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Murray Hamilton
Highest Rated: 100% Bright Victory (1951)
Lowest Rated: 31% The Amityville Horror (1979)
Birthday: Mar 24, 1923
Birthplace: Washington, North Carolina, USA
Longtime stage, film and television actor Murray Hamilton is known for his memorable appearances in the films "The Hustler," "The Graduate" and "Jaws." He became interested in acting while in high school and eventually moved to New York City to pursue a stage career. He made his screen debut in a small role in the film "Reckless Age" and followed with appearances in "The Whistle at Eaton Falls" and "Bright Victory" before making his TV debut in 1951 on "The Billy Rose Show." In 1959, he received his first notable recurring role on the sitcom "Love and Marriage" and followed that year with work on the features "The FBI Story" and the Oscar-nominated "Anatomy of a Murder." In 1961 he appeared in another notable role alongside Paul Newman in "The Hustler." Throughout the 1970s he appeared in numerous films including "The Drowning Pool," the Steven Spielberg film "Jaws" and its sequel "Jaws 2." In 1979 He worked with Speilberg again on "1941" and later that same year appeared in the classic film "The Amityville Horror."
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 67% | The Last Days of Patton | Gen. Hobart `'Hap'` Gay (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Too Scared to Scream | Jack Oberman (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Summer Girl | Jack Reardon (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | Mazes and Monsters | Lt. John Martini (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All the Way Home | Joel Lynch (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 75% | 74% | Brubaker | John Deach (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 39% | 48% | 1941 | Claude Crumm (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 31% | 52% | The Amityville Horror | Father Ryan (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Last Cry for Help | Ralph Muir (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 62% | 39% | Jaws 2 | Larry Vaughn (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 80% | 72% | Casey's Shadow | Tom Patterson (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Donovan's Kid | Henry Carpenter (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder at the World Series | Harvey Murkison (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer on Board | Dr. Ned Folger (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 53% | 48% | The Drowning Pool | Kilbourne (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 97% | 90% | Jaws | Mayor Larry Vaughn (Character) | $272.2M | 1975 |
| 64% | 81% | The Way We Were | Brooks Carpenter (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Incident on a Dark Street | Edmund Schilling (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murdock's Gang | Harold Talbot (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deadly Harvest | Sheriff Bill Jessup (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Arthur Gibson (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | A Tattered Web | Sgt. Joe Marcus (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Failing of Raymond | Sgt. Manzak (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Harness | Roy Kern (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 67% | 58% | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Fred Ferguson (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 60% | 24% | The Brotherhood | Jim Egan (Character) | - | 1968 |
| 88% | 74% | The Boston Strangler | Frank McAfee (Character) | - | 1968 |
| 89% | 75% | No Way to Treat a Lady | Inspector Haines (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sergeant Ryker | Capt. Appleton (Character) | - | 1968 |
| 87% | 90% | The Graduate | Mr. Robinson (Character) | $285.8K | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Bell for Adano | Sgt. Borth (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 79% | 87% | Seconds | Charlie (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | 8% | An American Dream | Arthur Kabot (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Danger Has Two Faces | Colonel Jack Forbes (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Thirteen Frightened Girls | Wally Sanders (Character) | - | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Papa's Delicate Condition | Mr. Harvey (Character) | - | 1963 |
| 94% | 93% | The Hustler | Oames Findley (Character) | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | Tall Story | Sandy Hardy (Character) | - | 1960 |
| 100% | 91% | Anatomy of a Murder | Alphonse Paquette (Character) | - | 1959 |
| 60% | 46% | The FBI Story | Sam Crandall (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | Too Much, Too Soon | Charlie Snow (Character) | - | 1958 |
| 60% | 80% | No Time for Sergeants | Irving S. Blanchard (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Darby's Rangers |
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| 64% | 72% | Houseboat | Capt. Alan Wilson (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | Jeanne Eagels | Chick O'Hara (Character) | - | 1957 |
| 83% | 75% | The Spirit of St. Louis | Bud Gurney (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | The Girl He Left Behind | Sgt. Clyde (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Toward the Unknown | Maj. Bromo Lee (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Whistle at Eaton Falls | Al Webster (Character) | - | 1951 |
| 100% | 82% | Bright Victory | Pete Hamilton (Character) | - | 1951 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 93% | The Golden Girls | Big Daddy Hollingsworth (Guest Star) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Bud Michaels (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mama's Family | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.J. and the Bear | Unknown (Character) | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Harry Harmon (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McCloud | Donald Yates (Guest Star) | 1972 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McMillan and Wife | Herb Simpson (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Bud McKenna (Guest Star) | 1973 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Bud Ellwood (Character) | 1973 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Barney Lujack (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Longstreet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Night Gallery | Unknown (Character) | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vanished | Unknown (Character) | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Men at Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Mel Starling (Guest Star) | 1965-1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Trials of O'Brien | Morton Lee (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960-1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960-1961 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Marsh (Character) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love and Marriage | Steve Baker (Character) | 1959-1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Men Into Space | Lt. Col. Bill Aborg (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| 92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Mr. Death (Character) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal Dillon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957-1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Web Cutter (Guest Star) | 1957-1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | John 'Johnny' Davis Hale (Guest Star) | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspense | Unknown (Character) | 1953 |