Kermit Murdock

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".

Known For

Star Trek

The Prosecutor

Ironside

Publisher

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Mr. Vandermast

The High Chaparral

Seechrist

Run for Your Life

Sen. Strohm

Alias Smith and Jones

The Mod Squad

Abe Turson

Harry O

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1974	The Godchild	Nathaniel Mony
1971	The Andromeda Strain	Dr. Robertson
1971	The Priest Killer	Publisher
1970	On a Clear Day You Can See Forever	Hoyt III
1970	Dial Hot Line	Fourth Board Member
1969	The Whole World Is Watching	2nd Judge
1969	The Lonely Profession	Senator
1967	In the Heat of the Night	Henderson
1961	Splendor in the Grass	Dean Pollard (uncredited)
1950	Farewell to Yesterday	Self - Narrator(voice)

Year	TV Show	Role
1976	Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II	Minister
1974	Harry O
1972	The Sixth Sense
1972	Banacek	Archbishop
1972	Kung Fu	Judge Burt
1971	Alias Smith and Jones
1971	Sarge	Pierce
1970	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Mr. Vandermast
1970	The Bold Ones: The Senator	Sen. Calvin Shea
1968	The Mod Squad	Abe Turson
1967	The High Chaparral	Seechrist
1967	Ironside	Publisher
1966	Star Trek	The Prosecutor
1965	Run for Your Life	Sen. Strohm
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Peter