Sam McMurray

Sam McMurray
Born	(1952-04-15) April 15, 1952 New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	Elizabeth Collins
Children	2
Parent	Lesley Woods (stepmother)

Samuel McMurray (born April 15, 1952) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Supervisor Patrick O'Boyle in the CBS sitcom series The King of Queens, Glen in the Coen Brothers comedy film Raising Arizona, Trent Culpepper in the sitcom Cristela and for voicing Roy in the family sitcom television series Dinosaurs. He also appeared as Doug on the NBC sitcom Friends, and as Ned on the CBS sitcom Mom.

Early life

Sam McMurray was born in New York City on 15 April 1952, the son of Jane (née Hoffman) and Richard McMurray, both actors. Lesley Woods was his stepmother. McMurray is Jewish on his mother's side of the family and Irish on his father's side of the family.

Career

Among McMurray's film credits are C.H.U.D. (1984), Raising Arizona (1987), The Wizard (1989) as Jimmy's stepfather Mr. Bateman, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), L.A. Story (1991), Addams Family Values (1993), and Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). On television, he was a regular on The Tracey Ullman Show, voiced Roy in the series Dinosaurs, and played recurring roles such as Chandler's boss on Friends, dentist Vic Schweiber on Freaks and Geeks, Doug and Deacon's boss in The King of Queens, and Ned in the sitcom Mom. He was also in episodes of The Jeffersons, Hill Street Blues, The Golden Girls, Who's the Boss?, Home Improvement, Disney's Recess, The Sopranos, The Tick, and Breaking Bad among others. He is also noted for being the first-ever guest star on The Simpsons.

McMurray gained much international recognition among gamers for his role as the voice of two newscasters in the expansion for Command & Conquer: Generals. He also appeared in the 2011 TV film Holiday Engagement. For the 2014–2015 television season, McMurray had a main role as Trent Culpepper in the ABC comedy series Cristela.

Personal life

McMurray was married to actress Elizabeth Collins. They have two daughters. He lives in Bell Canyon, California.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	The Front	Young Man At Party	Film Debut
1980	Union City	Young Vagrant
1983	Baby It's You	Mr. McManus
1984	C.H.U.D.	Officer Crespi
1985	Fast Forward	Clem Friedkin
1987	Raising Arizona	Glen
1987	Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall	Peter Harriman
1989	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation	Bill
1989	The Wizard	Bateman
1990	Little Vegas	Kreimach
1991	L.A. Story	Morris Frost
1991	Stone Cold	Lance
1992	Class Act	Skip Wankman
1993	Addams Family Values	Don Buckman
1994	Getting Even with Dad	Detective Alex Serransky
1996	Dear God	Federal Prosecutor
1997	Savage	Edgar Wallace
1998	Slappy and the Stinkers	Anthony Boccoli
1999	Baby Geniuses	Goon Bob
1999	The Mod Squad	Tricky
1999	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Lester Leeman
1999	Carlo's Wake	Jerry Brock
2000	Lucky Numbers	Chief Troutman
2002	Lone Star State of Mind	Mr. Smith
2002	Sunshine State	Todd Northrup
2003	Stealing Sinatra	Agent Stamek
2010	A Little Help	Big Bad Dan
2015	Road Hard	Burt Crabtree
2015	Pearly Gates	Sol
2015	Jenny's Wedding	Denny O'Leary
2017	Americons	Kerry Stein
2019	Klaus	Postmaster	Voice

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Kojak	Duke Peter Dushan	Episode: "The Pride and the Princess"
1979	The Jeffersons	Howard Benson	Episode: "Louise's Convention"
1979	The Ropers	Charles Remington	Episode: "All Around the Clock"
1979	The Edge of Night	Phil	7 episodes
1982	Baker's Dozen	Harve Schoendorf	6 episodes
1983	Ryan's Hope	Wes Leonard	Recurring role
1984	Miami Vice	Jimmy 'Jimbo' Walters	Episode: "Calderone's Return: Part 2 - Calderone's Demise"
1986	You Again?	Stu Angry	Episode: "The D.J."
1986	Hill Street Blues	Officer Gann	Episode: "More Skinned Against Than Skinning"
1987	Ohara	Saxon	Episode: "Darryl"
1987	Moonlighting	Moe Highler	Episode: "Blonde on Blonde"
1987–1990	The Tracey Ullman Show	Various	63 episodes
1988	21 Jump Street	Lt. Tony Brandt	Episode: "Raising Marijuana"
1988	Head of the Class	Coach Finelli	Episode: "The Refrigerator of Filmore High"
1988	Empty Nest	Brent	Episode: "Father of the Bride"
1988–1989	Dear John	Mike	2 episodes
1989–1991	Who's the Boss?	Mark Harper	2 episodes
1989	Matlock	Bart Hess	Episode: "The Model"
1990	The Golden Girls	Mr. Kane	Episode: "Cheaters"
1990	The Simpsons	Gulliver Dark, SNPP Employee, Duff Commercial VO	Voice, 2 episodes
1990	Married... with Children	Andy	Episode: "Dance Show"
1991–1994	Dinosaurs	Roy Hess	Voice, 50 episodes
1991	Home Improvement	Rondall Kittleman	Episode: "Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof"
1991	Blossom	Sergio	Episode: "Run for the Border"
1991	Civil Wars	Walter Herrigan	Episode: "Have Gun, Will Unravel"
1992	Sibs	Channing	2 episodes
1992	Parker Lewis Can't Lose	Mr. Rips	Episode: "Goodbye Mr. Rips"
1992	Stand By Your Man	Roger Dunphy	5 episodes
1992	Likely Suspects	Detective Marshak	9 episodes
1993	Batman: The Animated Series	Pierce	Voice, episode: "Birds of a Feather"
1993	Down the Shore	Ron	Episode: "Life's a Drag"
1993	A League of Their Own	Coach Jimmy Dugan	6 episodes
1993	Bonkers	Additional voices	3 episodes
1995	The Critic	Cyrus Tompkins	Voice, episode: "Sherman, Woman and Child"
1995	Medicine Ball	Dr. Douglas McGill	7 episodes
1995	Maybe This Time	Gary	Episode: "Maybe This Time"
1995–1997	Deadly Games	Detective Dorn	4 episodes
1995	Party of Five	Thomas	Episode: "Change Partners... and Dance"
1995–1997	Pinky and the Brain	Video Teacher, Tax Man #1, Shawn	Voice, 3 episodes
1996	Matt Waters	Charlie Sweet	6 episodes
1996	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Mickey, Fred	Voice, episode: "Krumm Gets Ahead / It's Only a Movie"
1997	Wings	Dennis Lundy	Episode: "Hosed"
1997	The Pretender	Morris Clancy	Episode: "Prison Story"
1997	Chicago Hope	Dr. David Stockton	2 episodes
1997	Soul Man	Oliver Marley	Episode: "Cinderella and the Funeral"
1997–2001	Friends	Doug	3 episodes
1997	Pearl	Freddy Rizzo	Episode: "The Two Mrs. Rizzos"
1997	Johnny Bravo	Pilot, Clown, Keith Doll	Voice, 6 episodes
1997–2000	Recess	Lt. Griswold, Bob Spinelli, Various	Voice, 12 episodes
1997–2002	Hey Arnold!	Buckley Lloyd, Robby Fisher	Voice, 4 episodes
1997–1998	Living Single	Marco McCulloch	2 episodes
1998	Diagnosis: Murder	Bob Bare	Episode: "Baby Boom"
1998	The New Batman Adventures	Ernie	Voice, episode: "Joker's Millions"
1998	Cosby	Ken	Episode: "On The Rocks"
1998	The Angry Beavers	Rodrick Snootwell	Voice, episode: "Open Wide for Zombies" / "Dumbwaiters"
1999–2000	Batman Beyond	Chelsea's Dad, Burn, Harry Tully	Voice, 4 episodes
1999	Tracey Takes On...	Dentist	Episode: "Scandal"
1999	Rugrats	Zookeeper	Voice, episode: "Zoo Story"
1999	The Wild Thornberrys	Flip	Voice, episode: "You Otter Know"
2000	Freaks and Geeks	Dr. Vic Schweiber	3 episodes
2001	The Lot	Milton Maxwell	Episode: "The Accident"
2001	Malcolm in the Middle	Officer Stockton	Episode: "Traffic Ticket"
2001	Yes, Dear	Dr. Bernstein	Episode: "Doctor, Doctor"
2001	Deadline	—	Episode: "Somebody's Fool"
2001	The Sopranos	Dr. John Kennedy	Episode: "Second Opinion"
2001-2004	Lloyd in Space	Coach Antonio	5 episodes
2001–2006	The King of Queens	Supervisor Patrick O'Boyle	16 episodes
2001	Spin City	Daniel Bryant	Episode: "You've Got Male"
2001	The Tick	The Immortal	Episode: "The Funeral"
2001	The Zeta Project	Larry Lux	Voice, episode: "Ro's Reunion"
2001	Reba	Mr. Montgomery	Episode: "Tea and Antipathy"
2002	Touched by an Angel	Norris	Episode: "The Sixteenth Minute"
2003	Greetings from Tucson	Mr. Modica	Episode: "Student Council"
2003	Free for All	Douglas Jenkins	7 episodes
2004	Justice League Unlimited	Gilbert Halestrom	Voice, episode: "Fearful Symmetry"
2005	NYPD Blue	Lieutenant Jeff Henry	Episode: "Bale to the Chief"
2005	Head Cases	Al Girard	Episode: "S(elf) Help"
2005–2014	The Boondocks	The Principal, Ed Wuncler II, Various	Voice, 7 episodes
2006	That '70s Show	Larry	Episode: "My Fairy King"
2006	Huff	Dr. Hoffman	2 episodes
2007	Cold Case	Tom 'Z' Zimmerman	Episode: "Blood on the Tracks"
2007	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Bud	2 episodes
2007	Boston Legal	General Mark 'Fitz' Fitzgerald	Episode: "Do Tell"
2008–2009	Head Case	Dr. Goode's Father	3 episodes
2008	ER	Mike Landry	Episode: "Tandem Repeats"
2009–2010	Tracey Ullman's State of the Union	Various	5 episodes
2009	Breaking Bad	Dr. Victor Bravenec	2 episodes
2009	Glenn Martin, DDS	Tucker Wade	Voice, episode: "From Here to Fraternity"
2010	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	—	Episode: "The Sound of Silence"
2010–2011	Pound Puppies	Rover, Dad	Voice, 2 episodes
2011	Raising Hope	Doctor Burwitz	Episode: "Snip Snip"
2011	Lights Out	Priest at Confession	Episode: "War"
2011	Then We Got Help!	Jan	2 episodes
2011	Desperate Housewives	Father Dugan	Episode: "Secrets That I Never Want to Know"
2011	NCIS	Vince Westfal	Episode: "The Penelope Papers"
2011	Grey's Anatomy	Gus Moser	Episode: "Poker Face"
2012	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Attorney	Episode: "Rhodium Nights"
2012	Scandal	Pat Wexler	4 episodes
2013	Wendell & Vinnie	Howard	Episode: "Fathers of Fathers & Sons"
2013–2018	The Fosters	Frank Cooper	5 episodes
2014	Murder in the First	Dexter Wesley	Episode: "Blunt the Edge"
2014–2015	Cristela	Trent Culpepper	22 episodes
2015	Masters of Sex	Mr. Avery	Episode: "Surrogates"
2016	Devious Maids	Hugh Metzger	4 episodes
2016	Bull	Errol Windemere	Episode: "Callisto"
2017	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Doug Gozer	Episode: "Kimmy Pulls Off a Heist!"
2017	Ghosted	Campbell McMasters	Episode: "The Machine"
2018	The Good Fight	Joe Swoboda	Episode: "Day 415"
2018–2019	Mom	Ned	3 episodes
2019	Grace and Frankie	Vince	2 episodes
2019	Elementary	Cameron Manarek	Episode: "Red Light, Green Light"
2020	United We Fall	Dave Plonker	2 episodes
2022	The Young and the Restless	Dwight	1 episode (May 23, 2022)
2024	General Hospital	Congressman McConkey	1 episode (Fri. May 3rd, 2024)
2024	Law & Order	Judge Steve Nelson	season 23 episode 12 "No Good Deed"
2024	NCIS	Harold Lamb	Episode: "Hard Boiled"

Television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Out of the Darkness	Morrison
1986	Adam: His Song Continues	Police Lieutenant
1987	Hands of a Stranger	Pearson
1987	The Hope Division	Frank McGee
1988	Take My Daughters, Please	—
1994	Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 In. Women	Dick Langley
1996	The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas	Herman Munster
1999	Soccer Dog: The Movie	Coach Shaw
2000	The Amati Girls	Brian
2003	Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales	Skip Westland
2003	Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade	Bob Spinelli	Voice
2003	Recess: All Growed Down	Gus's Dad	Voice
2005	McBride: Anybody Here Murder Marty?	Arnie
2007	Lake Placid 2	Struthers
2008	Ring of Death	Wheaton
2011	The Craigslist Killer	Dr. Janeway
2011	Holiday Engagement	Roy Burns
2012	Cupid, Inc.	Harvey Mitford
2012	Blue Eyed Butcher	Dr. Sheffield
2012	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns	Anchor Ted	Voice

Pilots

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Not Necessarily the News	Various	Episode: "Not Necessarily the News"
1999	Chaos Theory	—
2000	Those Who Can	—
2013	Dads	—

Specials

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show	—
1996	Teenage Confidential	—
1998	Tracey Ullman Backstage	—

Episodic

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Ourstory	—
1986	Easy Street	—
1998	Pulp Comics	—	"Pulp Comics: Dana Gould" December 22, 1998

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2000	Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2	BBC newscaster, American newscaster
2001	Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge	Additional voices
2003	Command & Conquer: Generals	BBC Newscaster, American Newscaster
2004	Law & Order: Justice is Served	Jack Foster, Henry Haskins
2005	True Crime: New York City
2014	Sunset Overdrive	Walter

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Kevin Pollak's Chat Show	Himself/Guest	Episode: "255"

As producer

Year	Title	Notes
1998	Slappy and the Stinkers	Co-producer

Stage Appearances

• The Merry Wives of Windsor, Delacorte Theatre, Joseph Papp PublicTheater/New York Shakespeare Festival, New York City, 1974
• (Off-Broadway debut) Lonnie, The Taking of Miss Janie, New York Shakespeare Festival, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, 1975
• Otis Fitzhugh, Ballymurphy, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City,1976
• Bobby Wheeler, Clarence, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1976
• Doalty, Translations, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1981
• The Great Magoo, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1982
• Mick Connor, Comedians, Manhattan Punch Line Theatre, New York City, 1983
• Man Overboard, Sargent Theatre, New York City, 1983
• Benjamin "Kid Purple" Schwartz, Kid Purple, Manhattan Punch Line Theatre, 1984
• Homesteaders, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1984
• Phil, Desperadoes, in Marathon '85, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1985
• Mike Connor, The Philadelphia Story, Hartman Theatre, Stamford, CT, 1985
• Union Boys, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1985
• L.A. Freewheeling, Hartley House Theatre, New York City, 1986
• Savage in Limbo, O'Neill Theatre Center, New London, CT, 1987, then Cast Theatre, Los Angeles
• Also appeared as Phil, The Dumping Ground, Ensemble Studio Theatre; and in Welfare, The Store, and Lucky Star, all Ensemble Studio Theatre; A Soldier's Play, New York City; The Connection, New York City.

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations

Year 1987	Award Drama Desk	Category Drama	Savage in Limbo	Result winner
1997	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special	ABC Afterschool Specials	Nominated
2012	Indie Series Awards	Best Guest Appearance	Then We Got Help!	Nominated

External links

• Sam McMurray at IMDb