Portrayals
- Theo Shall (1943) (Titanic)
- Barry Bernard (1953) (Titanic)
- Richard Leech (1958) (A Night to Remember)
- Paul Young (1979) (S.O.S. Titanic) (TV Movie)
- Malcolm Stewart (1996) (Titanic) (TV Miniseries)
- David Costabile (1997) Titanic) (Broadway Musical)
- Ewan Stewart (1997) (Titanic)
- Courtenay Pace (1998) (Titanic: Secrets Revealed) (TV Documentary)
- Charlie Arneson (2003) (Ghosts of the Abyss) (Documentary)
- Brian McCardie (2012) (Titanic) (TV series/4 episodes)
In both the 1996 and 1997 films, Murdoch committed suicide. The 1997 film depicted Murdoch taking – but later rejecting – a bribe from villain Caledon Hockley; and shooting two passengers (Tommy Ryan and another unidentified passenger) dead in a mob on the deck after Murdoch presumes they intend to storm one of the remaining lifeboats. Murdoch then salutes Chief Officer Henry Wilde and commits suicide by firing the pistol into his temple, his body crumpling backwards into the sea. Murdoch's descendants took offense at his portrayal in both the 1996 and 1997 films, and studio executives later flew to Murdoch's hometown to issue an apology for this depiction to his surviving relatives.
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