Durrell began his career in the role of attorney Peter Wexler on the
CBS soap opera
The Guiding Light. In 1969, he appeared on Broadway in
Cock-A-Doodle-Dandy at the Lyceum Theatre. Other television roles were as
police Lieutenant Moraga in the short-lived CBS
crime drama Shannon (1981–1982), starring
Kevin Dobson in the title role, and then as Nicholas Stone from 1984–1985 on CBS's
Alice. Another well-known role was in 1983 in the
NBC science fiction miniseries
V and the 1984 sequel
V: The Final Battle as Robert Maxwell; he reprised his role in the first two episodes of
V: The Series. He played
D.A. Lloyd Burgess on the hit TV series
Matlock from 1986 to 1990, and as Dr. John Martin, the father of Donna Martin on the hit
Fox TV series
Beverly Hills, 90210, in which he had a recurring role. He guest starred in the
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "
Sanctuary". He appears in Season 1, Episode 5 of
The Eddie Capra Mysteries and Season 5, Episode 10 of
Dexter. == Film ==