Murray Hamilton
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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
Fotos
Películas (65)
Tiburón: la historia de un clásico
2025 · Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Self (archive footage)
The Last Days of Patton
1986 · Gen. Hobart "Hap" Gay
Whoops Apocalypse
1986 · Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (Former US President)
Too Scared to Scream
1984 · Jack Oberman
Summer Girl
1983 · Jack Reardon
Mazes and Monsters
1982 · Lt. John Martini
Hysterical
1982 · The Mayor
All the Way Home
1981 · Joel Lynch
Brubaker
1980 · Deach
Swan Song
1980 · Jack McCauley
1941
1979 · Claude Crumn
The Amityville Horror
1979 · Father Ryan
A Last Cry for Help
1979 · Ralph Muir
Donovan's Kid
1979 · Henry Carpenter
Jaws 2
1978 · Mayor Larry Vaughn
Casey's Shadow
1978 · Tom Patterson
Killer on Board
1977 · Dr. Ned Folger
Damnation Alley
1977 · Gen. Landers
Murder at the World Series
1977 · Harvey Murkison
The Drowning Pool
1975 · J.Hugh Kilbourne
Jaws
1975 · Vaughn
After the Fall
1974 · Mickey
The Way We Were
1973 · Brooks Carpenter
Murdock's Gang
1973 · Harold Talbot
Incident on a Dark Street
1973 · Edmund Schilling
Deadly Harvest
1972 · Sheriff Bill Jessup
The Failing of Raymond
1971 · Sgt. Manzak
The Harness
1971 · Roy Kern
A Tattered Web
1971 · Sgt. Joe Marcus
Cannon
1971 · Virgil Holley
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969 · Fred Ferguson
The Brotherhood
1968 · Jim Egan
Danger Has Two Faces
1968 · Colonel Jack Forbes
The Boston Strangler
1968 · Det. Frank McAfee
No Way to Treat a Lady
1968 · Inspector Haines
Sergeant Ryker
1968 · Capt. Appleton
The Graduate
1967 · Mr. Robinson
A Bell for Adano
1967 · Sgt. Leonard Borth
Seconds
1966 · Charlie Evans
An American Dream
1966 · Arthur Kabot
Inherit the Wind
1965 · E.K. Hornbeck
The Cardinal
1963 · Lafe
13 Frightened Girls
1963 · Wally Sanders
Papa's Delicate Condition
1963 · Mr. Harvey
The Farmer's Daughter
1962 · Nordick
The Hustler
1961 · Findley
Escape to Sonoita
1960 · Marsh
Tall Story
1960 · Coach Sandy Hardy
The FBI Story
1959 · Sam Crandall
Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · Alphonse Paquette
Houseboat
1958 · Capt. Alan Wilson
No Time for Sergeants
1958 · Irving S. Blanchard
Too Much, Too Soon
1958 · Charlie Snow
Darby's Rangers
1958 · Sims Delancey
Jeanne Eagels
1957 · Chick O'Hara
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957 · Bud Gurney
The Big Slide
1956 · Chick Tolliver
The Girl He Left Behind
1956 · Sgt. Clyde
Toward the Unknown
1956 · Maj. Bromo Lee
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951 · Al Webster
Bright Victory
1951 · Pete Hamilton
Something for the Boys
1944 · Soldier (uncredited)
Reckless Age
1944 · Member of Soldier Quartet
Song of the Open Road
1944 · Crop Corps Kid (uncredited)
Series (58)
Blacke's Magic
1986
The Golden Girls
1985 · Big Daddy
Hail to the Chief
1985 · Senator Sam Cotton
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Bud Michaels
Cover Up
1984
Mama's Family
1983
Matt Houston
1982
Bret Maverick
1981
B. J. and the Bear
1979 · Rutherford T. Grant
Alice
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976 · Sid Gossett
Ellery Queen
1975
Kojak
1973 · Harry Harmon
Needles and Pins
1973
Police Story
1973
Hawkins
1973 · Frank Guilfoyle
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Clete Belford
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
McMillan & Wife
1971
Cannon
1971
Vanished
1971 · Nick McCann
Night Gallery
1970
McCloud
1970 · Donald Yates, Adrian Becker
Medical Center
1969 · Robert Jennings
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The Invaders
1967 · Lewis Dunhill
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Man Who Never Was
1966 · Jack Forbes
The F.B.I.
1965 · Mike Kessler, Emory Hale, Richard Mills, Doug McElroy
Run for Your Life
1965 · Dr. Raphael
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Capt. Appleton
The Fugitive
1963 · Mel Starling, Joe Steelman
The Eleventh Hour
1962
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Dr. Haldore Mattern, Lt. Dan Hargrave
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961 · Bob Fay
The Defenders
1961 · Miles Morgan, D.A. Sid Morgan, District Attorney, Bryan Phelps, Tark Bennett
Route 66
1960
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Mr. Death
Men Into Space
1959
Love and Marriage
1959 · Steve Baker
Naked City
1958 · D.A. Thomas Stevenson, Matt Orman
The Real McCoys
1957
Perry Mason
1957 · John Davis 'Johnny' Hale
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Wire Service
1956 · Ed Holley, Frank Lunt
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Marsh
Gunsmoke
1955 · Jake Buley, Webb Cutter, Calhoun
The Millionaire
1955 · Chris Daniels
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Henry Carpenter
Inner Sanctum
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Mike Finn
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · E.K. Hornbeck, Sgt. Leonard Borth
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Suspense
1949 · Snow Pearson
Studio One
1948 · Joe Bristol
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948