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Kermit Murdock

Actor · 1908 – 1981 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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".

Series15

  • TV6.8

    Ironside

    1967 · 71 votes

  • TV8.0

    Star Trek

    1966 · 1.6K votes

  • TV7.7
  • TV7.1

    Run for Your Life

    1965 · 7 votes

  • TV6.8

    The High Chaparral

    1967 · 26 votes

  • TV6.1

    The Mod Squad

    1968 · 28 votes

  • TV7.0

    Alias Smith and Jones

    1971 · 33 votes

  • TV5.2

    Harry O

    1974 · 12 votes

  • TV8.3
  • TV8.4

    Banacek

    1972 · 20 votes

  • TV6.3

    The Sixth Sense

    1972 · 10 votes

  • TV8.8

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    1951 · 8 votes

  • TV4.7
  • TV7.5

    Sarge

    1971 · 2 votes

  • TV7.7

    Kung Fu

    1972 · 241 votes

Movies9

  • Movie7.7

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967 · 1.3K votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971 · 846 votes

  • Movie7.5

    Splendor in the Grass

    1961 · 317 votes

  • Movie6.7
  • Movie9.0
  • Movie6.0

    The Godchild

    1974 · 2 votes

  • Movie8.0

    Dial Hot Line

    1970 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Lonely Profession

    1969 · 1 votes

  • Movie9.0

    Farewell to Yesterday

    1950 · 1 votes