Perry Murdock

{{Short description|Actor and Set Decorator}} '''Perry H. Murdock''' (September 18, 1901 – April 19, 1988), was an American actor, writer and set decorator.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Doyle |first1=Billy H. |title=The Ultimate Directory of Film Technicians |date=1999 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-3546-7 |page=191 |url=https://archive.org/details/ultimatedirector0000doyl/page/190/mode/2up}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Prominent Writers and Their Work |url=https://archive.org/details/filmmercury1928100merc/page/48/mode/2up |work=The Film Mercury |date=October 5, 1928 |page=48}}</ref> He acted in several films,<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |title=Perry Murdock |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba95a62fb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418072741/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba95a62fb |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |website=British Film Institute |access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref> particularly Westerns starring Bob Steele.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Katchmer |first1=George A. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses |date=2009 |publisher=McFarland & Co. |isbn=978-0-7864-4693-3 |page=273 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Biographical_Dictionary_of_Silent_Film/qkOeCQAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography (as actor)== *''Captain Careless'' (1928) as Perry (and co-writer) *''Lightning Speed'' (1928) as Shorty *''The Amazing Vagabond'' (1929) as Haywire *''Breezy Bill'' (1930) as Gabe's Son *''Headin' North'' (1930) as "Snicker" Kimball *''The Oklahoma Sheriff'' (1930) *''Western Justice'' (1934) as Rufe *''Big Calibre'' (1935) as Deputy (and wrote the story)

==Filmography (as screenwriter)== *''Tombstone Terror'' (1935)

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Category:1901 births Category:1988 deaths Category:American male film actors Category:American set decorators