
George Murdock
Actor · Died April 30, 2012, aged 81 · Salina, Kansas, USA
George Murdock was born on 25 June 1930 in Salina, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Orange County (2002) and Breaker! Breaker! (1977). He was married to Catherine A. Miller. He died on 30 April 2012 in Burbank, California, USA.
Biography from IMDb.
- June 25, 1930
- April 30, 2012 (aged 81)
- Salina, Kansas, USA
- Actor
- 75 on MovieCove · 152 credits in all
What are George Murdock's films like?
Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 2 · Earnest 17
Light 7 · Serious 11 · Dark 2
Grounded 8 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 12 · Intense 7
Steady 6 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 4
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 4
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 15 · Relentless 1
Casual 11 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 8 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 4
Resolved 15 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Threshold guardian: 3 of 5 analyzed roles.
- Threshold guardianas Cavanaugh in Banacek (1972)
- Shadowas U.S. Marshal Bogardie in Thomasine & Bushrod (1974)
- Threshold guardianas Celli in Willie Dynamite (1974)
- Shadowas Judge Joshua Trimmings in Breaker! Breaker! (1977)
- Threshold guardianas Judge Caldwell in The Grand Tour (1991)
Moods and endings
- Happy10
- Bittersweet7
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch George Murdock's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 44 of their 75 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- The Rockford Files (1974) · actor · free
- Banacek (1972) · actor · free
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) · actor · free
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) · actor · free
- Law & Order (1990) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- The Dead Zone (2002) · actor · free
- The Grand Tour (1991) · actor · free
- The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) · actor · free
- Knight Rider (1982) · actor · free
- McCloud (1970) · actor · free
- Just Shoot Me! (1997) · actor · free
- +4 more
- Barney Miller (1975) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- The Dead Zone (2002) · actor · free
- The Grand Tour (1991) · actor · free
- Knight Rider (1982) · actor · free
- Phoenix (1998) · actor · free
- Thomasine & Bushrod (1974) · actor · free
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) · actor · free
- Just Shoot Me! (1997) · actor · free
- S.W.A.T. (1975) · actor · free
- The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) · actor · free
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) · actor · free
- +4 more
- Combat! (1962) · actor · free
- The X Files (1998) · actor
- Banacek (1972) · actor
- Night Court (1984) · actor
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) · actor
- Mannix (1967) · actor
- The Dead Zone (2002) · actor
- McCloud (1970) · actor
- Phoenix (1998) · actor
- The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) · actor
- CHiPs (1977) · actor
- Firepower (1993) · actor
- The X-Files (1993) · actor · free
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) · actor · free
- The Twilight Zone (1959) · actor · free
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) · actor · free
- Mannix (1967) · actor · free
- The Dead Zone (2002) · actor · free
- Orange County (2002) · actor · free
- Just Shoot Me! (1997) · actor · free
- The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) · actor · free
- Firepower (1993) · actor · free
- Cineverse, show their 3 titles on Cineverse
- Shout! TV, show their 3 titles on Shout! TV
- Howdy, show their 2 titles on Howdy
- Sony Pictures Core, show their 2 titles on Sony Pictures Core
- Best Westerns Ever, show their title on Best Westerns Ever
- Great American Pure Flix, show their title on Great American Pure Flix
- MovieSphere+, show their title on MovieSphere+
- ScreenPix, show their title on ScreenPix
Subscription and free streaming for George Murdock's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
152 credits, 75 with a MovieCove page.

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Eli Stone(2008)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Man in the Chair(2007)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Torchwood(2006)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
To Kill a Mockumentary(2004)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Spider's Web(2002)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
The Dead Zone(2002)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Orange County(2002)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Smallville(2001)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
That's Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Time Share(2000)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Judging Amy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

The Norm Show(1999)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Family Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Phoenix(1998)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
The X Files(1998)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Serial Killing 101 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Anarchy TV(1998)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Scorpio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Just Shoot Me!(1997)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Apollo 11(1996)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Early Edition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Malcolm & Eddie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

The American President(1995)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Crosscut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Tyson(1995)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Madman of the People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

ER(1994)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Chicago Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
The Nanny(1993)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Firepower(1993)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Dave's World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
The X-Files(1993)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Final Analysis(1992)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Grand Tour(1991)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Shannon's Deal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Chameleons(1989)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Seinfeld(1989)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Roe vs. Wade(1989)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Retribution(1987)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
What a Country! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

L.A. Law(1986)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Certain Fury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Night Court(1984)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Scarecrow and Mrs. King(1983)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
The Winds of War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

In Love with an Older Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Knight Rider(1982)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
T.J. Hooker(1982)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Shoot the Moon(1982)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Hill Street Blues(1981)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
A Time for Miracles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

Any Which Way You Can(1980)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Bosom Buddies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Trapper John, M.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Struck by Lightning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Crash(1978)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Battlestar Galactica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

The Two-Five (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Lou Grant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

CHiPs(1977)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Thunder and Lightning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Breaker! Breaker!(1977)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Fish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Switch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

The Invisible Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Last Hours Before Morning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

The Impostor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

S.W.A.T.(1975)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Barney Miller(1975)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Earthquake(1974)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Hangup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Police Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

The Rockford Files(1974)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Harry O (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Movin' On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Thomasine & Bushrod(1974)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Willie Dynamite(1974)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
The Death Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Cry Rape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

The Magician (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

The Mack(1973)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Police Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Streets of San Francisco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Banyon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Banacek(1972)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Search (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Sixth Sense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Bravos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

A Howling in the Woods(1971)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Todd Killings(1971)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Bearcats! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Great Performances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

McCloud(1970)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Night Gallery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

The Sound of Anger(1968)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Mod Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Adam-12(1968)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Hawaii Five-O(1968)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
The Name of the Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

The Outsider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Blackbeard's Ghost(1968)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
It Takes a Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Mannix(1967)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Judd, for the Defense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Cimarron Strip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Pistols 'n' Petticoats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Gunn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Ironside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Tarzan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

Hank (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The F.B.I. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The Wild Wild West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Run for Your Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Taggart(1964)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
No Time for Sergeants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

He Rides Tall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Pressure Point(1962)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Gallant Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Combat!(1962)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Ben Casey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

The Untouchables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

The Twilight Zone(1959)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Bonanza(1959)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

77 Sunset Strip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Career shape
Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 151 titles from 1955 to 2013; peak year 2003.
Film career
Peak 2003 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1962Screen debut· Pressure Point
- 1977Breakout· Breaker! Breaker!
- 1977Career best· Breaker! Breaker!
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do George Murdock's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 39; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up27
- 50th to 74th21
- 25th to 49th17
- Below 25th10
Shape of the crowd
37 of their 75 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved8
- Loved with Detractors1
- Crowd Pleaser37
- Broadly Agreed7
- Mixed22
Reviewers score the acting 56/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 33. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is George Murdock's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does George Murdock work with?
People who share at least 2 of George Murdock's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Glen A. Larson shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Glen A. LarsonShared titles: Chameleons (1989), Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Glen A. Larson

Actors
- Michael GregoryShared titles: Spider's Web (2002), Firepower (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Gregory

- Juanita MooreShared titles: Thomasine & Bushrod (1974), The Mack (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Juanita Moore

- Max JulienShared titles: Thomasine & Bushrod (1974), The Mack (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Max Julien

- Bill VintShared titles: You'll Never See Me Again (1973), A Howling in the Woods (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Bill Vint

Editors
- Frank C. DecotShared titles: Thomasine & Bushrod (1974), The Mack (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Frank C. Decot
Producers
- David J. O'ConnellShared titles: Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979), You'll Never See Me Again (1973)See all 2 shared titles with David J. O'Connell
- Harvey BernhardShared titles: Thomasine & Bushrod (1974), The Mack (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Harvey Bernhard



