| Michael Durrell | |
| Birth Name: | Sylvester Salvatore Ciraulo[1] |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York |
| Occupation: | Film, television actor |
| Years Active: | 1969–present |
Michael Durrell (born Sylvester Salvatore Ciraulo; in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor.
He began his career in the role of attorney Peter Wexler on the CBS soap opera The Guiding Light. In 1969, he appeared on Broadway in Cock-A-Doodle-Dandy at the Lyceum Theatre. Other television roles were as police Lieutenant Moraga in the short-lived CBS crime drama Shannon (1981–1982), starring Kevin Dobson in the title role, and then as Nicholas Stone from 1984–1985 on CBS's Alice. Another well-known role was in 1983 in the NBC science fiction miniseries called V and the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle as Robert Maxwell and reprised his role in the first two episodes of V: The Series. He played D.A. Lloyd Burgess on the hit TV series Matlock from 1986 to 1990, and as Dr. John Martin, the father of Donna Martin on the hit Fox TV series Beverly Hills, 90210, in which he had a recurring role. He guest starred in the episode "Sanctuary". He appears in Season 1, Episode 5 of The Eddie Capra Mysteries and Season 5, Episode 10 of Dexter.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Thank God It's Friday | Bar Boor | ||
| 1980 | The American Success Company | Herman | ||
| 1984 | Access Code | Michael Barnes | ||
| 1991 | Defending Your Life | Agency Head | ||
| 1992 | Sister Act | Larry Merrick | ||
| 1995 | Illegal in Blue | Michael Snyder | Video | |
| 2005 | Straight Flush | Richard Michael Crafton | Short | |
| 2005 | Rumor Has It… | Patriarch | Uncredited | |
| 2008 | Bald | Mr. Alan Stern | ||
| 2010 | Barry Munday | Father Walsh |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Guiding Light | Peter Wexler | |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Fry | Episode: "Captain Dobey, You're Dead" |
| 1975 | Police Story | P.D. DeLong | Episode: "The Empty Weapon" |
| 1977 | The Sunshine Boys | Ben Clark | TV movie |
| 1977 | Carter Country | Kaplan | Episode: "Hail to the Chief" |
| 1977 | A Killing Affair | Cabrillo | TV movie |
| 1976-1977 | Kojak | Kenny Murray / Pete | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | Search for Tomorrow | Mike Kaslo | 4 episodes |
| 1977 | Hawaii Five-O | Charlie Davilo | Episode: "East Wind - Ill Wind" |
| 1978 | Black Sheep Squadron | Maj. J. Pearson | Episode: "Operation Stand-Down" |
| 1978 | Switch | Fred McGivers | Episode: "Three Blonde Mice" |
| 1976-1978 | The Tony Randall Show | Higgins / Gene Locatelli / Winslow | 3 episodes |
| 1978 | When Every Day Was the Fourth of July | Assistant to the attorney | TV movie |
| 1978 | The Two-Five | Vinnie Lombardo | TV movie |
| 1978 | The Dark Secret of Harvest Home | Ty Barth | Miniseries |
| 1978 | Barney Miller | Philip Kubrick / Howard Altman | 2 episodes |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries | Episode: "And the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead" | |
| 1978 | The Immigrants | Calvin Braderman | TV movie |
| 1979 | The Paper Chase | Gilbert | Episode: "The Apprentice"[2] |
| 1979 | Barnaby Jones | Ted Richman | Episode: "Girl on the Road" |
| 1979 | Mrs. Columbo | Sergeant Caplan / Fisher | 3 episodes |
| 1980 | Nobody's Perfect | Lt. Vince de Gennaro | 8 episodes |
| 1980 | Soap | F. Peter Haversham | 3 episodes |
| 1980-1981 | I'm a Big Girl Now | Walter Douglass | 11 episodes |
| 1982 | House Calls | Episode: "Campaign in the Neck" | |
| 1980-1982 | Quincy, M.E. | Sigerski's attorney / Dr. Tate Edmonds | 2 episodes |
| 1981-1982 | Shannon | Lt. Rudy Maraga | 9 episodes |
| 1982 | Voyagers! | Harry Houdini | Episode: "Agents of Satan" |
| 1982 | Romance Theatre | Christian | Episode: "Bayou Romance: Parts 1-5" |
| 1983 | Knight Rider | Paul DeBrett | Episode: "The Topaz Connection" |
| 1983 | V | Robert Maxwell | Miniseries |
| 1983 | Hotel | Lieutenant Pellegrini | Episode: "Hotel" |
| 1983 | Chiefs | John Howell | Part 3 |
| 1983 | Goodnight, Beantown | Ed | Episode: "Looking Forward to the Past" |
| 1984 | V: The Final Battle | Robert Maxwell | 3 Parts |
| 1984 | V: The Series | Robert Maxwell | Episodes: "Liberation Day" and "Dreadnought" |
| 1984-1985 | Alice | Nicholas Stone | 4 episodes |
| 1985 | Highway to Heaven | Jim Haynes | Episode: "The Right Thing" |
| 1985 | Diff'rent Strokes | Detective Harris | Episode: "Sam's Missing" |
| 1984-1986 | Remington Steele | Donald Piper | 2 episodes |
| 1986 | Dynasty | Sgt. Landers | 2 episodes |
| 1986 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Thomas Blackthorne | Episode: "Unfinished Business" |
| 1983-1987 | Hill Street Blues | Joe Furillo / Irv Luboff | 5 episodes |
| 1987 | The Last Innocent Man | District Attorney | TV movie |
| 1987 | Family Sins | Dr. Hamilton | TV movie |
| 1987-1988 | Santa Barbara | Alex Nikolas | 84 episodes |
| 1982-1988 | Cagney & Lacey | Kurts / Anthony Berwick | 2 episodes |
| 1988 | Hunter | Whitney Ferris | Episode: "Boomerang" |
| 1989 | L.A. Law | Joseph Schaeffer | Episode: "The Plane Mutiny" |
| 1989 | From the Dead of Night | Dr. Morrow | TV movie |
| 1989 | Who's the Boss? | Richard Braden | Episode: "Mother and Child Disunion" |
| 1990 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Dr. Latimer | Episode: "The Ghost of a Chance Mystery" |
| 1990 | Dragnet | John O'Connor | Episode: "Trespass" |
| 1990 | Equal Justice | Jason Prentiss | Episode: "Courting Disaster" |
| 1991 | Jake and the Fatman | Marcus Webster | Episode: "I'd Do Anything" |
| 1991 | P.S.I. Luv U | Leo Fallbrook | Episode: "What's Up, Bugsy? |
| 1986-1992 | Matlock | D.A. Lloyd Burgess | 22 episodes |
| 1992 | Silk Stalkings | Gordon Tully | Episode: "Irreconcilable Differences" |
| 1992 | Secrets | Victor Sabachelli | 2 episodes |
| 1986-1993 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Lieutenant Gennaro / Nick Miller | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | General Hazar | Episode: "Sanctuary" | |
| 1994 | Bob Winters | TV movie | |
| 1994 | Avid Fan | TV movie | |
| 1993-1995 | Renegade | Howard Hamster / Judge Charles Hollister | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Pacific Blue | Defense Attorney Malone | Episode: "First Shoot" |
| 1997 | Law & Order | Attorney Hilburne | Episode: "Harvest" |
| 1993-2000 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Dr. John Martin | 32 episodes |
| 2001 | Philly | Judge Simon Green | Episode: "Loving Sons" |
| 2003 | ER | Bob Gilman | Episode: "A Little Help from My Friends" |
| 2004 | NYPD Blue | Judge Kepler | Episode: "I Like Ike" |
| 2004 | Judging Amy | Larry Feiner | Episode: "Catching It Early" |
| 2006 | President Fletcher | TV movie | |
| 2006 | Desperate Housewives | Mr. Katzburg | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Brothers & Sisters | Judge Howard Chandler | Episode: "Domestic Issues" |
| 2008 | Without a Trace | Councilman Pfeiffer | Episode: "4G" |
| 2009 | Mental | Alan Jennings | Episode: "Life and Limb" |
| 2010 | Persons Unknown | Dr. David Salinger | Episode: "Shadows in the Cave" |
| 2010 | Dexter | Stuart Frank | Episode: "In the Beginning" |
| 2013 | The Mindy Project | Dr. Walters | Episode: "Santa Fe" |
| 2013 | Christmas in the City | Santa | TV movie |
| 2016-2018 | Grace and Frankie | Sonny | 2 episodes |
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