Jack Murdock (actor)

Jack Murdock
Born(1922-10-28)October 28, 1922
Urbana, Ohio, U.S.
DiedApril 27, 2001(2001-04-27) (aged 78)
Burbank, California, U.S.
Years active1973-1998

Jack Murdock (October 28, 1922 – April 27, 2001) was an American actor.

He was born in Urbana, Ohio to performer parents. His father had a vaudeville group called Teck Murdock and Company;[1] his mother and her sister had an act called The Kennedy Sisters. The two acts combined as Teck Murdock and the Kennedy sisters. He lived with an aunt and uncle in Put-in-Bay in South Bass Island.[2]

Murdock enlisted in the U.S. Navy after he graduated from high school; he served as a gunner's mate in the north Atlantic.[2] After the end of World War II, Murdock, who intended to study law, earned a bachelor's degree in speech from the Ohio State University in Columbus.[3]

  1. ^ Standish, Myles (1975-05-22). "Jack Murdock Plays It Straight". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 2F – via Proquest Historical Newspapers.
  2. ^ a b Terry, Dickson (1963-12-06). "Big Frog in St. Louis Theatrical Pond: Jack Murdock Keeps up a Hectic Pace with Stage Appearances and TV and Radio Work". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 3B – via Proquest Historical Newspapers.
  3. ^ ""Jack" Murdock: Actor Got His Start in St. Louis TV". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2011-05-02. p. B4 – via Proquest Historical Newspapers.