birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
brooklyn , new york 6 october 1943 michael durrell
 michael durrell film , television actor
michael durrell

michael durrell -lrb- born october 6 , 1943 , in brooklyn , new york -rrb- is an american actor .
he began his career in the role of attorney peter wexler on cbs in the soap opera `` the guiding light '' .
in 1969 he appeared on stage in `` cock-a-doodle-dandy '' at the lyceum theatre in new york city .
other television roles were as police lieutenant moraga in the short-lived cbs crime drama `` shannon '' -lrb- 1981 -- 1982 -rrb- , starring kevin dobson in the title role , and then as nicholas stone from 1984-1985 on cbs 's `` alice '' .
another well-known role was in 1983 in the nbc science fiction miniseries called `` v '' and the 1984 sequel `` v : the final battle '' as robert maxwell and reprised his role in the first two episodes of `` v : the series '' .
he played d.a. lloyd burgess on the hit tv series `` matlock '' from 1986 to 1990 , and as dr. john martin , the father of donna martin on the hit fox tv series `` beverly hills , 90210 '' , in which he had a recurring role .
he also guest starred in the '' '' episode '' '' .
he appears in season 1 , episode 5 of `` the eddie capra mysteries '' and season 5 , episode 10 of `` dexter '' .
