Malcolm-Jamal Warner's final TV role before his death found him playing a protective father on Murder in a Small Town. During the Tuesday, October 7, episode of the Fox series, Warner played a dad named Richard Buscombe, who became a suspect after his ex-wife was murdered. Buscombe, however, is determined to look after his daughter, and it is ultimately revealed that his ex-wife's brother killed her over an inheritance. At the end of the episode, a message on the screen read, "Dedicated to the memory of Malcolm-Jamal Warner." Based on novels written by L.R.