Portrait of Ben Murphy

Acting

Ben Murphy

Titles
21movies44TV shows
Career

Active from 1969 to 1988, busiest in 1976 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score48/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Ben Murphy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    3.1, average 4.7
  • Dark Humor
    1.8, average 2.9
  • Pathos
    4.2, average 5.2
  • Psychological
    4.7, average 5.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Television 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Action-Packed 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63
TypeAllTV shows42Movies21
RoleAnyActing63Appearances2
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1960s101970s191980s181990s112000s5
GenreAnyDrama45TV Movie14Crime13Action & Adventure10Comedy8Western6Mystery6Sci-Fi & Fantasy4Thriller3War2Science Fiction2Action2Horror2War & Politics2
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2000s

5 titles · average score 66
GoodWatch64
Poster for McBride: Semper Fi

as General Dwight Rourke

GoodWatch64
Poster for NCIS

TV show · as Captain Veitch

GoodWatch73
Poster for Cold Case

TV show · as Travis Whitman (2006)

GoodWatch50
Poster for The District

TV show · as Phillip Hallett

1990s

11 titles · average score 60
GoodWatch76
Poster for Judging Amy

TV show · as Brad Vickers

GoodWatch52
Poster for Air America

TV show · as Cornelius Stratton

GoodWatch54
Poster for Pacific Blue

TV show · as Frank Swerdlow

GoodWatch66
Poster for JAG

TV show · as John Farrow

GoodWatch69
Poster for The Drew Carey Show

TV show · as Reverend henderson

GoodWatch33
Poster for Baywatch Nights

TV show · as Robert Houston

GoodWatch76
Poster for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

TV show · as Ethan Cooper

1980s

18 titles · average score 63
GoodWatch79
Poster for The Twilight Zone

TV show · as Jack Haines

GoodWatch76
Poster for Murder, She Wrote

TV show · as Scott Lodge

GoodWatch64
Poster for Lottery!

TV show · as Patrick Flaherty

GoodWatch45
Poster for The Cradle Will Fall

as Dr. Richard Carroll

Poster for Uncommon Valor

as Jim Merritt

GoodWatch46
Poster for Scarecrow and Mrs. King

TV show · as Alan Chamberlain

GoodWatch34
Poster for Time Walker

as Prof. Douglas McCadden

GoodWatch64
Poster for Matt Houston

TV show · as Terry Noble

All 18 titles from the 1980s

1970s

19 titles · average score 51
Poster for The Chisholms

TV show · as Will Chisholm

GoodWatch65
Poster for Gemini Man

TV show · as Sam Casey

Poster for Bridger

as Kit Carson

Poster for Sidecar Racers

as Jeff Rayburn

GoodWatch51
Poster for Heatwave!

as Frank Taylor

GoodWatch56
Poster for Runaway!

as Les Reever

GoodWatch48
Poster for Alias Smith and Jones

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

Poster for The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

as Jed 'Kid' Curry (alias Thaddeus Jones)

All 19 titles from the 1970s

1960s

10 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch67
Poster for Marcus Welby, M.D.

TV show · as Alan Peterson

Poster for Anatomy of a Crime

as Patrick Forrester

GoodWatch73
Poster for The Name of the Game

TV show · as Joseph Sample / Joe Sample

GoodWatch43
Poster for The Mod Squad

TV show · as Bob

GoodWatch73
Poster for It Takes a Thief

TV show · as King Pineau

Poster for The Outsider

TV show · as Patrick Forrester

GoodWatch89
Poster for The Graduate

as Shaving Fraternity Brother (uncredited)

GoodWatch70
Poster for The Virginian

TV show · as Mike Bradbury / Wes Manning

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