Brian Doyle-Murray
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| Brian Doyle-Murray | |
|---|---|
| Born | Brian Murray October 31, 1945 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Other name(s) | Brian Doyle Murphy Brian Doyle Murray |
| Years active | 1972-Present |
| Spouse(s) | Christina Stauffer (2000-Present) |
Brian Doyle-Murray (born October 31, 1945) is an American comedian, screenwriter and character actor.
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[edit] Life
Murray, one of nine children, was born Brian Murray in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Lucille (née Collins), a mail room clerk, and Edward J. Murray II, a lumber salesman.[1][2] His parents were Irish American and Catholic.[3] He is the older brother of actors Bill Murray, Joel Murray and John Murray. Doyle-Murray uses his hyphenated name (Doyle is his grandmother's maiden name) because there is another actor with the same name. A sister, Nancy, is an Adrian Dominican Sister in Michigan who travels around the country portraying St. Catherine of Siena.
Brian is not the oldest Murray child as he has an older brother, Ed.
[edit] Career
Murray has appeared in numerous films and television shows since the 1970s, including as a featured player on NBC's Saturday Night Live from 1979 to 1980 and from 1981 to 1982. He also was a writer for Jean Doumanian's sixth season from 1980 to 1981, making him 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 performer on The National Lampoon Radio Hour, a comedy program syndicated nationally to some 600 stations from 1973 to 1975. Co-workers on the Radio Hour included Richard Belzer, John Belushi, Gilda Radner and his younger brother Bill. He appears in most films that star his brother, Bill Murray. However, he has also landed a series of roles in other films. He memorably appeared as Chevy Chase's uptight boss in 1989's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and co-starred as an arcade business owner in the 1992 film version of Wayne's World. He also landed a small but pivotal role as Jack Ruby in 1991's JFK. He was also seen in the 2002 Disney movie, Snow Dogs. His most recent role was in 2007's Daddy Day Camp.
He is a frequent television guest star, most recently on a string of Yes, Dear episodes playing Mr. Savitsky. He was also Mel Sanger, the bubble boy's dad, on Seinfeld, and played Joe Hackett's cranky high school baseball coach on a 1992 episode of Wings. He was also a co-star of the TV series Get a Life from 1991 to 1992.
Murray is known for his gravelly voice and has voiced The Flying Dutchman on Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants, Coach Gills on Cartoon Network's My Gym Partner's A Monkey, Captain K'nuckles on The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and as Maggie's dad on Disney Channel's The Buzz on Maggie. He has also appeared in episodes of Family Guy, and voiced Jack the barber on King of the Hill. Was referenced on Arrested Development by the Warden because "there's only one man I've ever called a coward, and that's Brian Doyle-Murray".
[edit] Celebrity impersonations on SNL
- Albert Einstein
- Colonel Tom Parker
- Howard Baker
- Jerry Falwell
- Jody Powell
- Ken Anderson
- Leopoldo Galtieri
- Rod Serling
- Sid Vicious
[edit] Filmography
- Caddyshack (1980) – also co-writer
- National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
- The Razor's Edge (1984)
- Club Paradise (1986)
- Scrooged (1988)
- Ghostbusters II (1989)
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
- JFK (1991)
- Wayne's World (1992)
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- Cabin Boy (1994)
- Frosty Returns (1992)
- Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998)
- The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998)
- The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1999)
- Snow Dogs (2002)
- Daddy Day Camp (2007)
- The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (2008)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Charles Rocket and Gail Matthius |
Weekend Update as SNL NewsBreak 1981–1982 |
Succeeded by Brad Hall |
| Notes and references | ||
| 1. Doyle-Murray co-anchored periodically alongside Christine Ebersole and Mary Gross. | ||
