Murray Hamilton
Birthday
1923/03/24
Day of death
1986/09/01 (63 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Washington, North Carolina, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Murray Hamilton (1919-1986) was an American actor who appeared in many films and TV series. He is best known for his role as Mayor Larry Vaughn in the 1975 film "Jaws" and its sequels, "Jaws 2" and "Jaws: The Revenge". Hamilton also starred in several other well-known films such as "The Graduate", "The Hustler" and "The Amityville Horror". He had a long career in both film and TV and appeared in over 70 films and TV series.
Acting
(1961) The Hustler
as Findley
(1978) Jaws 2
as Mayor Larry Vaughn
(1975) Jaws
as Vaughn
(1958) Houseboat
as Capt. Alan Wilson
(1980) Brubaker
as John Deach
(1973) The Way We Were
as Brooks Carpenter
(1966) Seconds
as Charlie Evans
(1979) 1941
as Claude Crumn
(1969) If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Fred Ferguson
(1977) Damnation Alley
as Gen. Landers
(1975) The Drowning Pool
as Kilbourne
(1968) The Boston Strangler
as Det. Frank McAfee
(1982) Mazes and Monsters
as Lt. John Martini
(1968) No Way to Treat a Lady
as Inspector Haines
(1967) The Graduate
as Mr. Robinson
(1963) 13 Frightened Girls
as Wally Sanders
(1958) Darby's Rangers
as Sims Delancey
(1957) The Spirit of St. Louis
as Bud Gurney
(1958) No Time for Sergeants
as Irving S. Blanchard
(1959) The FBI Story
as Sam Crandall
(1968) The Brotherhood
as Jim Egan
(1982) Hysterical
as The Mayor
(1967) A Bell for Adano
as Sgt. Leonard Borth
(1984) Too Scared to Scream
as Jack Oberman
(1957) Jeanne Eagels
as Chick O'Hara
(1966) An American Dream
as Arthur Kabot
(1956) Toward the Unknown
as Maj. Bromo Lee
(1944) Something for the Boys
as Soldier (uncredited)
(1996) The Making of '1941'
as (archive)
(1944) Song of the Open Road
as Crop Corps Kid (uncredited)
(1980) Swan Song
as Jack McCauley
(1971) The Failing of Raymond
as Sgt. Manzak
(1960) Tall Story
as Coach Sandy Hardy
(1951) Bright Victory
as Pete Hamilton
(1977) Killer on Board
as Dr. Ned Folger
(1963) The Cardinal
as Lafe
(1979) The Amityville Horror
as Father Ryan
(1971) The Harness
as Roy Kern
(1958) Too Much, Too Soon
as Charlie Snow
(1971) Cannon
as Virgil Holley
(1963) Papa's Delicate Condition
as Mr. Harvey
(1951) The Whistle at Eaton Falls
as Al Webster
(1960) Escape to Sonoita
as Marsh
(1978) Casey's Shadow
as Tom Patterson
(1983) Summer Girl
as Jack Reardon
(1981) All the Way Home
as Joel Lynch
(1959) Anatomy of a Murder
as Alphonse Paquette
(1965) Inherit the Wind
as E.K. Hornbeck
(1968) Danger Has Two Faces
as Colonel Jack Forbes
(1956) The Girl He Left Behind
as Sgt. Clyde
(1986) The Last Days of Patton
as Gen. Hobart "Hap" Gay
(1968) Sergeant Ryker
as Capt. Appleton
(1974) After the Fall
as Mickey
(1977) Murder at the World Series
as Harvey Murkison
(1973) Incident on a Dark Street
as Edmund Schilling
(1979) Donovan's Kid
as Henry Carpenter
(1944) Reckless Age
as Member of Soldier Quartet
(1988) James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1971) A Tattered Web
as Sgt. Joe Marcus
(1973) Murdock's Gang
as Harold Talbot
(1972) Deadly Harvest
as Sheriff Bill Jessup
(1979) A Last Cry for Help
as Ralph Muir
(1986) Whoops Apocalypse
as Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (Former US President)
(1962) The Farmer's Daughter
as Nordick
(1976) Alice
as ---
(1979) B. J. and the Bear
as Rutherford T. Grant
(1963) Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Capt. Appleton
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Mike Kessler
(1985) The Golden Girls
as Big Daddy
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1983) Mama's Family
as ---
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---
(1973) Hawkins
as Frank Guilfoyle
(1958) Naked City
as D.A. Thomas Stevenson
(1973) Kojak
as Harry Harmon
(1969) Medical Center
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Jake Buley
(1957) Perry Mason
as John Davis 'Johnny' Hale
(1948) Studio One
as Joe Bristol
(1970) Night Gallery
as ---
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as ---
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1984) Cover Up
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as E.K. Hornbeck
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Mr. Death
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Marsh
(1961) Target: The Corruptors!
as ---
(1962) The Eleventh Hour
as ---
(1971) McMillan & Wife
as ---
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as ---
(1965) Run for Your Life
as Dr. Raphael
(1981) Bret Maverick
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1963) The Fugitive
as Mel Starling
(1955) The Millionaire
as Chris Daniels
(1985) Hail to the Chief
as Senator Sam Cotton
(1963) The Fugitive
as Joe Steelman
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as ---
(1970) McCloud
as ---
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1982) Matt Houston
as ---
(1959) Men Into Space
as ---
(1957) The Real McCoys
as ---
(1967) Judd for the Defense
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as ---
(1975) Ellery Queen
as ---
(1956) Wire Service
as Ed Holley
(1971) Vanished
as Nick McCann
(1973) Needles and Pins
as ---
(1949) Suspense
as Snow Pearson
(1986) Blacke's Magic
as ---
(1954) Inner Sanctum
as ---
(1959) Love and Marriage
as Steve Baker
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Haldore Mattern
(1961) The Defenders
as Miles Morgan
(1961) The Defenders
as D.A. Sid Morgan
(1961) The Defenders
as District Attorney
(1961) The Defenders
as Bryan Phelps
(1961) The Defenders
as Tark Bennett
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Mike Finn
(1966) The Man Who Never Was
as Jack Forbes
(1956) Wire Service
as Frank Lunt
(1958) Naked City
as Matt Orman
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Lt. Dan Hargrave
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Emory Hale
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Richard Mills
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Doug McElroy
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Webb Cutter
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Calhoun
(1961) The DuPont Show of the Week
as Bob Fay
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sgt. Leonard Borth
(1969) Medical Center
as Robert Jennings
(1967) The Invaders
as Lewis Dunhill
(1979) B. J. and the Bear
as Capt. Rutherford T. Grant
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Clete Belford
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Bud Michaels
(1976) Rich Man, Poor Man
as Sid Gossett