Danny Murphy, a quadriplegic actor who appeared in films like "Kingpin" and "There's Something About Mary," has lost his battle against cancer, his agent Cynthia Kazarian confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. He died at the age of 58 in Florida.
Murphy was reportedly a longtime pal of director Peter Farrelly and he had often made appearances in the Farrelly brothers' movies.
The actor was left a quadriplegic by an accident when he was 19, after he broke his neck while diving into Oaks Bluff Harbor during a sailing trip to Martha's Vineyard off Cape Cod, TMZ has learned.
He reportedly didn't venture into acting until later in life, when he landed a part in the Farrelly brother's second flick "Kingpin" at age 40, after he had teased his friend Peter Farrelly for not including any wheelchair users in his first movie "Dumb and Dumber, the biography on Murphy's website noted.
Murphy is said to have had also filmed several scenes for "Dumb and Dumber To," and made appearances in "Shallow Hal," "Me, Myself & Irene," "Fever Pitch," "Stuck On You" and "Hall Pass."
Born on Aug. 20, 1955, Danny Murphy was raised in Boston among six sisters and a brother. He had long been a disability advocate especially working to aid disabled performers, and served as vice chair of the Screen Actors Guild Performers With Disabilities Committee. He even co-founded a theater company called Blue Zone Productions in 2008, that is dedicated to performers with disabilities
After a divorce, Murphy moved to Los Angeles in 2000, during which he took acting lessons and found work by appearing in film and theatre productions and hosting a TV show. But before making acting as his career, Murphy worked in sales management
And earned a degree from Stonehill College, according to Daily Mail.
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