Gerard Murphy
Acting • Born 1948-10-14 – Died 2013-08-26
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.
Filmography
32 credits
Batman Begins
Movie • 2005
Judge Faden
This Is the Sea
Movie • 1997
(voice)
Lake
Movie • 2014
Waterworld
Movie • 1995
Nord
Pumpgirl
Movie • 2009
Shawshank
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
Movie • 1988
Richard
Sacred Hearts
Movie • 1985
Father Larkin
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Movie • 1986
Messenger
Facing The Sun
Movie • 1980
Gilberto
Catchpenny Twist
Movie • 1977
Roy Fletcher
The Best of Friends
Movie • 1980
George
Shaping Up
Movie • 1980
Colum
Tattoo
Movie • 1995
Unnamed
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
Movie • 1988
Shades of Grey
Movie • 2009
Narrator
The Scarlet Pimpernel
TV • 1999
Planchet
McCallum
TV • 1997
Father Ted
TV • 1995
Pilot
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Richard Maynarde
The Bill
TV • 1984
Z-Cars
TV • 1962
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Billy Trotter
Dalziel & Pascoe
TV • 1996
Minder
TV • 1979
Kevin O'Hara
Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
James Alcock
Trial & Retribution
TV • 1997
Play for Today
TV • 1970
My Son, My Son
TV • 1979
Charters and Caldicott
TV • 1985
Insp. Snow
Spooks
TV • 2002
Boris Gulyanov
The Afternoon Play
TV • 2003
Clarence Mitchell
Vanity Fair
TV • 1998
Lord Steyne