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Murray Hamilton

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3/24/1923, Washington, NC

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9/1/1986

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Murray Hamilton was an American actor who is best known for his roles in The Graduate (1967) and Jaws (1975). Born in Washington, North Carolina in 1923, Hamilton expressed interest in acting during his high school years. After being turned down by the US Army due to bad…more

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Star (27)

Role
- Casey's Shadow
  Star
  2008
- The Boston Strangler
  Star
  2006
- Hail To the Chief
  Sen. Sam Cotton
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode Seven
    5/21/85
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode Six
    5/14/85
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode Five
    5/7/85
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode Four
    4/30/85
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode Three
    4/23/85
  - + 2 More Credits
- B.J. and the Bear
  Rutherford T Grant
  - S 3: Ep 15 The Two Million Dollar Hustle
    5/9/81
- B.J. and the Bear
  Rutherford T. Grant
  - S 3: Ep 14 Detective Finger, I Presume?
    5/2/81
  - S 3: Ep 13 Who is B.J.?
    4/25/81
  - S 3: Ep 12 S.T.U.N.T.
    3/31/81
  - S 3: Ep 10 A Bear in the Hand
    3/17/81
  - S 3: Ep 9 For Adults Only
    3/10/81
  - + 8 More Credits
- Brubaker
  Star
  1980
- B.J. and the Bear
  Rutherford T Grant [Season 3: 1981]
- 1941
  Claude Crumn
  1979
- The Amityville Horror
  Star
  1979
- Jaws 2
  Mayor Larry Vaughn
  1978
- Rich Man, Poor Man
  Sid Gossett
  - S 1: Ep 11 Chapter 11
    3/15/76
  - S 1: Ep 9 Chapter 9
    3/8/76
- The Drowning Pool
  Star
  1975
- Jaws
  Mayor Larry Vaughn
  1975
- The Way We Were
  Brooks Carpenter
  1973
- If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
  Fred Ferguson
  1969
- The Brotherhood
  Star
  1968
- No Way To Treat A Lady
  Star
  1968
- The Man Who Never Was
  Col. Jack Forbes
  - S 1: Ep 18 I Take This Woman
    1/4/67
  - S 1: Ep 17 Drop By Drop
    12/28/66
  - S 1: Ep 16 In Memory of Davos
    12/21/66
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Perfect Crime
    12/14/66
  - S 1: Ep 14 Things Dead and Done
    12/7/66
  - + 13 More Credits
- The Graduate
  Mr. Robinson
  1967
- The Hustler
  Star
  1961
- Tall Story
  Star
  1960
- Anatomy Of A Murder
  Alphonse Paquette
  1959
- The FBI Story
  Star
  1959
- Houseboat
  Star
  1958
- NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS
  Star
  1958
- The Spirit of St. Louis
  Bud Gurney
  1957
- Jeanne Eagels
  Star
  1957
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- The Defenders (1961)
  Bryan Phelps
  - S 3: Ep 21 Drink Like a Lady
    2/29/64
- The Defenders (1961)
  District Attorney
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Empty Heart
    10/5/63
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Avenger
    11/17/62
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Hickory Indian
    3/3/62
- The Defenders (1961)
  Miles Morgan
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Bedside Murder
    1/6/62
Guest Star (120)

Role
- The Golden Girls
  Big Daddy Hollingsworth
  - S 1: Ep 24 Big Daddy
    5/3/86
- Murder, She Wrote
  Bud Michaels
  - S 1: Ep 10 Death Casts A Spell
    12/30/84
- Cover Up
  Sheriff
  - S 1: Ep 10 Murder In Malibu
    12/1/84
- Mama's Family
  Uncle Roy Harper
  - S 2: Ep 20 Mama Cries Uncle
    3/24/84
- Matt Houston
  Al Brodax
  - S 1: Ep 3 Stop The Presses
    10/3/82
- Matt Houston
  Al Brodax*
- Bret Maverick
  Judge Nat Cobb
  - S 1: Ep 10 A Night At The Red Ox
    2/23/82
- Disneyland
  Henry Carpenter
  - S 25: Ep 11 Donovan's Kid (2)
    1/14/79
  - S 25: Ep 10 Donovan's Kid (1)
    1/7/79
- Kojak
  Harry Bob Harmon
  - S 4: Ep 24 Sister Maria
    3/15/77
- Most Wanted
  Kelly
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Fixer
    1/8/77
- Alice (1985)
  Charlie Hyatt
  - S 1: Ep 13 Mother-in-Law (2)
    12/18/76
- Most Wanted
  Guest Star
- Rich Man, Poor Man
  Sid Gossett
- McCloud
  Donald Yates
  - S 6: Ep 5 Our Man in the Harem
    1/11/76
- McMillan & Wife
  Herb Simpson
  - S 5: Ep 4 Secrets for Sale
    12/7/75
- Ellery Queen
  Henry Palmer
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Adventure of the Chinese Dog
    9/25/75
- Cannon
  Bud McKenna
  - S 5: Ep 2 The Deadly Conspiracy
    9/17/75
- Caribe
  Louis Marche
  - S 1: Ep 7 Murder In Paradise
    3/31/75
- Police Story
  Bud Ellwood
  - S 2: Ep 20 War Games
    3/4/75
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Barney Lujack
  - S 3: Ep 12 License to Kill
    12/5/74
- Medical Center
  Dr. Scofield
  - S 5: Ep 18 Girl from Bedlam
    2/18/74
- Barnaby Jones
  Clete Belford
  - S 2: Ep 12 Fatal Flight
    12/9/73
- Police Story
  Watch Commander
  - S 1: Ep 8 Collision Course
    11/20/73
- Needles and Pins
  Fryer
  - S 1: Ep 6 Union Trouble
    11/9/73
- Hawkins
  Frank
  - S 1: Ep 3 Die, Darling, Die
    10/23/73
- Hawkins
  Guest Star
- Police Story
  Guest Star
- Cannon
  Arthur Gibson
  - S 3: Ep 2 He Who Digs a Grave (2)
    9/12/73
  - S 3: Ep 1 He Who Digs a Grave (1)
    9/12/73
- Love, American Style
  Walter
  - S 4: Ep 73 Love and the Happy Family
    2/23/73
- Mission: Impossible
  Dr. Jerome Cooper
  - S 7: Ep 10 Ultimatum
    11/18/72
- McCloud
  Adrian Becker
  - S 3: Ep 1 The New Mexican Connection
    10/1/72
- Madigan
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Manhattan Beat
    9/20/72
- Longstreet
  Nelson Woodley
  - S 1: Ep 12 There Was a Crooked Man
    12/9/71
- Night Gallery
  Snyder
  - S 2: Ep 28 Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator
    11/17/71
- Cannon
  Virgil Holly
- Cannon
  Virgil Holley
  - — Cannon
    3/26/71
- The Bold Ones: The Senator
  Yaeger
  - S 1: Ep 6 Someday They'll Elect a President
    1/17/71
- The F.B.I.
  Douglas McElroy
  - S 6: Ep 12 The Witness
    12/13/70
- Medical Center
  Robert Jennings
  - S 2: Ep 3 Junkie
    9/30/70
- The Bold Ones: The Senator
  Guest Star
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
- Medical Center
  Guest Star
- The F.B.I.
  Dick Mills
  - S 4: Ep 17 A Life in the Balance
    1/19/69
- The F.B.I.
  Emory Hale
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Ninth Man
    3/24/68
- N.Y.P.D.
  Martin
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Private Eye Puzzle
    3/5/68
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Sgt. Leonard Borth
  - S 17: Ep 1 A Bell for Adano
    11/11/67
- Judd for the Defense
  John Ritter
  - S 1: Ep 10 Citizen Ritter
    11/10/67
- Judd for the Defense
  Guest Star
- N.Y.P.D.
  Guest Star
- The Invaders
  Lewis Dunhill
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Condemned
    5/9/67
- The F.B.I.
  Michael Kessler
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Camel's Nose
    12/11/66
- Hawk
  Cheever
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Theory of the Innocent Bystander
    10/13/66
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Joe Steelman
  - S 3: Ep 30 Coralee
    4/26/66
- Run for Your Life
  Dr. Raphael
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Cruel Fountain
    4/4/66
- Dr. Kildare
  Dan Hargrave
  - S 5: Ep 56 A Strange Sort Of Accident (2)
    3/29/66
  - S 5: Ep 55 Mercy Or Murder (1)
    3/28/66
- Camera Three
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 20 Why an Actor?
    2/6/66
- Trials of O'Brien
  Morton Lee
  - S 1: Ep 16 The 10-Foot, 6-Inch Pole
    1/14/66
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  E.K. Hornbeck
  - S 15: Ep 2 Inherit the Wind
    11/18/65
- Trials of O'Brien
  Eddie Hanover
  - S 1: Ep 1 Over Defense Is Out
    9/18/65
- Slattery's People
  Edward Tillman
  - S 1: Ep 25 Question: What Time Is the Next Bandwagon?
    4/9/65
- The Defenders (1961)
  Tark Bennett
  - S 4: Ep 25 The Sworn Twelve
    3/25/65
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Mel Starling
  - S 2: Ep 22 Moon Child
    2/16/65
- Kraft Suspense Theatre
  Capt. Appleton
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Case Against Paul Ryker (2)
    10/17/63
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Case Against Paul Ryker (1)
    10/10/63
- The Nurses (1962)
  Harry Reed
  - S 2: Ep 3 Escape Route
    10/10/63
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Keith Roman
  - S 14: Ep 14 The Health Fraud
    3/27/63
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Bob Fay
  - S 2: Ep 10 Windfall
    1/13/63
- Dr. Kildare
  Mattern
  - S 2: Ep 13 A Time For Every Purpose
    12/27/62
- The Untouchables
  Charley Mailer
  - S 4: Ep 3 The Chess Game
    10/9/62
- The Eleventh Hour (1962)
  Walter Enley
  - S 1: Ep 1 Ann Costigan: A Duel on a Field of White
    10/3/62
- Target: The Corruptors
  Eddie Murray
  - S 1: Ep 33 The Organizer (2)
    5/25/62
  - S 1: Ep 32 The Organizer (1)
    5/18/62
- The Untouchables
  Michael Barrigan
  - S 3: Ep 15 The Whitey Steele Story
    2/8/62
- The United States Steel Hour
  Guest Star
  - S 9: Ep 11 The Big Laugh
    1/24/62
- Route 66
  Dr. Anderson
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Thin White Line
    12/8/61
- Naked City
  Asst. D.A. Orman
  - S 3: Ep 7 Which Is Joseph Creeley?
    11/15/61
- The Untouchables
  Harry Danigan
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Troubleshooter
    10/12/61
- Way Out (1961)
  Harold Potter
  - S 1: Ep 12 Side Show
    6/30/61
- The Untouchables
  George Varsey
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Tommy Karpeles Story
    12/29/60
- Route 66
  Dr. Stafford
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Swan Bed
    10/21/60
- Naked City
  Stevenson
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Pedigree Sheet
    10/19/60
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Marsh
  - S 5: Ep 37 Escape to Sonoita
    6/26/60
- Men into Space
  Lt. Col. Bill Alborg
  - S 1: Ep 14 Tankers In Space
    1/6/60
- The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor
  Al
  - S 1: Ep 11 Masquerade
    12/25/59
- The Untouchables
  Harry Danigan, Reporter
- The Twilight Zone
  Mr. Death
  - S 1: Ep 2 One for the Angels
    10/9/59
- Lock-Up
  Joe Taner
- The Real McCoys
  George Emery
  - S 2: Ep 8 Do You Kiss Your Wife?
    11/20/58
- Gunsmoke
  Calhoun
  - S 4: Ep 9 Land Deal
    11/8/58
- Gunsmoke
  Jim Calhoun
  - S 4: Ep 9 Land Deal
    11/8/58
- Perry Mason
  John Davis Hale
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Case of the Deadly Double
    3/1/58
- Gunsmoke
  Cutter
  - S 3: Ep 23 Wild West
    2/15/58
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Ed McKay
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Last Laugh
    1/25/58
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 36 An Old Spanish Custom
    6/7/57
- Wire Service
  Frank Lunt
  - S 1: Ep 34 Confirm Or Deny
    5/27/57
- Loretta Young Show
  Mike Finn
  - S 4: Ep 32 A Mind of Their Own
    5/12/57
- The Millionaire
  Chris Daniels
  - S 3: Ep 33 The Chris Daniels Story
    5/8/57
- Gunsmoke
  Jake Buley
  - S 2: Ep 27 Chester's Murder
    3/30/57
- Conflict
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 9 Girl On The Subway
    1/8/57
- Playhouse 90
  Chick Tolliver
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Big Slide
    11/8/56
- Wire Service
  Ed Holley
  - S 1: Ep 3 Hideout
    10/18/56
- The Phil Silvers Show
  Sergeant Allan
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Eating Contest
    11/15/55
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 8: Ep 42 The Straw
    7/13/55
  - S 6: Ep 29 Rain No More
    4/15/53
- Studio One
  Joe
  - S 7: Ep 38 The Spongers
    6/6/55
- Justice (1954)
  the agent
  - S 2: Ep 31 Hard To Get
    5/12/55
- The Millionaire
  Guest Star
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 13 Captive City
    11/18/54
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Power of Suggestion
    8/29/54
  - S 2: Ep 9 Two For One
    1/18/53
- The Inner Sanctum
  Frank
  - S 1: Ep 26 Family Skeleton
    7/3/54
- The Big Story
  Virgil Pierson
  - S 5: Ep 38 Virgil Pierson of the Birmingham Age-Herald
    5/29/54
- The Inner Sanctum
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Good Luck Charm
    4/17/54
- The Inner Sanctum
  Joe
  - S 1: Ep 10 Lost in the Dark
    3/13/54
- Treasury Men in Action
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 28 The Case of the Pentagon Payroll
    3/4/54
- Mr. Peepers
  Freddie
  - S 3: Ep 23 Episode 71
    2/14/54
  - S 2: Ep 22 Episode 32
    3/22/53
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 9 The Glorification of Al Toolum
    12/27/53
  - S 6: Ep 6 Up Above the World So High
    11/22/53
- Kraft Television Theatre (1953)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 2 Alias Jimmy Valentine
    10/22/53
- Gulf Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 4 Comeback
    7/24/53
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Nick Sledge
  - S 4: Ep 23 Transfusion
    3/31/53
- Suspense
  Snow Pearson
  - S 5: Ep 22 Mutiny Below
    2/3/53
- Mr. Peepers
  Freddy
  - S 2: Ep 6 Episode 16
    11/30/52
- Mr. Peepers
  Freddie Willis
  - S 2: Ep 2 Episode 12
    11/2/52
- Suspense
  Guest Star

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