It took me looking at the credits for Groundhog's Day to realize the older fatman that Bill Murray saves from choking was Bill's brother. I recognized the voice in Caddyshack and realized he is the head of the caddies and judges the match. It is funny to see how Bill didn't balloon out like his brother or lose as much of his hair. In Caddyshack you can see the resemblance but in later movies you would't know unless you looked at the credits.
shareI always thought it was Bill's father! Until I saw the earlier moviesx in which I figured he was too young to be his dad.
shareyeah, could pass as his dad.
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
Brian Doyle Murray played Bill Murray's dad in Scrooged.
shareAll day long, I listen to people give me excuses why they can't work... 'My back hurts,' 'my legs ache,' 'I'm only four!' The sooner he learns life isn't handed to him on a silver platter, the better!
best stuff to tell a kid.
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All three brothers are in this movie, and have been in a number of movies with Bill.
shareAren't there 4 Murray brothers?
Bill
Brian
John
Joel
All are in show biz I believe.
Yes. Bill is obviously the biggest star. Brian probably comes next with numerous supporting TV and film roles. I've seen Joel around here and there. He was in a John Cusack teen movie (the one with the boat race) and was a regular on Dharma and Greg. I've only ever seen John as Bill's brother in Scrooged and in some movie about a bunch of people in traffic school where he's clearly trying to do Bill's schtick.
shareJoel was also in 'Dharma and Greg' as Greg's friend Pete ('Good talkin' to ya, Pete"), and in 'Mad Men' as Freddy Rumson. He was awesome in both.
shareIsn't there also a Dana Murray?
shareI didn't feel like going through the comments but you're wrong. Brian Doyle Murray is the guy that announces that the groundhog saw his shadow. He also voices Mayor Mulligan in the Ghostbusters X-Box 360 and PS3 game.
"You want me to roll 6,000 of these!? What? Should I quit my job!?" George Costanza, Seinfeld
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I didn't feel like going through the comments but you're wrong. Brian Doyle Murray is the guy that announces that the groundhog saw his shadow
They have a documentary on National Lampoon's magazine and how it started out. They ended up creating National Lampoon's radio show which was pretty much the 2nd City cast. Talk about talent: Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Murray's brother, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramis. National Lampoon turned down going with CBS for a tv show and then Michaels came and stole the entire radio show talent for SNL.