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, Williams also spent many nights with

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and his entourage the " Memphis Mafia". He reportedly regarded

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as "an open invitation to party all night long". Played “Lt. Edlridge” on "

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" in the 1959 episode “Blue Horse” (S4E38).

Death

Murphy died on November 6, 1989 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 67. He had 6 children and was married once.

Filmography

References

Guralnick, Peter. ''Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley'', p. 72.

External links

* American male film actors 1922 births 1989 deaths 20th-century American male actors {{US-actor-stub