Biff Manard obit

Biff Manard(1943-2014)

 

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Biff Manard (26 November 1943–19 May 2014; age 70) was the actor who played the holographic ruffian in the Star Trek: The Next Generation second season episode "Elementary, Dear Data". He may have been best known for his role as Officer Murphy on The Flash in the early 1990s. Manard also played Hap Ashby in Trancers (1985, with Richard Herd and Michael McGrady) and Trancers II (1991, co-starring Jeffrey Combs).

One of Manard's earliest television appearances was a guest spot in a 1970 episode of Mission: Impossible, during which time Leonard Nimoy was a regular player on that series. (Manard's episode, "The Amateur", also featured Peter Brocco and Anthony Zerbe.) Twenty five years later Manard's episode, Manard appeared in the 1995 Bonanza TV special, Under Attack, also featuring Nimoy. Manard was seen in at least four episodes of Bonanza between 1971 and 1972, including one with Don Keefer and another with Noble Willingham. He also appeared in a short film called Cowboysan with Ted Cassidy and directed by Susan Oliver.

In 1981, Manard appeared on CHiPs while Michael Dorn was a regular on the show. His other TV credits include appearances on Knots Landing (with Allan Miller and Bert Remsen), Night Court (starring John Larroquette, with Paddi Edwards), Full House (with Shannon Cochran), and Hunter (with Robert Englund and Jeremy Roberts). Besides Trancers, his feature film credits include Pray TV (1980, with Charlie Brill), Underground Aces (1981, with Frank Gorshin and Sid Haig), St. Helens (1981, with Nehemiah Persoff), and Buddy Buddy (1981, with Michael Ensign and Ed Begley, Jr.), Off the Wall (1983, starring Paul Sorvino and Monte Markham), The Wrong Guys (1988, with Jonathan Schmock), 1992's Desert Kickboxer (with Robert O'Reilly), Art Deco Detective (1994, co-starring Stephen McHattie) and Blankman (with Jason Alexander), 1996's Stitch (with Mariette Hartley), and 1997's Eight Days a Week (with Darleen Carr, Van Epperson, Catherine Hicks, and Mark L. Taylor).

After an eight year absence from film and television, Manard appeared in an episode of CBS' Smith (2007, starring Virginia Madsen, featuring William Lucking, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Billy Mayo, and Barbara J. Tarbuck).

 

Writer

Jeff Altman, Keiko Masuda, and Mie in Pink Lady (1980)

Pink Lady

4.2

TV Series

writer

1980

6 episodes

 

Make Me Laugh (1979)

Make Me Laugh

7.7

TV Series

written by (as Biff Maynard)

1979

1 episode

 

Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Jackie Jackson, La Toya Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Randy Jackson, Rebbie Jackson, Tito Jackson, and The Jacksons in The Jacksons (1976)

The Jacksons

7.5

TV Series

writer

1976–1977

11 episodes

 

Paul Lynde in The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976)

The Paul Lynde Halloween Special

6.8

TV Special

written by

1976

 

Actor

Dirty Jokes the Movie

7.8

Video

2008

 

Ray Liotta in Smith (2006)

Smith

7.8

TV Series

Jim

2007

1 episode

 

Tom Fahn in The Incredible Genie (1999)

The Incredible Genie

4.4

Farrow

1999

 

Keri Russell and Joshua Schaefer in Eight Days a Week (1997)

Eight Days a Week

6.0

The Sad Man

1997

 

Snitch (1996)

Snitch

4.7

Norman the Drunk

1996

 

Mary-Kate Olsen, John Stamos, Andrea Barber, Candace Cameron Bure, Dave Coulier, Lori Loughlin, Bob Saget, Jodie Sweetin, Blake Tuomy-Wilhoit, Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, and Scott Weinger in Full House (1987)

Full House

6.8

TV Series

Cowpoke

1995

2 episodes

 

Bonanza: Under Attack (1995)

Bonanza: Under Attack

5.8

TV Movie

Luke

1995

 

Art Deco Detective (1994)

Art Deco Detective

5.4

Stocking Terrorist

1994

 

Lorenzo Lamas, Kathleen Kinmont, and Branscombe Richmond in Renegade (1992)

Renegade

5.9

TV Series

Sheriff

1994

1 episode

 

Blankman (1994)

Blankman

5.1

Biff

1994

 

Jeff Kaake, Heather Medway, Joe Nipote, and Dawn Stern in Viper (1994)

Viper

5.8

TV Series

Security Guard

1994

1 episode

 

John Newton in Desert Kickboxer (1992)

Desert Kickboxer

4.2

Sheriff Larry

1992

 

Days of Our Lives (1965)

Days of Our Lives

5.3

TV Series

Dr. Dieter Von Leyden

1992

1 episode

 

Helen Hunt, Tim Thomerson, and Megan Ward in Trancers II (1991)

Trancers II

5.4

Video

Hap Ashby

1991

 

Dane Farwell and John Wesley Shipp in The Flash (1990)

The Flash

7.1

TV Series

Officer Michael Murphy

1990–1991

17 episodes

 

Fred Dryer and Stepfanie Kramer in Hunter (1984)

Hunter

6.9

TV Series

Hank Olsen

1991

1 episode

 

Harry Anderson, Selma Diamond, Ellen Foley, John Larroquette, Charles Robinson, and Richard Moll in Night Court (1984)

Night Court

7.7

TV Series

Mr. Dane

1991

1 episode

 

Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

8.7

TV Series

Ruffian

1988

1 episode

 

The Wrong Guys (1988)

The Wrong Guys

5.1

Mark Grunski

1988

 

Robert Blake in Hell Town (1985)

Hell Town

6.9

TV Series

Crazy Harold

1985

1 episode

 

Zone Troopers (1985)

Zone Troopers

5.2

Dolan

1985

 

Trancers (1984)

Trancers

6.0

Hap Ashby

1984

 

Surf II (1983)

Surf II

5.3

Bob's Father (as Biff Maynard)

1983

 

Rosanna Arquette, Paul Sorvino, Patrick Cassidy, and Bill Hufsey in Off the Wall (1983)

Off the Wall

4.3

Colonel Fry

1983

 

Tim Matheson and Catherine Hicks in Tucker's Witch (1982)

Tucker's Witch

7.4

TV Series

Andy

1982

1 episode

 

Father Murphy (1981)

Father Murphy

6.4

TV Series

Dealer #1

1982

1 episode

 

Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee, Constance McCashin, John Pleshette, and Ted Shackelford in Knots Landing (1979)

Knots Landing

7.0

TV Series

Drunk

1982

1 episode

 

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in Buddy Buddy (1981)

Buddy Buddy

6.5

Highway Patrolman #2

1981

 

Lunch Wagon (1981)

Lunch Wagon

4.7

Wino

1981

 

St. Helens (1981)

St. Helens

6.1

Dr. Romarantin

1981

 

Underground Aces (1981)

Underground Aces

4.1

Pimp

1981

 

Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox in CHiPs (1977)

CHiPs

6.5

TV Series

Manager

1981

1 episode

 

Pray TV (1980)

Pray TV

5.1

Billie Bob Joe Brown

1980

 

Woody Strode in Cowboysan (1978)

Cowboysan

7.4

Short

Baddie

1978

 

Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Jackie Jackson, La Toya Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Randy Jackson, Rebbie Jackson, Tito Jackson, and The Jacksons in The Jacksons (1976)

The Jacksons

7.5

TV Series

Skit characters (1977)

1976–1977

 

Shanks (1974)

Shanks

5.5

Goliath

1974

 

Bonanza (1959)

Bonanza

7.3

TV Series

ScogginsHartsfieldSmokey ...

1971–1972

4 episodes

 

Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns (1971)

Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns

5.5

Harris Gang

1971

 

Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)

Mission: Impossible

7.9

TV Series

Lieutenant Seelik

1970

1 episode

 

Self

The Green Girl (2014)

The Green Girl

7.8

Self - Actor

2014

 

VideoZone (1989)

VideoZone

6.2

TV Series

Self

1991

1 episode

 

Make Me Laugh (1979)

Make Me Laugh

7.7

TV Series

Self (as Biff Maynard)

1979

1 episode

 

Paul Lynde in The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976)

The Paul Lynde Halloween Special

6.8

TV Special

Biker Wedding Clergy

1976

 

Archive Footage

The Comedy Store (2020)

The Comedy Store

8.2

TV Mini Series

Self (archive footage)

2020

1 episode

 

Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992)

Flash III: Deadly Nightshade

6.8

Video

Officer Michael Murphy (archive footage)

1992

 

The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster (1991)

The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster

6.7

Video

Officer Michael Murphy (archive footage)

1991