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Actor Born: March 6, 1942 in Jonesboro, AR Biography:Born in Arkansas and raised in Memphis and Chicago, American actor "Ben Murphy" worked his way through college by driving a pie truck. Eventually he'd attend eight colleges, from the University of Illinois to the University of the Americas in Mexico City, where by his own admission his sole interests were acting and womanizing. A stint at the Pasadena Playhouse led to Murphy's first film role, a one line bit in "The Graduate" (1967). He was signed to a Universal contract in 1967, appearing in several of the studios' series, including as a semiregular hitch on The Name of the Game. When a midseason cancellation on ABC in 1970 required Universal to come up with a quickie replacement, the studio slapped together a derivation of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" titled "Alias Smith and Jones", with "Ben Murphy" and "Pete Deuel" in the leads. Much was made at the time of Murphy's resemblance to "Paul... Full Biography
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