Brian Doyle-Murray Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Brian Doyle-Murray Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Brian Doyle-Murray (born October 31, 1945) is an American actor,

comedian and screenwriter. The older brother of actor/comedian Bill

Murray, he has appeared in several films, including Caddyshack,

Scrooged, Ghostbusters II, Groundhog Day and The Razor's Edge. He

co-starred on the TBS sitcom on Sullivan & Son, where he played the

foul-mouthed Hank Murphy. He also appeared in the Nickelodeon animated

series SpongeBob SquarePants as The Flying Dutchman, in the Cartoon

Network original animated series My Gym Partner's a Monkey as Coach

Tiffany Gills, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack as Captain

K'nuckles, in a recurring role, as Don Ehlert on the ABC sitcom The

Middle, and Bob Kruger in the AMC dramedy, Lodge 49.Doyle-Murray has

been 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. Doyle is his grandmother's

maiden name and he chose to hyphenate it to avoid confusion with

another actor.Murray, one of nine children, was born at St. Francis

Hospital in Evanston, Illinois. He is the son of Lucille (née

Collins), a mail room clerk, and Edward J. Murray II, a lumber

salesman. His parents were Irish American and Catholic. He is the

older brother of actors Bill, John and Joel. Brian attended Saint

Mary's College of California in Moraga, California, in the late

1960s.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 Sixteen Candles (1984), Club Paradise (1986), Legal Eagles

(1986), How I Got Into College (1989), Jury Duty (1995), Multiplicity

(1996), The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1997), As Good as It Gets

(1997), Dr. Dolittle (1998), Stuart Little (1999), Kill the Man

(1999), Bedazzled (2000), Snow Dogs (2002), Nearing Grace (2005),

Daddy Day Camp (2007) and 17 Again (2009).
Brian Doyle-Murray Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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