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- Birth nameBenjamin Edward Castleberry Jr.
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Born as Benjamin Edward Castleberry Jr. in Jonesboro, Arkansas to Nadine (nee Steele) and Benjamin E. Castleberry. After the death of his father, he was raised in Memphis, Tennessee. When his mother remarried in 1956, he was adopted by his stepfather, Patrick Henry Murphy, taking his last name. The family moved to Clarendon Hills, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
Ben Murphy graduated from Benet Academy in Lisle, Illinois, and attended no fewer than eight colleges, including the University of the Americas in Mexico and the University of Illinois.
- IMDb mini biography by: Robert Sieger
- SpouseJeanne Davis(June 23, 1978 - 1981) (divorced)
- ChildrenJoshua Spriestersbach
- ParentsNadine SteeleBenjamin E. Castleberry
- In a career that has spanned five decades, he has starred in eight television series: The Name of the Game (1968), Alias Smith and Jones (1971), Griff (1973), Gemini Man (1976), The Chisholms (1979), Lottery! (1983), Berrenger's (1985) and The Dirty Dozen (1988).
- Starred with the late Pete Duel in Alias Smith and Jones (1971), an ABC western series derived from the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Rumor has it that Murphy ended up a front-runner for the series because of his close resemblance to Paul Newman.
- Also an avid tennis player, at one time top seeded in Southern California.
- In pursuing an acting career, he apprenticed at California's prestigious Pasadena Playhouse.
- In July 2006, he and Roger Davis, narrator of Alias Smith and Jones (1971), were guests at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina along with Russ Tamblyn, Mark Goddard, Marjorie Lord, Ronnie Schell, Steve Kanaly, Tom Reese, Coleen Gray and Cheryl Rogers.
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