Cast and Crew of Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she is sharp tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. Dominating the FYI news magazine, she is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting (though not the warmest or more sympathetic) media personalities.

Main Cast of Murphy Brown

Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown

Candice Bergen

as Murphy Brown (247 episodes)

Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress and former fashion model. She won five Primetime Em...

Faith Ford as Corky Sherwood

Faith Ford

as Corky Sherwood (247 episodes)

Faith Alexis Ford (born September 14, 1964) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Corky Sherwood on t...

Joe Regalbuto as Frank Fontana

Joe Regalbuto

as Frank Fontana (247 episodes)

Joe Regalbuto was born on August 24, 1949 and is currently 75 years old.

Charles Kimbrough as Jim Dial

Charles Kimbrough

as Jim Dial (247 episodes)

American actor best known for his role as anchorman Jim Dial on Murphy Brown.

Secondary Cast of Murphy Brown

Lily Tomlin as Kay Carter-Shepley

Lily Tomlin

as Kay Carter-Shepley (46 episodes)

Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. She has won m...

William Sadler as Colonel Fitzpatrick

William Sadler

as Colonel Fitzpatrick (1 episode)

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   William Thomas Sadler (born April 13, 1950) is an American actor who works...

John Getz

John Getz

​John Getz is a stage-trained American actor. Getz dropped out of college to attend the American Conservatory Theater...

Anne Meara

Anne Meara

Anne Meara (September 20, 1929 – May 23, 2015) was an American actress and comedian. Along with her husband Jerry Sti...

Yeardley Smith as Phoebe Cramer

Yeardley Smith

as Phoebe Cramer (1 episode)

Yeardley Smith (born July 3, 1964) is a French-born American actress, voice artist, writer and painter. She is best k...

Harriet Sansom Harris

Harriet Sansom Harris

Born in Texas, Harriet Sansom Harris got involved in acting as a youngster. At seventeen, Harris was accepted at New ...

Jeff Doucette

Jeff Doucette

Jeffrey Doucette (born November 25, 1947) is an American character actor and voice actor. He has appeared in over 92 ...

Kate Mulgrew

Kate Mulgrew

Katherine Kiernan Maria "Kate" Mulgrew (born April 29, 1955) is an American actress, most famous for her roles on Sta...

Barry Dennen as Waiter

Barry Dennen

as Waiter (1 episode)

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barry Dennen (born February 22, 1938) is an American actor, singer, and write...

Ethan Phillips

Ethan Phillips

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ethan Phillips (born February 8, 1955, height 5' 6" (1,68 m)) is an American ...

Fred Willard

Fred Willard

Frederick Charles Willard (September 18, 1933 - May 15, 2020) was an American actor, comedian and voice over actor kn...

Chris Parnell

Chris Parnell

​Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell (born February 5, 1967) is an American comic actor best known as a cast member on...

Merrin Dungey

Merrin Dungey

Merrin Melissa Dungey is an American film and television actress, known for her roles on the television series The Ki...

George Clooney

George Clooney

George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of numerous accolad...

Katie Couric

Katie Couric

Katherine Anne Couric is an American television and online journalist, presenter, and author. From 2013 to 2017, she ...

Maggie Roswell

Maggie Roswell

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Margaret Roswell (born November 14, 1952) is an American actress, voice actres...

Mayim Bialik as Natalie Moore

Mayim Bialik

as Natalie Moore (1 episode)

Mayim Chaya Bialik (MY-im bee-AH-lik) (born December 12, 1975) is an American actress, game show host, neuroscientist...

Morgan Fairchild as Julia St. Martin

Morgan Fairchild

as Julia St. Martin (1 episode)

Morgan Fairchild (born Patsy Ann McClenny; February 3, 1950) is an American actress. She achieved prominence during t...

Stephen Root

Stephen Root

Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio...

Vernee Watson-Johnson as Secretary #17

Vernee Watson-Johnson

as Secretary #17 (1 episode)

Vernee Watson-Johnson (born January 14th, 1954, North Trenton, New Jersey) is an American television actress who has ...

Tony Goldwyn as Bobby Powell

Tony Goldwyn

as Bobby Powell (1 episode)

Anthony Howard "Tony" Goldwyn (born May 20, 1960) is an American actor and director. He portrayed the villain Carl Br...

Loretta Devine as Nurse Hawking

Loretta Devine

as Nurse Hawking (1 episode)

Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) is an American actress, singer and voice actor. She is known for numerous roles...

Nick Bakay

Nick Bakay

Nicholas Bakay is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer and sportscaster. He is known as the voice of Salem S...

Greg Grunberg

Greg Grunberg

Gregory Phillip "Greg" Grunberg (born July 11, 1966) is an American television actor. He is best known from starring ...

Wally Wingert

Wally Wingert

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wally Wingert (born May 6, 1961) is an American voice actor, singer and former...

Tom Virtue

Tom Virtue

is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the television series Even Stevens (2000–2003) and The Secret Life...

Diedrich Bader

Diedrich Bader

Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966), better known as Diedrich Bader, is an American actor, voice actor and c...

Jack Plotnick

Jack Plotnick

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jack Stuart Plotnick (born October 30, 1968) is an American film and televisi...

Steven Culp as Brad Stockton

Steven Culp

as Brad Stockton (1 episode)

An actor, known for Thirteen Days (2000) as Robert F. Kennedy, JAG (1995) as CIA Agent Clayton Webb and Desperate Hou...

Dick Clark

Dick Clark

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark was an American game-show host, radio andtel...

Robert Costanzo

Robert Costanzo

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Jason Costanzo (born October 20, 1942) is an American actor and voice a...

Marcia Wallace

Marcia Wallace

Marcia Karen Wallace (November 1, 1942 – October 25, 2013) was an American actress and comedian, primarily known for ...

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts

Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress and producer. She has won three Golden Globe Award...

Suzie Plakson as Jackie

Suzie Plakson

as Jackie (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Height 6' 0½" (1,84 m) Suzie Plakson (born June 3, 1958) is an American actr...

Joan Lunden

Joan Lunden

Joan Lunden (born September 19, 1950) is an American journalist, author and television host. She was the co-host of A...

Don Lake as Stage Manager

Don Lake

as Stage Manager (1 episode)

Don Lake was born on November 26, 1956 and is currently 68 years old.

Ian Abercrombie

Ian Abercrombie

Ian Abercrombie (11 September 1934 – 26 January 2012) was an English actor, best known for playing Alfred Pennyworth ...

Jon Tenney as Josh Silverberg

Jon Tenney

as Josh Silverberg (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jonathan F. W. "Jon" Tenney (born December 16, 1961) is an American actor

Adam West

Adam West

Adam West (September 19, 1928 - June 9, 2017) was an American actor best known for his lead role in the Batman (1966–...

Leslie Jordan as Kyle

Leslie Jordan

as Kyle (1 episode)

Leslie Allen Jordan (ht. 4'11") (April 29, 1955 - October 24, 2022) was an American actor, comedian, playwright, and ...

Jenny O'Hara as Lisa

Jenny O'Hara

as Lisa (1 episode)

Patricia Joanne "Jenny" O'Hara (born February 24, 1942) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is be...

Lee Garlington as Shawnee

Lee Garlington

as Shawnee (1 episode)

Ann Leslie "Lee" Garlington (born July 20, 1953) is an American actress. She's known for her roles as Kirsten, Rose N...

Mike Hagerty as Howard Sutthoff

Mike Hagerty

as Howard Sutthoff (1 episode)

Michael Gerard Hagerty (May 10, 1954 – May 5, 2022) was an American actor. He was known for playing comedic blue-coll...

James Karen as Arvin

James Karen

as Arvin (1 episode)

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Karen (November 28, 1923 - October 23, 2018) was an American character...

Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Wes Jordan

Mark-Paul Gosselaar

as Wes Jordan (1 episode)

Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar (born March 1, 1974) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Zack Morris on...

Paula Zahn

Paula Zahn

Paula Ann Zahn (born February 24, 1956) is an American  journalist, newscaster, news anchor, and TV host. She has bee...

Marianne Muellerleile as Secretary #8

Marianne Muellerleile

as Secretary #8 (1 episode)

Marianne Muellerleile was born on November 26, 1948 and is currently 76 years old.

Brad Garrett as SWAT Team Captain

Brad Garrett

as SWAT Team Captain (1 episode)

Brad Garrett (born April 14, 1960) is an American actor, voice actor, and stand-up comedian. He is best known for Eve...

Haley Joel Osment as Avery Brown

Haley Joel Osment

as Avery Brown (1 episode)

Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an American actor. After a series of roles in television and film during t...

Bob Dole as Himself

Bob Dole

as Himself (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politic...

Scott Lawrence as Office Worker Scott

Scott Lawrence

as Office Worker Scott (4 episodes)

Scott was born in Los Angeles and spent a lot of his childhood with his parents on picket lines campaigning for local...

Lily Mariye as Secretary #6

Lily Mariye

as Secretary #6 (1 episode)

Lily Mariye was born on September 25, 1964 and is currently 60 years old.

Myra Turley as Secretary #7

Myra Turley

as Secretary #7 (1 episode)

Myra Turley is an American film and television actress.

Robin Thomas as Jake Lowenstein

Robin Thomas

as Jake Lowenstein (1 episode)

An American stage, film and television actor. He holds a BFA in Acting and Sculpture from Carnegie-Mellon University,...

Ron Perkins as Man In Crowd

Ron Perkins

as Man In Crowd (1 episode)

Ron Perkins is an American actor. He is known for his role as Mendel Stromm in Spider-Man. He also appeared in The Pr...

Dan Ziskie as Minister

Dan Ziskie

as Minister (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dan Ziskie is an American actor. He recently has portrayed figures in position...

Deborah May as Secretary #13

Deborah May

as Secretary #13 (1 episode)

Deborah May is an American film and television actress.

John Apicella as Jack

John Apicella

as Jack (1 episode)

John Apicella was born on November 22, 1948 and is currently 76 years old.

Ron Marasco as Secretary #14

Ron Marasco

as Secretary #14 (1 episode)

Ron Marasco is an actor and writer.

Mary Pat Gleason as Olga Rostapopovich

Mary Pat Gleason

as Olga Rostapopovich (1 episode)

Mary Pat Gleason (February 23, 1950 - June 2, 2020) was an American film and television actress. From 1983–85 she app...

Josh Pais as Secretary #18

Josh Pais

as Secretary #18 (1 episode)

Josh Pais (born June 21, 1964) is an American actor of film and television. He has appeared in many Hollywood films,...

John Sanderford as Dr. Keller

John Sanderford

as Dr. Keller (1 episode)

John Sanderford was born on February 6, 1952 in Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Firestarter (1984), Leprechau...

Jane Leeves as Audrey Cohen

Jane Leeves

as Audrey Cohen (3 episodes)

An English film, stage, and television actress, comedian and dancer. Leeves made her screen debut with a small role i...

Jay Thomas as Jerry Gold

Jay Thomas

as Jerry Gold (2 episodes)

Jay Thomas was born on July 12, 1948 and passed away 7 years ago at the age of 69 on August 24, 2017.

Alex Rocco as Al Floss

Alex Rocco

as Al Floss (1 episode)

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Alex Rocco (born February 29, 1936) is an American actor. His roles have r...

Tina Johnson as Coat Check Girl

Tina Johnson

as Coat Check Girl (1 episode)

Tina Johnson was born on October 27, 1951 and is currently 73 years old.

Steven Anderson as Director

Steven Anderson

as Director (1 episode)

Steven W. Anderson is an actor and director with a career spanning over 40 years. He is known for When a Stranger Cal...

Cristine Rose as Beth

Cristine Rose

as Beth (1 episode)

Cristine Rose was born on January 31, 1951 and is currently 74 years old.

Eve Gordon as Alexandra Payton

Eve Gordon

as Alexandra Payton (1 episode)

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Eve Gordon (also known as Eve Bennett-Gordon; born June 25, 1960) is an Am...

Wallace Langham as Michael

Wallace Langham

as Michael (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Wallace Langham II (born March 11, 1965) is an American actor. He curre...

Gregory Scott Cummins as Motorcycle Man

Gregory Scott Cummins

as Motorcycle Man (1 episode)

Gregory Scott Cummins is an American character actor known for his recurring roles in It's Always Sunny in Philadelph...

Raye Birk as Barney

Raye Birk

as Barney (1 episode)

Raye Birk (born May 27, 1943, Flint, Michigan) is an American film and television actor best known for playing the ro...

Steve Rankin as Ed

Steve Rankin

as Ed (1 episode)

Steve Rankin is an American actor.

Beth Broderick as Rita

Beth Broderick

as Rita (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Elizabeth Alice "Beth" Broderick (born February 24, 1959) is an American actr...

Kelly Connell as Jerry

Kelly Connell

as Jerry (2 episodes)

Kelly Connell was born on June 9, 1956 and is currently 68 years old.

Louis Mustillo as Wally

Louis Mustillo

as Wally (1 episode)

Louis Mustillo (born May 28, 1958) is an American actor who recently played as Vincent “Vince” Moranto on Mike & Moll...

Pat Crawford Brown as Sister Mary Margaret O'Brien

Pat Crawford Brown

as Sister Mary Margaret O'Brien (1 episode)

Pat Crawford Brown (June 29, 1929 – July 2, 2019) was an American actress. Description above from the Wikipedia arti...

Gregory Itzin as Gil Porter

Gregory Itzin

as Gil Porter (1 episode)

Gregory Martin Itzin (April 20, 1948 – July 8, 2022) was an American character actor of film and television, perhaps ...

Teri Hatcher as Madeline Stillwell

Teri Hatcher

as Madeline Stillwell (1 episode)

Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress. She is known for her television roles as Susan Maye...

Gedde Watanabe as Guru Prem

Gedde Watanabe

as Guru Prem (1 episode)

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gedde Watanabe  (born Gary Watanabe, June 26, 1955, Ogden, Utah) is an Ameri...

David Paymer as Dr. Bishop

David Paymer

as Dr. Bishop (1 episode)

David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and television director.

Ellen Albertini Dow as Aunt Belle

Ellen Albertini Dow

as Aunt Belle (1 episode)

Ellen Rose Albertini Dow (November 16, 1913 – May 4, 2015) was an American film and television character actress and ...

Scott Bryce as Will Forrest

Scott Bryce

as Will Forrest (2 episodes)

Scott Bryce is an American writer, producer, stage, film and television actor.

Patti Yasutake as Secretary #41

Patti Yasutake

as Secretary #41 (1 episode)

Patti Yasutake is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Nurse Alyssa Ogawa ...

Elizabeth Taylor as Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

as Elizabeth Taylor (1 episode)

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. From h...

John Scurti as Lodge Owner

John Scurti

as Lodge Owner (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Martin Scurti (b. Northport, New York) is an American actor. Scurti atte...

Pat Finn as Phil Jr.

Pat Finn

as Phil Jr. (1 episode)

Pat Finn, one of six children, was born in Evanston, Illinois and grew up in Wilmette, Illinois. He attended high sch...

Larry King as Larry King

Larry King

as Larry King (1 episode)

Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American television host, radio...

Jeff Mooring

as Stage Manager (1 episode)

Ron Orbach

as Photographer #1 (1 episode)

Mary Alice Williams

Vivian Paxton

as Tanya (1 episode)

Ramsey Ellis

as Bobby Owens (1 episode)

Furley Lumpkin

as Truck Driver (1 episode)

Marcus Aurelius

as SWAT Team Member (1 episode)

Terri Keefer

as Bullpen Reporter (uncredited) (2 episodes)

John Achorn

as Stage Manager (1 episode)

Joel Schultz

as Office Staff Member (uncredited) (1 episode)

Todd Cameron Brown

as Michael (1 episode)

Doug Dale

as Waiter (1 episode)

Beverly Dixon

as Francine O'Donnell (uncredited) (1 episode)

David Keith Anderson

as Patron #1 (uncredited) (1 episode)

Jane Galloway

as Sheila Michaels (1 episode)

Charlie Phillips

as Attendant (1 episode)

Lou Wills Jr.

as Murray Brown (1 episode)

Rick Rouseau

as Man in Bar (1 episode)

Harley Venton

as Richie (1 episode)

David Sabin

as Mr. Mueller (1 episode)

Steve Shaffer

as Bartender (1 episode)

George C. Simms

as Clemens (1 episode)

Charles Woolf

as Old Man (1 episode)

Sarah Zinsser

as Make-Up Lady (1 episode)

Rachel Hartley

as Young Murphy (1 episode)

John Mansfield

as Handsome Man (1 episode)

Greg Procaccino

as Pat O'Shea (1 episode)

Mary Catherine Wright

as Joan (1 episode)

Lilly Lyman

as Secretary #19 (1 episode)

Eva Charney

as Woman in Bar (1 episode)

Pete Willcox

as Secretary #20 (1 episode)

Judd Trichter

as Louis (1 episode)

Sanford Jensen

as Mark (1 episode)

Fred Travalena

as Don Sarasota (1 episode)

Andrea Stein

as Secretary #25 (1 episode)

Joe D'Angerio

as Informant (1 episode)

Mariko Tse

as Dr. Sakura (1 episode)

Paul Dorman

as Patron at Phil's (1 episode)

Irving R. Levine

as Irving R. Levine (1 episode)

Jay Fenichel

as Secretary #26 (1 episode)

Jak Castro

as Delivery Man (uncredited) (1 episode)

Tom Williams

as Baby V.O. (uncredited) (1 episode)

Vito J. Giambalvo

as Vito (1 episode)

Charles Gideon Davis

as Charles Gideon Davis (1 episode)

Charles Gideon Davis is an actor.

Jonathan Rubin

as Jonathan Rubin (1 episode)

Harvey Shield

as Harvey Shield (1 episode)

Gillian Bagwell

as Norma Rae Secretary (uncredited) (1 episode)

Tyler Bowe

as Dave (uncredited) (1 episode)

Clare Peck

as Lois Kinsella (1 episode)

Jessica James

as Millicent Bane (1 episode)

Annie LaRussa

as Young Woman (1 episode)

Laura Mooney

as Tracey (1 episode)

John Towey

as Dr. Edward Stoddard (1 episode)

Jeanette Schwaba

as Secretary #28 (1 episode)

Chuck Sloan

as Man in School (1 episode)

James Walsh

as Scottish Man (1 episode)

Freyda Thomas

as Woman Student (1 episode)

Peter Marc Jacobson

as Nick (1 episode)

Bill McIntyre

as Steve Raines (1 episode)

Chuck Clayton

as Ray / Bob (1 episode)

Duane Smith

as Secretary #34 (1 episode)

Kristen Lowman

as Secretary #35 (1 episode)

Patricia Andrest Davis

as Fran (1 episode)

Lance Hunter Voorhees

as Office Worker (uncredited) (1 episode)

Michael Luckerman

as Phillip (1 episode)

Christy House

as Felicia (1 episode)

Tony Jonas

as Office Worker (uncredited) (1 episode)

Crew of Murphy Brown

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