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Pat Corley

Highest Rated: 93% Night Shift (1982)

Lowest Rated: 20% All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)

Birthday: Jun 1, 1930

Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, USA

Gravel-voiced, heavy-set actor, known for his portrayals of tough yet wisely benevolent characters, Pat Corley was perhaps best known as Phil, the all-knowing bartender/restaurateur, whom he played for eight years on the CBS sitcom, "Murphy Brown" (1988-1996). Corley's early career consisted of work on the stage, most notably the Broadway revival of "Of Mice and Men" (1974-75) and two Tennessee Williams plays' "Red Devil Battery Sign" (1975) and "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1975-76). He made his TV debut in "The Wackest Ship in the Army," due to his brother's friendship with star Jack Warden. Among his feature credits were Mark Rydell's "The Rose" (1979) and Oliver Stone's early horror effort, "The Hand" (1981).

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Highest rated movies

93% 63% Night Shift
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87% 65% The Onion Field
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84% 49% Come Early Morning
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83% 65% The Super Cops
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73% 81% The Rose
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69% 53% True Confessions
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64% 45% Against All Odds
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57% 42% Audrey Rose
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33% 53% The Black Marble
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33% 24% Nightwing
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
84% 49% Come Early Morning Papa (Character) $117.6K 2006
No Score Yet 38% Purgatory Flats Roy (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 69% Tom Sawyer Sheriff McGee (Voice) - 2000
No Score Yet 88% Walking Across Egypt Sheriff Tillman (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 33% When Time Expires TV Car Salesman (Character) - 1997
20% 39% All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 Officer McDowell (Voice) $8.6M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Defense of a Married Man Det. Brendan Bradley (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Stepford Children Sheriff Weston (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 21% The Christmas Gift Bud Sawyer (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stark: Mirror Image Wichita Police Chief Waldron (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Silent Witness Brad Huffman (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stormin' Home Broker (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 24% The Calendar Girl Murders Tony (Character) - 1984
64% 45% Against All Odds Ed Phillips (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bay City Blues Ray Holtz (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scorned and Swindled Ty Jenkins (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bay City Blues II Ray Holtz (Character) - 1984
93% 63% Night Shift Edward Koogle (Character) - 1982
29% 28% The Hand Sheriff (Character) - 1981
69% 53% True Confessions Sonny McDonough (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 74% Of Mice and Men Carlson (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 21% Loving Couples Delmonico Clerk (Character) - 1980
33% 53% The Black Marble Itchy Mitch (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet City in Fear Supermarket Manager (Character) - 1980
73% 81% The Rose Police Chief Morrison (Character) - 1979
87% 65% The Onion Field Jimmy's Lawyer 2 (Character) - 1979
33% 24% Nightwing Vet (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 54% The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan Realtor (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Death in Canaan Judge Vincent (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 67% And I Alone Survived Kaminsky (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Night They Took Miss Beautiful Roman (Character) - 1977
57% 42% Audrey Rose Dr. Webster (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn Marty (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Quinns Eugene Carmody (Character) - 1977
83% 65% The Super Cops Captain Bush (Character) - 1974

TV

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No Score Yet 96% Hey Arnold! Unknown (Guest Voice) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Coach Jeb (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murphy Brown Phil (Character) 1988-1996
91% 71% Murder One Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Belvedere Unknown (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon Mayor K.K. Drinkman (Guest Star) 1984 1986
No Score Yet 95% Magnum, P.I. Dennis MacKenzie (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Frank Kelso (Guest Star) 1986
97% 85% Hill Street Blues Wally Nydorf (Guest Star) 1982-1983 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fall Guy Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Waltons Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1977 1980