Michael Durrell (born Sylvester Salvatore Ciraulo;October 6, 1943 in
Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor.He began his career in the
role of attorney Peter Wexler on CBS in the soap opera The Guiding
Light. In 1969 he appeared on stage in "Cock-A-Doodle-Dandy" at the
Lyceum Theatre in New York City. Other television roles were as police
Lieutenant Moraga in the short-lived CBS crime drama Shannon
(1981â€"1982), starring Kevin Dobson in the title role, and then as
Nicholas Stone from 1984-1985 on CBS's Alice. Another well-known role
was in 1983 in the NBC science fiction miniseries called V and the
1984 sequel V: The Final Battle as Robert Maxwell and reprised his
role in the first two episodes of V: The Series. He played D.A. Lloyd
Burgess on the hit TV series Matlock from 1986 to 1990, and as Dr.
John Martin, the father of Donna Martin on the hit Fox TV series
Beverly Hills, 90210, in which he had a recurring role. He also guest
starred in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Sanctuary". He
appears in Season 1, Episode 5 of The Eddie Capra Mysteries and Season
5, Episode 10 of Dexter.
Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor.He began his career in the
role of attorney Peter Wexler on CBS in the soap opera The Guiding
Light. In 1969 he appeared on stage in "Cock-A-Doodle-Dandy" at the
Lyceum Theatre in New York City. Other television roles were as police
Lieutenant Moraga in the short-lived CBS crime drama Shannon
(1981â€"1982), starring Kevin Dobson in the title role, and then as
Nicholas Stone from 1984-1985 on CBS's Alice. Another well-known role
was in 1983 in the NBC science fiction miniseries called V and the
1984 sequel V: The Final Battle as Robert Maxwell and reprised his
role in the first two episodes of V: The Series. He played D.A. Lloyd
Burgess on the hit TV series Matlock from 1986 to 1990, and as Dr.
John Martin, the father of Donna Martin on the hit Fox TV series
Beverly Hills, 90210, in which he had a recurring role. He also guest
starred in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Sanctuary". He
appears in Season 1, Episode 5 of The Eddie Capra Mysteries and Season
5, Episode 10 of Dexter.
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