Don Murray

Ator, Escrito por, Realização, Produção

31 de julho de 1929 — 2 de fevereiro de 2024 (94 anos)
Donald Patrick "Don" Murray (July 31, 1929-February 2, 2024) was an American actor.

Murray was born in Hollywood, California. He attended East Rockaway High School (class of 1947) in East Rockaway, New York where he played football and track, was a member of the student government and glee club and joined the Alpha Phi Chapter of the Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity. From high school he went on to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Murray had a long and varied career in films and television, including his role as Sid Fairgate in the long-running prime-time soap opera Knots Landing from 1979 to 1981. He was nominated for an Academy Award as best supporting actor in Bus Stop (1956) in which he co-starred with Marilyn Monroe.

He starred as a blackmailed United States senator in Advise & Consent (1961), a film version of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Allen Drury that was directed by Otto Preminger and cast Murray opposite Henry Fonda and Charles Laughton. He also co-starred with Steve McQueen in the film Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965) and played the ape-hating Governor Breck in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972).

In addition to acting, Murray directed a film based on the book The Cross and the Switchblade (1970) starring Pat Boone and Erik Estrada, and he scripted two episodes of Knots Landing ("Hitchhike" parts 1 & 2) in 1980.

Murray starred with Otis Young in the ground breaking ABC western television series The Outcasts (1968-69) featuring an interracial bounty hunter team in the post-Civil War West.

Murray decided to leave Knots Landing after two years to concentrate on other projects, although some sources say he left over a salary dispute. The character's death was notable at the time because it was considered rare to "kill off" a star character. The death came in the second episode of season three, following up on season two's cliffhanger in which Sid's car careered off a cliff. To make viewers off doubt the character would actually die, Murray was listed in the newly created credit sequence for season three; the character survived the plunge off the cliff (thus temporarily reassuring viewers), but died shortly afterwards in hospital.

Although he effectively distanced himself from the series after his exit in 1981, Murray later contributed an interview segment for Knots Landing: Together Again, a non-fiction reunion special made in 2005.

Murray was the first husband of actress Hope Lange. They had two children, including actor Christopher Murray.

Filmes e Séries no Plex

  • A Conquista do Planeta dos Macacos
    A Conquista do Planeta dos Macacos1972
  • Laços de Família
    Laços de Família14 temporadas
  • Rainbow
    Rainbow1978
  • O Escorpião
    O Escorpião1986
  • The Outcasts
    The Outcasts1 temporada

Conhecido Por

  • A Conquista do Planeta dos Macacos
    A Conquista do Planeta dos Macacos1972
  • Tempestade Sobre Washington
    Tempestade Sobre Washington1962
  • Amor Sem Fim
    Amor Sem Fim1981
  • A Cruz e o Punhal
    A Cruz e o Punhal1970
  • O Homem Que Não Queria Matar
    O Homem Que Não Queria Matar1958
  • As Loucuras do Meu Fantasma
    As Loucuras do Meu Fantasma1989
  • A Rainha Viking
    A Rainha Viking1967
  • De mãos dadas com o diabo
    De mãos dadas com o diabo1959
  • Cárcere Sem Grades
    Cárcere Sem Grades1957
  • Fama a Qualquer Preço
    Fama a Qualquer Preço1959
  • Túnel 28
    Túnel 281962
  • O Gênio do Mal
    O Gênio do Mal1965
  • Quarterback Princess
    Quarterback Princess1983
  • Paixão Eterna
    Paixão Eterna1987
  • Refúgio de Criminosos
    Refúgio de Criminosos1961
  • Herói Mortal
    Herói Mortal1975
  • Radioactive Dreams
    Radioactive Dreams1986
  • License to Kill
    License to Kill1984
  • Um Pé no Inferno
    Um Pé no Inferno1960
  • Justin Morgan Had a Horse
    Justin Morgan Had a Horse1972

Filmografia

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Promise · as Zacharias
2011
Vito · as Senator Brigham Anderson
2001
Island Prey · as Parker Gaits
1998
Mr. Headmistress · as Reporter
1997
1997
Special Ops Force · as White Dragon / John James / Col. Quentin Shepherd
1996
Hearts Adrift · as Lloyd Raines
1995
The Single Guy · as Chip Bremley
1993
1990
Wings · as Dad
1990
Twin Peaks · as Bushnell Mullins
1989
Ghosts Can't Do It · as Winston
1989
1989
Heavy Petting · as Beauregard 'bo' Decker
1987
Mistress · as Wyn
1987
Made in Heaven · as Ben Chandler
1987
The Stepford Children · as Steven Harding
1987
Stillwatch · as Sam Kingsley
1986
Scorpion · as Gifford LeaseNo Plex
1986
Something in Common · as Theo Fontana
1986
Peggy Sue Got Married · as Jack Kelcher
1986
Matlock · as Albert Gordon
1984
Radioactive Dreams · as Dash Hammer
1984
A Touch of Scandal · as Benjamin Gilvey
1984
Murder, She Wrote · as Wally Hampton
1984
License to Kill · as Tom Fiske
1983
Quarterback Princess · as Ralph Maida
1983
I Am the Cheese · as David Farmer
1983
Hotel · as Sam Burton
1983
Thursday's Child · as Parker Alden
1982
T.J. Hooker · as Senator Stuart Grayle
1981
Return of the Rebels · as Sonny Morgan
1981
Endless Love · as Hugh
1981
1980
Fugitive Family · as Peter Ritchie
1980
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop · as Sergeant Jack Leland
1980
The Boy Who Drank Too Much · as Ken Saunders
1979
Knots Landing · as Sid FairgateNo Plex
1979
Crisis in Mid-air · as Adam Travis
1978
Rainbow · as Frank GummNo Plex
1976
How the West Was Won · as Anderson
1975
Deadly Hero · as Edward A. Lacy
1975
A Girl Named Sooner · as Sheriff Phil Rotteman
1974
Amy Prentiss · as Connors
1974
The Sex Symbol · as Sen. Grant O'neal
1974
The Girl on the Late, Late Show · as William Martin
1973
Love Story · as Neil Kaplan
1973
1973
Police Story · as Jack Bonner
1973
Cotter · as Cotter
1972
The ABC Afterschool Special · as Jack Karpinsky
1972
1972
Justin Morgan Had a Horse · as Justin Morgan
1971
Happy Birthday, Wanda June · as Herb Shuttle
1970
The Intruders · as Sam Garrison
1969
Daughter of the Mind · as Dr. Alex Lauder
1969
Childish Things · as Tom Harris
1968
The Outcasts · as Earl CoreyNo Plex
1967
The Viking Queen · as Justinian
1967
The Borgia Stick · as Tom Harrison
1967
Sweet Love, Bitter · as David Hillary
1966
The Plainsman · as Wild Bill Hickok
1966
Kid Rodelo · as Kid Rodelo
1965
Baby the Rain Must Fall · as Deputy Sheriff Slim
1964
One Man's Way · as Norman Vincent Peale
1963
Marilyn · as Archive Footage
1962
Escape from East Berlin · as Kurt Schröder
1962
Advise & Consent · as Senator Brigham Anderson
1961
The Hoodlum Priest · as Father Charles Dismas Clark
1960
One Foot in Hell · as Dan Keats
1959
Shake Hands with the Devil · as Kerry O'shea
1959
These Thousand Hills · as Albert Gallatin 'lat' Evans
1958
From Hell to Texas · as Tod Lohman
1957
1957
A Hatful of Rain · as Johnny Pope
1957
The Bachelor Party · as Charlie Samson
1956
Playhouse 90 · as Randy Bragg
1956
Bus Stop · as Beauregard 'bo' Decker
1955
1954
Disneyland · as Justin Morgan
1954
Producers' Showcase · as Henry Antrobus
1953
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame · as Parker Alden
1950
1950
1950
1948
Studio One · as Biondello
1948
1947