Cast & creator
Gerard Murphy
Best known for Doctor Who, Play for Today, Minder
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.
Also known as: Jerry Murphy, Gerry Murphy, Eamon Gerard Murphy
16
film credits
17
television credits
33
1962–2014 · acting roles
6.7
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (33)
Showing 33 of 33 credits
Doctor Who
Richard
1963
Play for Today
1970
Minder
Kevin O'Hara
1979
Heartbeat
Billy Trotter
1992
The Bill
1984
Spooks
Boris Gulyanov
2002
Waking the Dead
James Alcock
2001
ITV Playhouse
Gilberto
1967
Z-Cars
1962
Batman Begins
Judge Faden
2005
Dalziel and Pascoe
Steven Burlow
1996
Father Ted
Pilot
1995
Waterworld
Nord
1995
The Afternoon Play
Clarence Mitchell
2003
Vanity Fair
Lord Steyne
1998
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Planchet
1999
McCallum
1997My Son, My Son
1979
Charters and Caldicott
Insp. Snow
1985
Sacred Hearts
Father Larkin
1985
Shaping Up
Colum
1980The Best of Friends
George
1980
This Is the Sea
(voice)
1997Tattoo
Unnamed
1995
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
Richard
1988
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Messenger
1986
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988Thank You, Comrades
Sanin
1978
Catchpenny Twist
Roy Fletcher
1977
Facing The Sun
Gilberto
1980
Pumpgirl
Shawshank
2009
Shades of Grey
Narrator
2009