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Michael George Murphy (born May 5 , 1938 ) is an American Character Actor . Murphy was born in Los Angeles, California to Bearl Branton Murphy and Georgia Arlyn Money. After working as a high school teacher for two years he pursued an acting career. He played Woody Allen 's friend Yale in the film '' Manhattan ''. He has worked frequently with director Robert Altman , and gave his best-known performances for Altman as political operative John Triplette in '' Nashville '' and as presidential candidate Jack Tanner in the acclaimed 1988 HBO Miniseries '' Tanner '88 ''. He played Mayor Hamilton Hill in '' Batman Returns '', and sleazy journalist Pete Curtis in Peter Weir 's '' The Year Of Living Dangerously ''. He can now be seen on the ''. Murphy is married to Canadian actress Wendy Crewson . EXTERNAL LINK |
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