Timothy Patrick Murphy
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Timothy Patrick Murphy (November 3, 1959 – December 6, 1988) was an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Mickey Trotter on the CBS prime time soap opera Dallas from 1982 to 1983.
Career
Murphy started his acting career as an adolescent in several television commercials, and from there he went on to act in the 1978 miniseries Centennial. From 1980 to 1981, he played young conman Spencer Langley on the CBS daytime drama Search for Tomorrow. Murphy portrayed troubled Mickey Trotter on the CBS prime time soap opera Dallas from 1982 to 1983.[1] During the 1984–1985 television season, he played series regular Chip Craddock on the ABC prime time drama Glitter. In addition to this, he appeared in episodes of the television shows Quincy, M.E., CHiPs, Teachers Only, Hotel, The Love Boat and Hunter.
Murphy appeared in the 1981 film The Bushido Blade. One of Murphy's most substantial roles was in the 1984 feature film Sam's Son, the film biography of the early life of actor Michael Landon,[2] in which he played the character of Gene Orowitz (the young Landon).
In 1984 he won the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor (Guest) in a TV Series for his work on The Love Boat.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Personal life and death
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Murphy died of AIDS on December 6, 1988, in Sherman Oaks, California, aged 29.
His younger brother, Patrick Sean Murphy (born January 29, 1965), died in the North Tower of the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001 attacks. He was 36 years old.[3][4][5][6]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | The Paper Chase | Michael Burch | Episode: "Nancy" |
| 1978 | Centennial | Christian Zendt | TV miniseries; Episode: "The Longhorns" |
| 1979 | The Seekers | Jarod Kent | TV miniseries |
| 1979 | The Love Boat | Terry Gibson | Episode: "Too Young to Love" |
| 1980–81 | Search for Tomorrow | Spencer Langley | Unknown episodes |
| 1980 | A Time for Miracles | Will | TV movie |
| 1981 | The Bushido Blade | Midshipman Robin Burr | Feature film |
| 1982 | CHiPs | Alex | Episode: "In the Best of Families" |
| 1982 | Teachers Only | Jeremy | Episode: "Quote, Unquote" |
| 1982 | Quincy, M.E. | Nick Stadler | Episode: "The Mourning After" |
| 1982–83 | Dallas | Mickey Trotter | Main cast (27 episodes) |
| 1983 | The Love Boat | Kent Holden | Episode: "So Help Me Hannah" |
| 1983 | The Love Boat | David | Episode: "Bricker's Boy" |
| 1984 | Sam's Son | Gene Orowitz | Feature film |
| 1984 | With Intent to Kill | Drew Lanscott | TV movie |
| 1984 | Hotel | Andy / Kevin Walker | Episodes: "Tomorrows" / "Final Chapters" |
| 1984–85 | Glitter | Chip Craddock | Main cast (14 episodes) |
| 1985 | The Love Boat | Curtis Williams | Episodes: "A Gentleman of Discretion" (Parts 1 & 2) |
| 1986 | Hunter | Jeffery Wyatt | Episode: "True Confessions" |
| 1988 | Doin' Time on Planet Earth | Jeff Richmond | Feature film, (final film role) |
References
External links
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- AIDS-related deaths in California
- American male child actors
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
- Male actors from Hartford, Connecticut
- 1959 births
- 1988 deaths
- 20th-century American male actors
- American gay actors
- LGBTQ people from California
- 20th-century American LGBTQ people