Timothy Patrick Murphy (November 3, 1959 â€" December 6, 1988) was an
American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Mickey Trotter on
the popular CBS prime time soap opera Dallas from 1982â€"83.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. Other than his role in Dallas, he spent more than a year
playing a young conman on the CBS daytime soap drama Search for
Tomorrow, and also had a regular role on the short-lived 1984 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.He 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, in which he played the character of Gene Orowitz (the young
Landon).Murphy died of AIDS on December 6, 1988 in Sherman Oaks,
California, aged 29, and was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood
Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Mickey Trotter on
the popular CBS prime time soap opera Dallas from 1982â€"83.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. Other than his role in Dallas, he spent more than a year
playing a young conman on the CBS daytime soap drama Search for
Tomorrow, and also had a regular role on the short-lived 1984 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.He 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, in which he played the character of Gene Orowitz (the young
Landon).Murphy died of AIDS on December 6, 1988 in Sherman Oaks,
California, aged 29, and was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood
Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
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