Lee Murphy(1932-2025)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sound Department
Actor

Lee Murphy was born on 5 March 1932 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Reading Rainbow (1983), The Last Rodeo (2025) and The Animal Alphabet (1985). He was married to Jaci Canning. He died on 8 December 2025 in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, USA.

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Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations total

Known for

Reading Rainbow

8.4

TV Series

Second Unit or Assistant Director

The Last Rodeo

6.4

Sound Department

2025

The Animal Alphabet

8.5

Video

Sound Department

1985

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

Reading Rainbow
8.4
TV Series
- narration director
- 1983–1998

Sound Department

The Last Rodeo
6.4
- vtr
- 2025
Reading Rainbow
8.4
TV Series
- narration editor
- sound
- 1983–1991
The Animal Alphabet
8.5
Video
- post-production audio
- 1985

Actor

Reading Rainbow
8.4
TV Series
- Announcer (uncredited)
- 1983–1991

Personal details

Born
- March 5, 1932
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died
- December 8, 2025
- Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, USA(natural causes)
Spouse
- Jaci Canning? - December 8, 2025 (his death)

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Trivia
Former news anchor and reporter with all-news radio station 1010 WINS in New York from 1965 to 1982, except for a six-month period in 1970-71 when he was fired by the station after an overnight report on December 13, 1970 about the memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev in which he quoted the former Soviet leader referring to Richard Nixon as a 'son-of-a-bitch'; it led to an arbitration case whereupon he was ordered reinstated onto the air (effective June 18, 1971) with full back pay and no loss of seniority.