Jack Murdock

Biography

Jack Murdock was an American actor born on October 28, 1922, in Urbana, Ohio to performer parents whose acts combined as Teck Murdock and the Kennedy sisters. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy after graduating from high school and later earned a bachelor's degree in speech from Ohio State University. Murdock began his career in television directing and hosting various shows, including Coffee Break and Apartment Eleven, before moving to Los Angeles where he appeared in over 50 films between 1973 and 1998, including John Mooney in "Rain Man" (1988) and Otis in "Big Top Pee-wee" (1988). He died on April 27, 2001, at the age of 78 due to emphysema.