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".

Known For: Acting

Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 1908-03-20

Died: 1981-02-11

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	Splendor in the Grass	Dean Pollard (uncredited)	75
2	1967	In the Heat of the Night	Henderson	76
3	1969	The Whole World Is Watching	2nd Judge	0
4	1969	The Lonely Profession	Senator	0
5	1970	Dial Hot Line	Fourth Board Member	0
6	1970	On a Clear Day You Can See Forever	Hoyt III	68
7	1971	The Andromeda Strain	Dr. Robertson	70
8	1974	The Godchild	Nathaniel Mony	20

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Peter	86
2	1965	Run for Your Life	Sen. Strohm	72
3	1966	Star Trek	The Prosecutor	80
4	1967	Ironside	Publisher	68
5	1967	The High Chaparral	Seechrist	65
6	1968	The Mod Squad	Abe Turson	63
7	1970	The Bold Ones: The Senator	Sen. Calvin Shea	30
8	1970	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Mr. Vandermast	75
9	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69
10	1971	Sarge	Pierce	50
11	1972	The Sixth Sense		63
12	1972	Banacek	Archbishop	86
13	1972	Kung Fu	Judge Burt	77
14	1974	Harry O		46
15	1976	Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II	Minister	86

Kermit Murdock

Film

Television