Biography
American actor best known for his role as anchorman Jim Dial on Murphy Brown.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Harvey
2021
as William R. Chumley, M.D.
Charming and kind, Elwood P. Dowd has only one character flaw: an unwavering friendship with a six-foot-tall, invisible rabbit named Harvey. In order ...

Six by Sondheim
2013
as Self (archive footage)
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.

Harvey
2012
as William R. Chumley, M.D.
Two-time Emmy® winner and Golden Globe Award® winner Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory”, The Normal Heart), Tony® and Emmy Award nominee Charles Kimb...

Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
2003
as Mort Chalk (voice)
Everyone's favorite fourth graders have graduated! It's an all-new school year for the kids — and the gang hits the fifth grade running! But they're s...

Marci X
2003
as Lane Strayfield
A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and tries to rein the one of the label's most controversial r...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
2002
as Gargoyle Victor (voice)
Now that Frollo is gone, Quasimodo rings the bell with the help of his new friend and Esmeralda's and Phoebus' little son, Zephyr. But when Quasi stop...

Recess: School's Out
2001
as Mort Chalk (voice)
The school year is finally ending, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to summer. But boredom quickly sets in when his friends leave for camp — unti...

The Wedding Planner
2001
as Mr. Donolly
San Francisco's premiere wedding planner, Mary Fiore is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, pediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he ...

The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
2000
as Rainbow Face #1 (voice)
Littlefoot and his pals set off in search of a "stone of cold fire" that fell from the night sky. Since he's the only one who has seen it though, nobo...

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
2000
as Brain Pod #29 / Rhizomian Man (voice)
Buzz Lightyear must battle Emperor Zurg with the help of three hopefuls who insist on being his partners.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996
as Gargoyle Victor (voice)
Isolated bell-ringer Quasimodo wishes to leave Notre Dame tower against the wishes of Judge Claude Frollo, his stern guardian and Paris' strait-laced ...

Cast the First Stone
1989
as Frank Murdoch
After Diane Martin is raped by a hitchhiker and becomes pregnant, she must face the pious faculty at the school where she teaches who condemn her "loo...

The Good Mother
1988
as Uncle Orrie
After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter's custody, by her ex, who claims that her lover has a bad influ...

Switching Channels
1988
as The Governor
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.

Weekend War
1988
as Father Leary
A group of reservists ("weekend warriors") are sent to Honduras to build a runway. Shortly after arriving an engineering group is sent to a small vill...

Sunday in the Park with George
1986
as Jules / Greenberg
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte by Georges Seurat is one of the great paintings of the world, and in "Sunday in the Park with Georg...
The Recovery Room
1985
as Jerry
A failed sitcom about a "Cheers"-type bar located across the street from a bustling urban hospital, which is owned by an ex-medical student, and an ex...

A Doctor's Story
1984
as Peter Wickes
A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.

For Ladies Only
1981
as Bob Merlis
An aspiring young actor moonlights as a male stripper while looking for work in the theatre.

It's My Turn
1980
as Jerome
A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son, a prematurely retired pr...

Starting Over
1979
as Salesman
After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.

The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
as Francis
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging princ...

Secret Service
1977
as Benton Arrelsford
Set in Richmond, Virginia in October 1864, tells the story of a Union spy working to seize control of the telegraph office.

The Sentinel
1977
as Doctor
As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a B...

The Front
1976
as Committee Counselor
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

The Rules of the Game
1975
as Dr. Spiga
Dramatist Luigi Pirandello's mordant comedy of manners tells the tale of upper-crust Italians Silia Gala and her sneering spouse, Leone, who finds his...

Original Cast Album: Company
1970
as Self / Harry
In 1970, right after the triumphant premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking concept musical Company, the renowned composer and lyricist, his dir...