Actor. Murphy trained with the Ulster Group Theatre School in 1948 and worked for many years at Belfast's Lyric Theatre. On film, he appeared in 'Cal' (1984), 'Angela's Ashes' (1999), 'Puckoon' (2002), 'Mickybo and Me' (2004) and 'Faraway' (2013) and had recently wrapped a role as a village elder in the upcoming feature film 'Dracula Untold' to be released in October, 2014. Although the majority of his work took place on the stage, he will best be remembered as Ser Denys Mallister, the oldest member of the Night’s Watch and commander of the Shadow Tower in the HBO series 'Game of Thrones'. Murphy died four days after shooting his first scenes for season five of the series.
Actor. Murphy trained with the Ulster Group Theatre School in 1948 and worked for many years at Belfast's Lyric Theatre. On film, he appeared in 'Cal' (1984), 'Angela's Ashes' (1999), 'Puckoon' (2002), 'Mickybo and Me' (2004) and 'Faraway' (2013) and had recently wrapped a role as a village elder in the upcoming feature film 'Dracula Untold' to be released in October, 2014. Although the majority of his work took place on the stage, he will best be remembered as Ser Denys Mallister, the oldest member of the Night’s Watch and commander of the Shadow Tower in the HBO series 'Game of Thrones'. Murphy died four days after shooting his first scenes for season five of the series.
Bio by: Louis du Mort
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