Ben Murphy

Age: 67
Height: 180 cm

Birth Place: Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
Born: Mar. 6th, 1942

+ Add to My Celebs

Ben Murphy's Main TV Roles

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

[no bio found]

TRIVIA:

Also an avid tennis player, at one time top seeded in Southern California.
Attended eight different colleges, including the University of Illinois to the University of the Americas in Mexico.
In a career that has spanned five decades, he has starred in eight television series: _"The Name of the Game" (1968)_ (qv), _"Alias Smith and Jones" (1971)_ (qv), _"Griff" (1973)_ (qv), _"Gemini Man" (1976)_ (qv), _"The Chisholms" (1980)_ (qv), _'Lottery! (1983)', _"Berrengers (1985)_ and _"Dirty Dozen: The Series" (1988).
Born in Arkansas but raised in Memphis and Chicago.
In July 2006, he and 'Roger Davis (II)' (qv), narrator of _"Alias Smith and Jones" (1971)_ (qv), were guests at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina along with 'Russ Tamblyn' (qv), 'Mark Goddard (I)' (qv), 'Marjorie Lord' (qv), 'Ronnie Schell' (qv), 'Steve Kanaly' (qv), 'Tom Reese' (qv), 'Coleen Gray' (qv) and 'Cheryl Rogers (I)' (qv).
Apprenticed at the Pasadena Playhouse for a time.
Starred with the late 'Pete Duel' (qv) in _Alias Smith and Jones (1971) (TV)_ (qv) and _"Alias Smith and Jones" (1971)_ (qv), an ABC western series derived from the movie _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)_ (qv). Rumor has it that Murphy ended up a frontrunner for the series because of his close resemblance to 'Paul Newman (I)' (qv).

powered by

Previous | Next (1)