---
name: "Jack Murdock"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-murdock"
fi1m_id: "jack-murdock"
imdb_id: "nm0613789"
tmdb_id: 5145
wikidata_id: "Q1815073"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 October 1922"
died: "27 April 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T18:22:54.894621+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jack Murdock

## Identity

Jack Murdock

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jack-murdock
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jack-murdock
- **IMDb ID:** nm0613789
- **TMDB ID:** 5145
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1815073
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Murdock_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1815073, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613789/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5145

Actor. Born 28 October 1922 in Ohio, USA. Died 27 April 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 October 1922, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 27 April 2001
- **Active:** 1980–1988
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 70 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 2, Comedy 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $468m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Murdock_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1815073, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613789/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5145

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Rain Man*](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md) (76)

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## Biography

Jack Murdock was an American actor. Born on 28 October 1922 in Urbana, Ohio, he died on 27 April 2001 in Burbank, California.

His film credits include the role of John Mooney in *Rain Man* (1988), as well as appearances in *Altered States* (1980), *Blue Thunder* (1983), *Psycho III* (1986) and *Any Which Way You Can* (1980). He also had guest roles in television series including *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (as a beggar), *Home Improvement*, *Roseanne* and *Moonlighting*.

*Sources: imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Rain Man* (1988), Fi1m 76, as John Mooney — [page](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md)
- *Roseanne* (1988), Fi1m 84, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/roseanne.md)
- *Blue Thunder* (1983), Fi1m 71, as Kress — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-thunder.md)
- *Cutter's Way* (1981), Fi1m 82, as Concession Owner — [page](https://film.one/film/cutters-way.md)
- *Any Which Way You Can* (1980), Fi1m 50, as Little Melvin — [page](https://film.one/film/any-which-way-you-can.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Civil Wars* (1991), series, as Clarence Davies
- *Home Improvement* (1991), series, as Old Man #1
- *Equal Justice* (1990), series, as Spider
- *Miracle Landing* (1990), as George Hendricks
- *Nick Knight* (1989), as Topper
- *Rain Man* (1988), as John Mooney — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md)
- *Roseanne* (1988), series, Actor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/roseanne.md)
- *Big Top Pee-wee* (1988), as Otis
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, as Beggar — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *Psycho III* (1986), as Lou
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Security Guard
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, as Inmate, Pops — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac* (1984), as Mr. Farrell
- *Calamity Jane* (1984), as Rev. Warren
- *Night Court* (1984), series, as Lou
- *Scarecrow and Mrs. King* (1983), series, Actor
- *Travis McGee* (1983), Actor
- *Blue Thunder* (1983), as Kress — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-thunder.md)
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Professor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Larry
- *Fame* (1982), series, Actor
- *Cutter's Way* (1981), as Concession Owner — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/cutters-way.md)
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, as Second Bum — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *Altered States* (1980), as Hector Orteco
- *Any Which Way You Can* (1980), as Little Melvin — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/any-which-way-you-can.md)
- *Mark, I Love You* (1980), as William Chastain
- *Like Normal People* (1979), as Lloyd Davis
- *Flatbush* (1979), series, Actor
- *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as Doc Harris
- *James Dean* (1976), as Judge
- *Ellery Queen* (1975), series, as Al Garvin
- *Barney Miller* (1975), series, as Officer Perelli
- *The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder* (1974), as Millard
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Art — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Mannix* (1967), series, Actor

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