Murray Hamilton
Acteur
24 maart 1923 — 1 september 1986 (63 years)
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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.
Early life
Hamilton was born in Washington, North Carolina. He displayed an early interest in performing during his days at Washington High School just before America's entry into World War II. Bad hearing kept him from enlisting, so he moved to New York City as a 19-year-old to find a career on stage.
Career
In an early role, he performed on stage with Henry Fonda in the wartime story Mister Roberts as a replacement for David Wayne, playing Ensign Pulver. In 1960, he was onstage again with Fonda in Critic's Choice; Howard Taubman of The New York Times called him "properly obnoxious as the director". Hamilton was teamed once more with Fonda in 1968 for the drama film The Boston Strangler.
Hamilton's best-known performance is as Larry Vaughn, the mayor of Amity, in the Steven Spielberg thriller Jaws (1975). Hamilton reprised the role in the sequel, Jaws 2 in 1978. He had agreed to reprise the role again in Jaws: The Revenge, but died in 1986, before production began. He was just 63 years old. Hamilton complained in a newspaper article about being typecast, stating "After I was first cast as a heavy on The Untouchables, I couldn't ever persuade them [producers] that I could also do something else." While comic roles were rare for Hamilton during his Hollywood career, he had one opposite Andy Griffith in the 1958 military comedy No Time for Sergeants, as well as an appearance in Steven Spielberg's raucous comedy 1941, released in 1979. He also appeared in a comedic guest spot on Mama's Family in the second-season episode "Mama Cries Uncle" as Uncle Roy. He was more often cast in dramatic works, such as the science-fiction drama Seconds (1966), which starred Rock Hudson. In his most high-profile performances, Hamilton appeared with Paul Newman in The Hustler (1961), playing Findley, a wealthy billiards player who gambles for high stakes, and with Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate (1967) as Mr. Robinson, husband of the seductress Mrs. Robinson. In 1975, Hamilton appeared again with Newman in The Drowning Pool. He also worked with Robert Redford in a pair of films, The Way We Were (1973) and Brubaker (1980). In early 1982 he appeared as a judge presiding over an impromptu court case on an episode of Bret Maverick. Death
Hamilton died of lung cancer at age 63, and is interred at Oakdale Cemetery in his native Washington, North Carolina. He and his wife, Terri DeMarco Hamilton (of The DeMarco Sisters), had a son, David. CLR
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.
Early life
Hamilton was born in Washington, North Carolina. He displayed an early interest in performing during his days at Washington High School just before America's entry into World War II. Bad hearing kept him from enlisting, so he moved to New York City as a 19-year-old to find a career on stage.
Career
In an early role, he performed on stage with Henry Fonda in the wartime story Mister Roberts as a replacement for David Wayne, playing Ensign Pulver. In 1960, he was onstage again with Fonda in Critic's Choice; Howard Taubman of The New York Times called him "properly obnoxious as the director". Hamilton was teamed once more with Fonda in 1968 for the drama film The Boston Strangler.
Hamilton's best-known performance is as Larry Vaughn, the mayor of Amity, in the Steven Spielberg thriller Jaws (1975). Hamilton reprised the role in the sequel, Jaws 2 in 1978. He had agreed to reprise the role again in Jaws: The Revenge, but died in 1986, before production began. He was just 63 years old. Hamilton complained in a newspaper article about being typecast, stating "After I was first cast as a heavy on The Untouchables, I couldn't ever persuade them [producers] that I could also do something else." While comic roles were rare for Hamilton during his Hollywood career, he had one opposite Andy Griffith in the 1958 military comedy No Time for Sergeants, as well as an appearance in Steven Spielberg's raucous comedy 1941, released in 1979. He also appeared in a comedic guest spot on Mama's Family in the second-season episode "Mama Cries Uncle" as Uncle Roy. He was more often cast in dramatic works, such as the science-fiction drama Seconds (1966), which starred Rock Hudson. In his most high-profile performances, Hamilton appeared with Paul Newman in The Hustler (1961), playing Findley, a wealthy billiards player who gambles for high stakes, and with Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate (1967) as Mr. Robinson, husband of the seductress Mrs. Robinson. In 1975, Hamilton appeared again with Newman in The Drowning Pool. He also worked with Robert Redford in a pair of films, The Way We Were (1973) and Brubaker (1980). In early 1982 he appeared as a judge presiding over an impromptu court case on an episode of Bret Maverick. Death
Hamilton died of lung cancer at age 63, and is interred at Oakdale Cemetery in his native Washington, North Carolina. He and his wife, Terri DeMarco Hamilton (of The DeMarco Sisters), had a son, David. CLR
Known For
Cinematografie
| 2008 | Hollywood contra Franco · as Brooks Carpenter |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson · as Alphonse Paquette (clip From Anatomy Of A Murder (1959)) |
| 1987 | Whoops Apocalypse · as Jack 'kill The Commies' Preston (former Us President) |
| 1986 | The Last Days of Patton · as Gen. Hobart "hap" GayOp Plex |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls · as Big Daddy |
| 1985 | Hail to the Chief · as Senator Sam Cotton |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote · as Bud Michaels |
| 1984 | Too Scared to Scream · as Jack Oberman |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | Summer Girl · as Jack Reardon |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | Mazes and Monsters · as Lt. John MartiniOp Plex |
| 1982 | Hysterical · as The Mayor |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | All the Way Home · as Joel Lynch |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | Brubaker · as Deach |
| 1980 | Swan Song · as Jack Mccauley |
| 1979 | 1941 · as Claude Crumn |
| 1979 | The Amityville Horror · as Father Ryan |
| 1979 | A Last Cry for Help · as Ralph Muir |
| 1979 | Donovan's Kid · as Henry Carpenter |
| 1978 | B.J. and the Bear · as Rutherford T. Grant |
| 1978 | Jaws 2 · as Mayor Larry Vaughn |
| 1978 | Casey's Shadow · as Tom Patterson |
| 1977 | Killer on Board · as Dr. Ned Folger |
| 1977 | Damnation Alley · as Gen. Landers |
| 1977 | Murder at the World Series · as Harvey Murkison |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | Most Wanted · as Patrick Kelly |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man · as Sid Gossett |
| 1975 | The Drowning Pool · as Kilbourne |
| 1975 | Jaws · as Vaughn |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Caribe · as Louis Marche |
| 1974 | After the Fall · as Mickey |
| 1973 | Kojak · as Harry Harmon |
| 1973 | The Way We Were · as Brooks Carpenter |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | Chase · as Stone |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | Hawkins · as Frank Guilfoyle |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones · as Clete Belford |
| 1973 | Incident on a Dark Street · as Edmund SchillingOp Plex |
| 1972 | Deadly Harvest · as Sheriff Bill Jessup |
| 1972 | Madigan · as Charlie Kane |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | The Failing of Raymond · as Sgt. Manzak |
| 1971 | A Tattered Web · as Sgt. Joe Marcus |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Cannon · as Virgil Holley |
| 1971 | Vanished (1971) · as Nick Mccann |
| 1971 | Longstreet · as Nelson Woodley |
| 1970 | Storefront Lawyers/Men At Law · as Harrison |
| 1970 | The Bold Ones: The Senator · as Yaeger |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | Love, American Style · as Walter (segment "love And The Happy Family") |
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium · as Fred Ferguson |
| 1969 | Medical Center · as Robert Jennings |
| 1968 | The Brotherhood · as Jim Egan |
| 1968 | The Boston Strangler · as Det. Frank Mcafee |
| 1968 | No Way to Treat a Lady · as Inspector Haines |
| 1968 | Sergeant Ryker · as Capt. Appleton |
| 1967 | Danger Has Two Faces · as Colonel Jack Forbes |
| 1967 | The Graduate · as Mr. RobinsonOp Plex |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | N.Y.P.D. · as Martin |
| 1967 | The Invaders · as Lewis Dunhill |
| 1966 | An American Dream · as Arthur Kabot |
| 1966 | Seconds · as Charlie Evans |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Hawk · as Cheever |
| 1966 | The Man Who Never Was · as Jack Forbes |
| 1965 | Inherit the Wind · as E.k. Hornbeck |
| 1965 | Trials of O'Brien · as Eddie Hanover |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. · as Doug Mcelroy |
| 1965 | Seaway · as Dr. Fischer |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life · as Dr. Raphael |
| 1964 | Slattery's People · as Edward Tillman |
| 1963 | The Cardinal · as Lafe |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre · as Capt. Appleton |
| 1963 | The Fugitive · as Joe Steelman |
| 1963 | The Doctors · as Eddie Nichols |
| 1963 | 13 Frightened Girls · as Wally Sanders |
| 1963 | Papa's Delicate Condition · as Mr. Harvey |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | The Doctors and the Nurses · as Harry Reed |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare · as Dr. Haldore Mattern |
| 1961 | The Hustler · as FindleyOp Plex |
| 1961 | The DuPont Show of the Week · as Bob Fay |
| 1961 | The Defenders · as District Attorney |
| 1961 | Way Out · as Harold Potter |
| 1960 | Route 66Op Plex |
| 1960 | The Witness · as James J. Walker |
| 1960 | Tall Story · as Coach Sandy Hardy |
| 1959 | The Detectives (1959) · as Al Morgan |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone · as Mr. Death |
| 1959 | The FBI Story · as Sam Crandall |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder · as Alphonse "al" Paquette |
| 1959 | The Untouchables · as Charley Mailer |
| 1958 | Houseboat · as Capt. Alan Wilson |
| 1958 | Naked City · as D.a. Thomas Stevenson |
| 1958 | No Time for Sergeants · as Irving S. Blanchard |
| 1958 | Too Much, Too Soon · as Charlie Snow |
| 1958 | Darby's Rangers · as Sims Delancey |
| 1957 | The Real McCoysOp Plex |
| 1957 | Goodyear Theatre · as Irwin Forman |
| 1957 | Perry Mason · as John Davis 'johnny' Hale |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Jeanne Eagels · as Chick O'hara |
| 1957 | The Spirit of St. Louis · as Bud Gurney |
| 1957 | The Silent Service · as Cmdr. Richard C. Latham |
| 1956 | The Girl He Left Behind · as Sgt. Clyde |
| 1956 | Wire Service · as Frank Lunt |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 · as Chick Tolliver |
| 1956 | Toward the Unknown · as Maj. Bromo Lee |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater · as Cast |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents · as Marsh |
| 1955 | The Phil Silvers Show · as Msgt. Allan |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke · as Webb Cutter |
| 1955 | The Millionaire · as Chris Daniels |
| 1954 | Disneyland · as Henry Carpenter |
| 1954 | |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour · as Cast |
| 1953 | Ponds Theater · as Cast |
| 1953 | The Man Behind the Badge · as Cast |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show · as Mike Finn |
| 1953 | The Revlon Mirror Theater · as Cast |
| 1953 | You Are There · as Gov. Vance |
| 1952 | Mister Peepers · as Freddy |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame · as E.k. Hornbeck |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse · as Cast |
| 1951 | |
| 1951 | The Whistle at Eaton Falls · as Al Webster |
| 1951 | Bright Victory · as Pete Hamilton |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | Danger · as Cast |
| 1950 | Treasury Men in Action · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Armstrong Circle Theatre · as Keith Roman |
| 1949 | The Big Story · as Rudy Haas |
| 1949 | Suspense · as Snow Pearson |
| 1948 | Studio One · as Joe Bristol |
| 1948 | |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre · as Cast |
| 1944 | Something for the Boys · as Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Song of the Open Road · as Crop Corps Kid (uncredited) |
| 2025 | Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story · as Self |
| 2023 | Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed · as Self |
| 2010 | Jaws: The Inside Story · as Self |
| 1988 | James Stewart's Wonderful Life · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1954 | Camera Three · as Self |