Murray Hamilton
Born: 1923-03-24 in Washington, North Carolina, USA
Died: 1986-09-01
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
1987
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
1986
- Whoops Apocalypse as Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (Former US President)
- The Last Days of Patton as Gen. Hobart "Hap" Gay
- Blacke's Magic
1985
- The Golden Girls as Big Daddy
- Hail to the Chief as Senator Sam Cotton
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Bud Michaels
- Cover Up
- Too Scared to Scream as Jack Oberman
1983
- Mama's Family
- Summer Girl as Jack Reardon
1982
- Matt Houston
- Hysterical as The Mayor
- Mazes and Monsters as Lt. John Martini
1981
- Bret Maverick
- All the Way Home as Joel Lynch
1979
- B. J. and the Bear as Rutherford T. Grant
- 1941 as Claude Crumn
- The Amityville Horror as Father Ryan
- Donovan's Kid as Henry Carpenter
- A Last Cry for Help as Ralph Muir
1978
- Jaws 2 as Mayor Larry Vaughn
- Casey's Shadow as Tom Patterson
1977
- Damnation Alley as Gen. Landers
- Murder at the World Series as Harvey Murkison
- Killer on Board as Dr. Ned Folger
1976
- Alice
- Rich Man, Poor Man as Sid Gossett
1975
- Jaws as Vaughn
- Ellery Queen
- The Drowning Pool as Kilbourne
1974
- After the Fall as Mickey
1973
- Kojak as Harry Harmon
- Barnaby Jones as Clete Belford
- Police Story
- The Way We Were as Brooks Carpenter
- Hawkins as Frank Guilfoyle
- Murdock's Gang as Harold Talbot
- Needles and Pins
- Incident on a Dark Street as Edmund Schilling
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Deadly Harvest as Sheriff Bill Jessup
1971
- Cannon
- McMillan & Wife
- The Harness as Roy Kern
- A Tattered Web as Sgt. Joe Marcus
- The Failing of Raymond as Sgt. Manzak
- Cannon as Virgil Holley
- Vanished as Nick McCann
1970
1969
- Medical Center
- If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Fred Ferguson
1968
- The Brotherhood as Jim Egan
- Sergeant Ryker as Capt. Appleton
- The Boston Strangler as Det. Frank McAfee
- No Way to Treat a Lady as Inspector Haines
- Danger Has Two Faces as Colonel Jack Forbes
1967
- The Invaders as Lewis Dunhill
- The Graduate as Mr. Robinson
- Judd for the Defense
- A Bell for Adano as Sgt. Leonard Borth
1966
- Mission: Impossible
- Seconds as Charlie Evans
- An American Dream as Arthur Kabot
- The Man Who Never Was as Jack Forbes
1965
- The F.B.I. as Mike Kessler
- Run for Your Life as Dr. Raphael
- Inherit the Wind as E.K. Hornbeck
1963
- The Fugitive as Mel Starling
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Capt. Appleton
- The Cardinal as Lafe
- Papa's Delicate Condition as Mr. Harvey
- 13 Frightened Girls as Wally Sanders
1962
- The Eleventh Hour
- The Farmer's Daughter as Nordick
1961
- Dr. Kildare as Dr. Haldore Mattern
- The Defenders as Miles Morgan
- The Hustler as Findley
- Target: The Corruptors!
- The DuPont Show of the Week as Bob Fay
1960
- Route 66
- Tall Story as Coach Sandy Hardy
- Escape to Sonoita as Marsh
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Mr. Death
- Anatomy of a Murder as Alphonse Paquette
- Men Into Space
- The FBI Story as Sam Crandall
- Love and Marriage as Steve Baker
1958
- Naked City as D.A. Thomas Stevenson
- Houseboat as Capt. Alan Wilson
- No Time for Sergeants as Irving S. Blanchard
- Darby's Rangers as Sims Delancey
- Too Much, Too Soon as Charlie Snow
1957
- Perry Mason as John Davis 'Johnny' Hale
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- The Real McCoys
- The Spirit of St. Louis as Bud Gurney
- Jeanne Eagels as Chick O'Hara
1956
- Wire Service as Ed Holley
- Toward the Unknown as Maj. Bromo Lee
- The Girl He Left Behind as Sgt. Clyde
- The Big Slide as Chick Tolliver
1955
- Gunsmoke as Jake Buley
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Marsh
- The Millionaire as Chris Daniels
1954
1953
- Letter to Loretta as Mike Finn
1951
- Bright Victory as Pete Hamilton
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as E.K. Hornbeck
- The Whistle at Eaton Falls as Al Webster
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1950
1949
- Suspense as Snow Pearson
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse
- Studio One as Joe Bristol
1944
- Reckless Age as Member of Soldier Quartet
- Something for the Boys as Soldier (uncredited)
- Song of the Open Road as Crop Corps Kid (uncredited)