Kermit Murdock

from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Artwork for In the Heat of the Night

Biography

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".

Timeline

1974Aged 66

  • Poster for The Godchild

    Nathaniel Mony

1971Aged 63

  • Poster for The Andromeda Strain

    Dr. Robertson

  • Poster for The Priest Killer

    Publisher

1970Aged 62

  • Poster for Dial Hot Line

    Fourth Board Member

  • Poster for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

    Hoyt III

1969Aged 61

  • Poster for The Whole World Is Watching

    2nd Judge

  • Poster for The Lonely Profession

    Senator

1967Aged 59

  • Poster for In the Heat of the Night

    Henderson

1961Aged 53

  • Poster for Splendor in the Grass

    Dean Pollard (uncredited)

1950Aged 42

  • Poster for Farewell to Yesterday

    Self - Narrator(voice)