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Acting

Ben Murphy

Titles
20movies44TV shows
Career

Active from 1969 to 1988, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score53/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Ben Murphy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    3.0, average 4.7
  • Psychological
    4.3, average 5.6
  • Coming of Age
    1.8, average 3.0
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Television 2
  • Period Piece 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

62
Type
RoleAnyActing62Appearances2
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1960s101970s181980s181990s112000s5
GenreAnyDrama45Crime13TV Movie12Action & Adventure10Comedy8Western7Mystery6Sci-Fi & Fantasy4Thriller3War & Politics2Action2War2Soap2Science Fiction2
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2000s

5 titles · average score 66
GoodWatch64
McBride: Semper Fi

as General Dwight Rourke

GoodWatch64
NCIS

TV show · as Captain Veitch

GoodWatch73
Cold Case

TV show · as Travis Whitman (2006)

GoodWatch50
The District

TV show · as Phillip Hallett

1990s

11 titles · average score 59
GoodWatch76
Judging Amy

TV show · as Brad Vickers

GoodWatch52
Air America

TV show · as Cornelius Stratton

GoodWatch54
Pacific Blue

TV show · as Frank Swerdlow

GoodWatch66
JAG

TV show · as John Farrow

GoodWatch69
The Drew Carey Show

TV show · as Reverend henderson

GoodWatch25
Baywatch Nights

TV show · as Robert Houston

GoodWatch76
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

TV show · as Ethan Cooper

1980s

18 titles · average score 63
GoodWatch71
The Dirty Dozen

TV show · as Lt. Danko

GoodWatch79
The Twilight Zone

TV show · as Jack Haines

GoodWatch76
Murder, She Wrote

TV show · as Scott Lodge

GoodWatch64
Lottery!

TV show · as Patrick Flaherty

GoodWatch45
The Cradle Will Fall

as Dr. Richard Carroll

Uncommon Valor

as Jim Merritt

GoodWatch46
Scarecrow and Mrs. King

TV show · as Alan Chamberlain

GoodWatch34
Time Walker

as Prof. Douglas McCadden

GoodWatch64
Matt Houston

TV show · as Terry Noble

All 18 titles from the 1980s

1970s

18 titles · average score 54
The Chisholms

TV show · as Will Chisholm

GoodWatch53
The Love Boat

TV show · as Matthew Saver / Nathan Paul

GoodWatch65
Gemini Man

TV show · as Sam Casey

Bridger

as Kit Carson

Sidecar Racers

as Jeff Rayburn

GoodWatch59
Heatwave!

as Frank Taylor

GoodWatch57
Runaway!

as Les Reever

GoodWatch48
Alias Smith and Jones

TV show · as Jed 'Kid' Curry (alias Thaddeus Jones)

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

as Jed 'Kid' Curry (alias Thaddeus Jones)

All 18 titles from the 1970s

1960s

10 titles · average score 66
GoodWatch68
Marcus Welby, M.D.

TV show · as Alan Peterson

Anatomy of a Crime

as Patrick Forrester

GoodWatch43
The Mod Squad

TV show · as Bob

GoodWatch73
The Name of the Game

TV show · as Joseph Sample / Joe Sample

GoodWatch73
It Takes a Thief

TV show · as King Pineau

The Outsider

TV show · as Patrick Forrester

GoodWatch81
The Graduate

as Shaving Fraternity Brother (uncredited)

GoodWatch70
The Virginian

TV show · as Wes Manning / Mike Bradbury