Acting · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA · Born March 20, 1908
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".
TVRich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Minister
MovieThe Godchild
1974
as Nathaniel Mony
TVHarry O
1974
TVKung Fu
1972
as Judge Burt
TVBanacek
1972
as Archbishop
TVThe Sixth Sense
1972
TVSarge
1971
as Pierce
MovieThe Priest Killer
1971
as Publisher
MovieThe Andromeda Strain
1971
as Dr. Robertson
TVAlias Smith and Jones
1971
TVThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Mr. Vandermast
TVThe Bold Ones: The Senator
1970
as Sen. Calvin Shea
MovieOn a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
as Hoyt III
MovieDial Hot Line
1970
as Fourth Board Member
MovieThe Lonely Profession
1969
as Senator
MovieThe Whole World Is Watching
1969
as 2nd Judge
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
as Abe Turson
TVThe High Chaparral
1967
as Seechrist
MovieIn the Heat of the Night
1967
as Henderson
TVIronside
1967
as Publisher
TVStar Trek
1966
as The Prosecutor
TVRun for Your Life
1965
as Sen. Strohm
MovieSplendor in the Grass
1961
as Dean Pollard (uncredited)
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Peter
MovieFarewell to Yesterday
1950
as Self - Narrator(voice)
