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George Murdock is a Actor American born on 25 june 1930 at Salina (USA)
George Murdock (June 25, 1930 – April 30, 2012) was an American actor.
Murdock was born George Sawaya, Jr. in Salina, Kansas. He was known for frequently playing judges, (for instance, Judge Julius Hoffman in West Coast and Chicago stage productions of The Chicago Conspiracy Trial and in an adaptation for BBC Radio), he also performed the role of "Big Daddy" in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with the Arizona Theater Company during the 1988 season. He was also Laszlo Gabo on the 1986-87 sitcom What a Country!.
Among his most famous characters for movies and TV were Lt. Scanlon, the oily NYPD Internal Affairs officer in Barney Miller, Dr. Salik in Battlestar Galactica TV series, "God" in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, directed by William Shatner, who called him "a wonderful actor", and as Admiral Hanson in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Best of Both Worlds.
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Birth name George Sawaya, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 25 june 1930 at Salina (USA)
Death 30 april 2012 (at 81 years) at Burbank (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 25 june 1930 at Salina (USA)
Death 30 april 2012 (at 81 years) at Burbank (USA)
George Murdock (June 25, 1930 – April 30, 2012) was an American actor.
Murdock was born George Sawaya, Jr. in Salina, Kansas. He was known for frequently playing judges, (for instance, Judge Julius Hoffman in West Coast and Chicago stage productions of The Chicago Conspiracy Trial and in an adaptation for BBC Radio), he also performed the role of "Big Daddy" in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with the Arizona Theater Company during the 1988 season. He was also Laszlo Gabo on the 1986-87 sitcom What a Country!.
Among his most famous characters for movies and TV were Lt. Scanlon, the oily NYPD Internal Affairs officer in Barney Miller, Dr. Salik in Battlestar Galactica TV series, "God" in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, directed by William Shatner, who called him "a wonderful actor", and as Admiral Hanson in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Best of Both Worlds.
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Man in the Chair (2007)
, 1h47Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Christopher Plummer, Michael Angarano, M. Emmet Walsh, Robert Wagner, Mimi Kennedy, Mitch Pileggi
Roles Richard Butler
Rating69%
Cameron Kincaid (Angarano) est un jeune délinquant qui veut participer à une compétition étudiante de cinéma amateur. Il rencontre Flash (Plummer), un amer et alcoolique électricien de plateau à la retraite qui a travaillé sur plusieurs chefs-d'œuvre (dont Citizen Kane). Flash accepte d'aider Cameron. Il utilise ses différents contacts avec le milieu du cinéma (pour la plupart, des retraités) et devient une sorte de mentor non conventionnel pour le jeune.
Serial Killing 101 (2004)
, 1h29Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror
Actors Thomas Haden Church, Stuart Stone, Lisa Loeb, Rick Overton, Corey Feldman, Barbara Niven
Roles Detective Berro
Rating52%
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
, 1h30Directed by Joe Dante
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about films, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Films about birds, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Timothy Dalton, Joan Cusack, Heather Locklear
Roles Acme VP, Unfairly Promoted
Rating58%
Tired of playing second fiddle to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck demands his own movie from the Warner Bros., but they promptly fire him. Aspiring stuntman DJ Drake is asked to escort Daffy off the studio lot, but the ensuing chase leads to the Batmobile demolishing the studio water tower. DJ is fired, and returns home with Daffy hitching a ride, discovering his father and action star Damian Drake is actually a secret agent. Damian instructs his son to travel to Las Vegas, find his associate Dusty Tails, and gain the mystical Blue Monkey diamond before being captured by the Acme Corporation, led by the childish Mr. Chairman. DJ and Daffy head for Vegas. Meanwhile, Bugs' routines fall apart without Daffy, so V.P. for Comedy, Kate Houghton, is sent to rehire Daffy or face being fired herself. Bugs informs her of the situation and they pursue DJ and Daffy in Damian's spy car.
Orange County (2002)
, 1h27Directed by Jake Kasdan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Catherine O'Hara, Schuyler Fisk, John Lithgow, Nat Faxon
Roles Bob Beugler
Rating61%
Shaun Brumder (Colin Hanks) is a teenager from affluent Orange County, California. Although bright and intelligent, he has very little interest in education or studying, instead trying to lead a carefree SoCal lifestyle of surfing, drinking, and partying. A turning point comes when Shaun's best friend Lonny (Bret Harrison) is killed in a surfing accident, causing Shaun to rethink his own life. One day, he finds a novel on the beach by the author Marcus Skinner, which quickly inspires him to become a writer. Upon learning that Skinner is an English professor at Stanford University, Shaun makes it his goal to attend Stanford and study under him, seeing it as an opportunity to escape from his superficial life in Orange County.
Time Share (2000)
, 1h27Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Nastassja Kinski, Timothy Dalton, Kevin Zegers, Cameron Finley, Billy Kay, Geoffrey Lower
Roles Cedric Templeton
Rating57%
Julia espère que les prochaines vacances permettront à son fiancé de mieux faire connaissance avec ses enfants. Mais celui-ci doit retarder son départ. Julia décide donc de partir sur l'île de Nantucket et de l'y attendre. En chemin, elle rencontre un certain Matt, lui aussi accompagné de ses enfants...
Phoenix (1998)
, 1h47Directed by Danny Cannon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Gangster films
Actors Ray Liotta, Anjelica Huston, Anthony LaPaglia, Daniel Baldwin, Jeremy Piven, Tom Noonan
Roles Sid
Rating62%
In Phoenix, Arizona, Harry Collins is a cop whose compulsive gambling has indebted him to a local gangster, Chicago. As his losses mount and time counts down, Collins resorts to exploiting a young woman, Veronica, that he has picked up to distract his friends in a poker game. Despite the successful distraction, he still loses, and he rejects Veronica's sexual advances, as he considers her to be bad luck. When Collins drops her off at her house, Veronica's mother sees her daughter in tears and glares at Collins. Collins later tracks down Veronica's mother, Leila, and defends himself, stating that he did not have sex with her. Unimpressed, Leila rebukes him, which causes him to reassess his behavior and offer a sincere apology. Surprised by his apology, Leila slowly warms to Collins, and they begin a romance. Having lost his lucky lighter, Collins asks her for a keepsake, but Leila tells him that he must make his own luck and avoid whatever trouble in which he's become involved.
The X-Files (1998)
, 2h1Directed by Rob S. Bowman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, Glenne Headly
Roles 2nd Elder
Rating69%
The film opens in what will become North Texas, 35,000 BC. Entering a cave, a hunter stumbles upon a large extraterrestrial lifeform. They fight and the caveman wins, stabbing the creature to death, but he is also infected by a black oil-like substance which crawls into his skin. In 1998, in the same area, when a group of boys are digging a deep hole, a young boy named Stevie (Lucas Black) falls down the hole and finds a human skull. As he holds it, black oil seeps into his body until it reaches his head, causing his eyes to turn black. Four firefighters descend into the hole to rescue him but do not come out. A team of biohazard-suited men arrives on the scene.
Anarchy TV (1998)
, 1h27Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Alan Thicke, Jessica Hecht, Jonathan Penner, Ahmet Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, Moon Zappa
Roles Chief Cochon
Rating46%
, 30minutesDirected by Richard Hatch
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space opera
Actors Richard Hatch, John Colicos, Terry Carter, George Murdock, Richard Lynch, Phil Brown
Roles Dr. Salik
Rating70%
, 1h33Directed by Norberto Barba
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about the Apollo program, Sur la Lune, Space opera
Actors Carmen Argenziano, Dennis Lipscomb, William Mesnik, Jake Lloyd, Jack Conley, Jeffrey Nordling
Roles Lew Hartznel
Rating61%
Fearful that the Soviets would continue their lead in the space race and be the first to put a man on the moon, NASA felt an enormous pressure to push the Apollo Program forward as quickly as possible, though they knew that pushing too hard could lead to the ultimate disaster. This film recreates the tensions that were felt not only by the three astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, but also by their families and by the teams of technicians training to deal with anything that could go wrong.
The American President (1995)
, 1h54Directed by Rob Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfuss, Anna Deaver Smith
Roles Congressman
Rating67%
Popular Democratic President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) is preparing to run for re-election. The President and his staff, led by Chief of Staff and best friend A.J. MacInerney (Martin Sheen), attempt to consolidate the administration's 63% approval rating by passing a moderate crime control bill. However, support for the bill in both parties is tepid: conservatives do not want it, and liberals think it is too weak. If it passes, however, Shepherd's re-election is presumed by his staff to be a shoo-in, and Shepherd resolves to announce the bill, and the Congressional support to pass it, by the State of the Union.
Tyson (1995)
, 1h44Directed by Uli Edel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors George C. Scott, Paul Winfield, Michael Jai White, James Sikking, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tony Lo Bianco
Roles Baranski
Rating61%
Mike Tyson (Michael Jai White) grows up a troubled youth who shows promise in the boxing ring. Manager and trainer Cus D'Amato (George C. Scott) begins turning the young Tyson into an undefeated fighter. However, Tyson is a difficult pupil who often gets into trouble and slacks on his training.
Molly and Gina (1994)
Directed by Paul Leder
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Frances Fisher, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Stella Stevens, Peter Fonda, Elizabeth Berkley, Bruce Weitz
Roles Patrick Sweeny
Rating47%
Molly est la secrétaire d'un détective privé qui est assassiné. Avec Gene, une actrice débutante, qui a assisté à la fusillade dans laquelle son petit ami a trouvé la mort, elle va tenter de retrouver les assassins afin de les traduire en justice.
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Films about computing, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Anticipation, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Jim Metzler, Deborah Shelton, Nicholas Worth, Vernon Wells, Traci Lords, Dennis Christopher
Roles Senator Riley
Rating35%
In the backdrop of Earth's polluted future, a female FBI agent removes Danner, a pleasure android from an asylum in order to coerce him into helping her hunt down the criminal psychopath Plughead. But Plughead who has tangled with Danner before has his own plans as he is forcing a female scientist to help him manufacture life extending longevity chips which he intends to sell to rich and powerful clients.
Firepower (1994)
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Dystopian films
Actors Chad McQueen, George Murdock, Joseph Ruskin, Michael Gregory, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Gerald Okamura
Roles Captain Croy
Rating51%
Los Angeles, 2007. En quelques années seulement, la cité californienne a plongé dans le chaos, au point que le gouvernement donne aux criminels une partie de la ville, une zone de non droit où la police ne pénètre jamais. Deux flics s'y risquent pourtant, Sladge et Braniff. Aux trousses d'un psychopathe, ils entrent dans un enfer où, entre l'organisation de deux duels jusqu'à la mort, le tout puissant Drexal se prépare à la diffusion à grande échelle d'un antidote plus dangereux que le virus qu'il est censé éradiquer...