as Jack Tanner
2004Silver City as Senator Judson Pilager
2004LAX as Emmet
2004Childstar as Reed Harrison
2004Tricks as Arthur
2004The Rise & Fall of Penn Station as Narrator
2004This Is Wonderland as Judge Maxwell Fraser
2003Footsteps as Robbie
2003The Transcontinental Railroad as Narrator (voice)
2002Live from Baghdad as Tom Johnson
2001The Day Reagan Was Shot as Michael Deaver
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Peter Blakemore
2001Tart as Mike Storm
2000The Art of War as Politician (uncredited)
2000Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' as Self
2000Altman on His Own Terms as Self
1999Magnolia as Alan Kligman, Esq.
1999Family Law as Ian Lumberg
1999Judging Amy as Judge Alistair McNeil
1998Indiscretion of an American Wife as Russell Burton
1998Sleeping Dogs Lie as Edgar Trott
1997Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story as Pete Louganis
1997Private Parts as Roger Erlick
1996Kansas City as Henry Stilton
1996Special Report: Journey to Mars as Dean Rumplemeyer
1996The Ultimate Lie as Malcolm McGrath
1995Truman as Dinner Speaker (uncredited)
1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
1995Bad Company as William V. 'Smitty' Smithfield (uncredited)
1994Clean Slate as Dr. Doover
1992Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Bill Reilly - Presidential Delegation
1992Batman Returns as Mayor
1992Folks! as Ed
1990Law & Order as Nolan Tinsdale
1989Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy as Richard Burt
1989Shocker as Lt. Don Parker
1988American Experience as Narrator (voice)
1988The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial as Captain Blakely
1988Tanner '88 as Jack Tanner
1987Hard Copy
1986L.A. Law as Bobby Lewis
1986American Masters as Self - Narrator (voice)
1986Salvador as Ambassador Thomas Kelly
1985Mesmerized as Wilson
1984Countdown to Looking Glass as Bob Calhoun
1984Cloak & Dagger as Rice
1984Talk to Me as Ross
1983Hot Money as Burt / Tom
1982The Year of Living Dangerously as Pete Curtis
1982The Rules of Marriage as Alan Murray
1981Strange Behavior as John Brady
1979O Youth and Beauty! as Cash Bentley
1979Manhattan as Yale
1979The Class Of Miss MacMichael as Martin
1978The Great Bank Hoax as Reverend Everett Manigma
1978An Unmarried Woman as Martin Benton
1976The Front as Alfred Miller
1975Nashville as John Triplette
1975Baretta as Mike Parsons
1974The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman as Quentin Lerner
1974Phase IV as James R. Lesko
1974I Love You...Good-bye as Alec Shield
1973The Thief Who Came to Dinner as Ted
1972The Crooked Hearts as Frank Adamic
1972What's Up, Doc? as Mr. Smith
1972The Sixth Sense
1971McCabe & Mrs. Miller as Eugene Sears
1970Brewster McCloud as Shaft
1970Count Yorga, Vampire as Paul
1970The Lawyer as Intern in Legal Office (uncredited)
1970M*A*S*H as 'Me Lai' Marston
1969The Arrangement as Father Draddy
1969That Cold Day in the Park as The Rounder
1968The Legend of Lylah Clare as Mark Peter Sheean
1967Countdown as Rick
1967Double Trouble as Morley
1965Hogan's Heroes as Corporal Walter Comminsky
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Interne
1961Ben Casey
1959Bonanza as Will Holt









