[2] After the end of World War II, Murdock, who intended to study law, earned a bachelor's degree in speech from the Ohio State University in Columbus.
[2] Murdock came to the St. Louis, Missouri area in 1953 to serve as director and star of Coffee Break, a morning program on WTVI in Belleville, Illinois.
The movies shown were severely edited to fit into the time slot, to make room for commercials, and to allow for Kronos to introduce each segment.
He hosted the local KTVI-TV presentation of Adventures of Superman in 1962, appearing as Mr. Willoughby on a program called Treehouse Time.
Murdock was active in theatre productions in the St. Louis area, including at The Muny and at the old Crystal Palace in Gaslight Square.
Murdock appeared in Big Top Pee-Wee with New York City natives Albert Henderson and David Byrd.