Gerard Murphy
Birthday
Oct 14, 1948
Day of Death
Aug 26, 2013 (64 years)
Place of Birth
Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK
Biography
Gerard Murphy was a Northern Irish actor of film, television and theatre fame. His most famous film roles included that of The Nord in Kevin Costner's ambitious Waterworld and the corruot Judge Faden in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins. On television, he was famous for playing Richard Maynarde in the 1988 Doctor Who 25th anniversary serial Silver Nemesis and for the role of the airplane pilot in the classic Father Ted episode Flight Into Danger from 1996. He died of prostate cancer at the age of 64 in August 2013.
Movies (15)
Batman Begins
2005
Waterworld
1995
The Best of Friends
1980
This Is the Sea
1997
Sacred Hearts
1985
Shaping Up
1980
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
Facing The Sun
1980
Catchpenny Twist
1977
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
Lake
2014
Pumpgirl
2009
Shades of Grey
2009
Tattoo
1995
TV Shows (17)
Doctor Who
1963
Play for Today
1970
Minder
1979
Spooks
2002
Heartbeat
1992
Waking the Dead
2001
The Bill
1984
Z-Cars
1962
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
Trial & Retribution
1997
The Afternoon Play
2003
Father Ted
1995
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999
Vanity Fair
1998
McCallum
1997
My Son, My Son
1979
Charters and Caldicott
1985