American character actor (1930–2012) who played the false God of Sha Ka Ree in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Admiral J.P. Hanson in The Best of Both Worlds.
George Murdock was an American character actor, born in 1930, familiar from decades of television work including Barney Miller and the original Battlestar Galactica.
He has two notable Star Trek roles. In the film Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) he is the powerful being imprisoned beyond the Great Barrier, who presents itself as God until Kirk asks why it needs a starship.
A year later he appeared in The Next Generation as Admiral J.P. Hanson in both parts of The Best of Both Worlds. Hanson, an old friend and admirer of Picard, organises the fleet that meets the Borg cube at Wolf 359 and is lost in the battle. Murdock died in 2012.