Brian Doyle-Murray
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Brian Doyle-Murray | |
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| Born | Brian Murray October 31, 1945 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Other names | Brian Doyle |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Spouse |
Christina Stauffer (m. 2000) |
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Brian Doyle-Murray (born Brian Murray, October 31, 1945) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is the older brother of actor/comedian Bill Murray, and the two have acted together in several films, including Caddyshack, Scrooged, Ghostbusters II, The Razor's Edge, and Groundhog Day. He co-starred on the TBS sitcom on Sullivan & Son, where he played the foul-mouthed Hank Murphy, as well as on the Cartoon Network original animated series, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, as the surly Captain K'Nuckles. He appears in a recurring role as Don Ehlert on the ABC sitcom The Middle.
Doyle-Murray was nominated for three Emmy Awards in 1978, 1979, and 1980 for his work on Saturday Night Live in the category Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program. Two other younger brothers, Joel and John, are actors, as well. His oldest brother Ed is a businessman, and brother Andy is a chef, and runs the Murray Brothers "CaddyShack" restaurant located in the World Golf Village resort near St. Augustine, Florida.[1] Doyle is his grandmother's maiden name, and he chose to hyphenate it to avoid confusion with another actor.[2]
Early life
Murray, one of nine children, was born in Chicago, the son of Lucille (née Collins), a mail room clerk, and Edward J. Murray II, a lumber salesman.[3][4] His parents were Irish American and Catholic.[5] He is the older brother of actors Bill, Joel and John. A sister, Nancy, an Adrian Dominican Sister in Michigan, travels the country portraying St. Catherine of Siena. Doyle-Murray uses his hyphenated name (Doyle was his grandmother's maiden name) to avoid confusion with another actor of the same name. Brian attended Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California, in the late 1960s.
Career
Murray worked at The Second City comedic stage troupe in the early 1970s. He has appeared in numerous films and television shows since then, including as a featured player on NBC's Saturday Night Live from 1979 to 1980 and from 1981 to 1982. He wrote for Jean Doumanian from 1980 to 1981, one of the few cast members to work for all three producers of SNL (Lorne Michaels, Jean Doumanian, and Dick Ebersol). He was a regular on The National Lampoon Radio Hour, a comedy program syndicated nationally to 600 stations from 1973 to 1975. Co-workers on the Radio Hour included Richard Belzer, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Harold Ramis, and younger brother Bill. He appears in many films with his brother, Bill Murray. However, he has also landed roles in other films. Early on, he appeared in Modern Problems alongside Chevy Chase. Again, years later, he memorably appeared as Chevy Chase's uptight boss, Frank Shirley, in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), and co-starred as arcade tycoon Noah Vanderhoff in the film version of Wayne's World (1992). He landed a small role as assassin Jack Ruby in JFK (1991). He was also seen in the movies Snow Dogs (2002) and 17 Again (2009).
He was Mel Sanger, the bubble boy's dad, on Seinfeld, and played Joe Hackett's high school baseball coach on a 1992 episode of Wings. He co-starred of the Fox TV series Get a Life and Bakersfield P.D. from 1991 to 1992 and 1993 to 1994, respectively, with a recurring role as sports editor Stuart Franklin on the Fox/UPN TV series Between Brothers from 1997 to 1999. He played studio head and Greg Warner's (Anthony Clark) boss George Savitsky on Yes Dear. He played Shawn Spencer's grandfather on the episode "The Old and the Restless" on the USA Network TV series Psych, with an uncredited cameo in the sixth season. He had a recurring role as Mr. Ehlert, owner of the car dealership where Frankie Heck works on the ABC-TV series The Middle. He co-starred on the TBS sitcom on Sullivan & Son, where he played the foul-mouthed Hank Murphy.
Voice work
Known for his gruff voice, Murray voiced the Flying Dutchman on Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants, appearing in one episode of The Angry Beavers ("Dag Con Carny") as Smelly Jim, a small role as the Grandfather on Lloyd in Space, Coach Gills on Cartoon Network's My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Captain K'nuckles on The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, and Maggie's dad on Disney Channel's The Buzz on Maggie. He has also appeared as Salty in the Family Guy episode "A Fish out of Water", the voice of Jack the barber on King of the Hill, the voice of the mayor in the Ghostbusters video game, the voice of Qui the Promoter in the 2005 video game Jade Empire, a minor appearance on the Disney show Recess during a YoYo competition, Prince Huge on Adventure Time in the episode "The Hard Easy", Charlie in Mike Judge's The Goode Family, and Jacob on Motorcity. Murray was also contracted to voice Eustace in the cancelled reboot of Courage the Cowardly Dog.
Filmography
As actor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Fuzz | detective | |
| 1975 | Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle | Charles of the Pits #1 | |
| 1975–1976 | Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell | Various characters | Television series Television debut Also writer |
| 1976 | The TVTV Show | ||
| 1979–1980 1981–1982 |
Saturday Night Live | Television series Also writer | |
| 1980 | Caddyshack | Lou Loomis | Writer and film debut |
| 1981 | Modern Problems | Brian Stills | |
| 1983 | National Lampoon's Vacation | Kamp Komfort Clerk | |
| 1984 | Sixteen Candles | Reverend | |
| The Razor's Edge | Piedmont | ||
| 1985 | Head Office | Colonel Toliver | |
| 1986 | Legal Eagles | Shaw | |
| Club Paradise | Voit Zerbe | ||
| 1988 | Scrooged | Earl Cross | |
| Superman 50th Anniversary | Brian Connelly | ||
| 1989 | The Experts | Mr. Jones | |
| How I Got Into College | Coach Evans | ||
| Ghostbusters II | Psychiatric doctor | ||
| National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Frank Shirley | ||
| 1990 | Small White House | Johnny's father | |
| 1991 | Nothing but Trouble | Brian | |
| Babe Ruth | Marshall Hunt | ||
| JFK | Jack Ruby | ||
| Good Sports | John "Mac" MacKinney | Television series | |
| 1991–1992 | Get a Life | Gus Borden | |
| 1992 | Wayne's World | Noah Vanderhoff | |
| Married... with Children | Wayne | Television series | |
| Wings | Coach Snyder | Television series | |
| Frosty Returns | Mr. Twitchell | Television film | |
| Seinfeld | Mel Sanger | Television series Episode: The Bubble Boy | |
| 1993 | Groundhog Day | Buster Green | |
| 1994 | Cabin Boy | Skunk | |
| 1995 | My Brother's Keeper | Curtis | |
| Jury Duty | Harry | ||
| Ellen | Burt Kovak | Television series | |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Harlan Black | Television series Episode: Chi of Steel | |
| 1996 | Multiplicity | Walt | |
| Duckman | Agnes | ||
| 1997 | Waiting for Guffman | Red Savage | |
| The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | Wittgenstein | ||
| Smart Guy | Pete Gilroy | Television series | |
| 1997–1999 | Between Brothers | Stuart Franklin | |
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets | Handyman | |
| 1998 | The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars | Wittgenstein | |
| Dennis the Menace Strikes Again | Professor | ||
| Mr. Show with Bob and David | Referee | Television series Episode: "It's Perfectly Understandishable" | |
| Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Baloo | ||
| 1999–2000 | Love & Money | Finn McBride | |
| 1999–2017 | SpongeBob SquarePants | The Flying Dutchman | 12 episodes |
| 1999 | Stuart Little | Cousin Edgar Little | |
| 2000 | Jackie Chan Adventures | Gnome Cop | Television series |
| Bedazzled | Priest | ||
| 2001–2006 | Yes, Dear | Mr. George Savitsky | Recurring role Television series |
| 2001 | Justice League | Artie Bauman | Voice Television series |
| 2002 | Snow Dogs | Ernie | |
| A Gentleman's Game | Tomato Face | ||
| Teamo Supremo | The Chief (voice) | 4 episodes | |
| 2003 | Getting Hal | Phil | |
| 2005–2006 | The Buzz on Maggie | Chauncey Pesky (voice) | Main role |
| 2005-2008 | My Gym Partner's a Monkey | Coach Tiffany Gills (voice) | 19 episodes |
| 2005 | Jade Empire | Qui the Promoter (voice) | Video game |
| 2006 | Tom Goes to the Mayor | Bernie Fusterillo | Voice Television series |
| 2007 | Daddy Day Camp | Uncle Morty | |
| Love Comes Lately | Boss | ||
| 2008–2010 | The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | Captain K'nuckles | Main role Television series |
| 2009 | 17 Again | The Janitor | |
| The Goode Family | Charlie | Television series Main role | |
| Ghostbusters: The Video Game | Mayor Jock Mulligan | Video Game | |
| 2009–2015 | The Middle | Don Ehlert | Television series Recurring role |
| 2010 | WordGirl | Police officer | Television series |
| Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil | Glenn | ||
| 2011 | Supernatural | Robert Singer | |
| 2012–2014 | Sullivan & Son | Hank Murphy | Main role Television series |
| 2012 | Motorcity | Jacob | |
| Eye of the Hurricane | Harvey Miken | ||
| Adventure Time | Prince Huge (voice) | Episode: "The Hard Easy" | |
| The Three Stooges | Monsignor Ratliffe | ||
| 2013 | Raising Hope | Walt | Television series |
| 2014 | 2 Broke Girls | Blarney Bill | Television series |
| Christmas Under Wraps | Frank Holiday | TV Movie | |
| 2015 | Underdogs | The Boss (voice) | |
| 2016 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Sea Captain | Episode: "The Gang Goes to Hell: Part 1" |
| 2016–2017 | Veep | George Huntzinger | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | President Grandpa | Episode: "February 15, 2017" |
| Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer | Big Doug | Episode: "Ol' MacBilly / Silly Spheres" |
As writer
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1973–1974 | The National Lampoon Radio Hour | Radio series |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell | Also cast member |
| 1976 | The TVTV Show | Television series |
| 1976–1979 | SCTV | |
| 1977–1982 | Saturday Night Live | Also cast member Television series Nominated—Outstanding Writing in a Comedy – Variety or Music Series (1978) Nominated—Outstanding Writing in a Comedy, Variety, or Music Series (1979) Nominated—Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program (1980) |
| 1980 | Caddyshack | Writer with Harold Ramis and Doug Kenney Film |
| 1982 | The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me | Television series |
| 1986 | Club Paradise | Writer with Harold Ramis Film Also cast member |
| 1993 | The Chevy Chase Show | Television series |
| 2002 | The Sweet Spot |
References
- ^ "Murray Brothers - Caddyshack History - Neighborhood Restaurant".
- ^ "Brian Doyle-Murray". TV.com. CBS Interactive.
- ^ "Bill Murray Biography (1950-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ^ "Famous Family Tree: Bill Murray". Landing.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-27. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
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