
Acting
Gerard Murphy
Also Known As: Jerry Murphy, Gerry Murphy, Eamon Gerard Murphy
Birth Date
October 14, 1948
Death Date
August 26, 2013
(passed away at 64)
Place of Birth
Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK
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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.
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Doctor Who
Richard
1963 • 3 episodes

Play for Today
1970 • 1 episode

Minder
Kevin O'Hara
1979 • 1 episode

Heartbeat
Billy Trotter
1992 • 1 episode

The Bill
1984 • 1 episode

Spooks
Boris Gulyanov
2002 • 1 episode

Z-Cars
1962 • 2 episodes

Waking the Dead
James Alcock
2001 • 2 episodes

ITV Playhouse
Gilberto
1967 • 1 episode

Batman Begins
Judge Faden
2005

Dalziel and Pascoe
Steven Burlow
1996 • 2 episodes

The Afternoon Play
Clarence Mitchell
2003 • 1 episode

Father Ted
Pilot
1995 • 1 episode

Waterworld
Nord
1995

Vanity Fair
Lord Steyne
1998 • 3 episodes

The Scarlet Pimpernel
Planchet
1999 • 6 episodes

McCallum
1997 • 14 episodes
My Son, My Son
1979 • 8 episodes

Charters and Caldicott
Insp. Snow
1985 • 6 episodes

Sacred Hearts
Father Larkin
1985