Murray Hamilton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-03-24 (63 years old)

Deathday

1986-09-01

Place of Birth

Washington, North Carolina, USA

Murray Hamilton

Biography

Murray Hamilton (March 24, 1923 – September 1, 1986) was an American actor. 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

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

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 Self (archive footage)

1944

Song of the Open Road

as Crop Corps Kid (uncredited)

1980

Swan Song

as Jack McCauley

1971

1960

Tall Story

as Coach Sandy Hardy

1951

Bright Victory

as Pete Hamilton

1977

Killer on Board

as Dr. Ned Folger

1963

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

1960

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

1986

The Last Days of Patton

as Gen. Hobart "Hap" Gay

1968

Sergeant Ryker

as Capt. Appleton

1974

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

1987

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

1956

The Big Slide

as Chick Tolliver

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