Person
Gerard Murphy
Acting · 1948–2013 · 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.
Known for
Doctor Who
Richard Maynarde
Minder
Kevin O'Hara
Play for Today
1970
Heartbeat
Billy Trotter
Z-Cars
1962
Spooks
Boris Gulyanov
Batman Begins
Judge Faden
The Bill
1984
Waking the Dead
James Alcock
ITV Playhouse
Gilberto
Filmography
- 2014Lake
- 2009Shades of GreyNarrator
- 2009PumpgirlShawshank
- 2005Batman BeginsJudge Faden
- 2003The Afternoon PlayClarence Mitchell
- 2002SpooksBoris Gulyanov
- 2001Waking the DeadJames Alcock
- 1999The Scarlet PimpernelPlanchet
- 1998Vanity FairLord Steyne
- 1997This Is the Sea(voice)
- 1997McCallum
- 1995TattooUnnamed
- 1995WaterworldNord
- 1995Father TedPilot
- 1992HeartbeatBilly Trotter
- 1988Doctor Who: Silver NemesisRichard
- 1988The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
- 1986Theban Plays: Oedipus the KingMessenger
- 1985Sacred HeartsFather Larkin
- 1985Charters and CaldicottInsp. Snow
- 1984The Bill
- 1980Shaping UpColum
- 1980Facing The SunGilberto
- 1980The Best of FriendsGeorge
- 1979MinderKevin O'Hara
- 1979My Son, My Son
- 1978Thank You, ComradesSanin
- 1977Catchpenny TwistRoy Fletcher
- 1970Play for Today
- 1967ITV PlayhouseGilberto
- 1963Doctor WhoRichard Maynarde
- 1962Z-Cars
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