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Murray Hamilton

Murray Hamilton was an American actor who appeared in many films and TV series. 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Washington, North Carolina, USA, 1923-03-24

Died: 1986-09-01

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Song of the Open Road	Crop Corps Kid (uncredited)	0
2	1944	Reckless Age	Member of Soldier Quartet	0
3	1944	Something for the Boys	Soldier (uncredited)	62
4	1951	Bright Victory	Pete Hamilton	69
5	1951	The Whistle at Eaton Falls	Al Webster	62
6	1956	Toward the Unknown	Maj. Bromo Lee	56
7	1956	The Girl He Left Behind	Sgt. Clyde	40
8	1956	The Big Slide	Chick Tolliver	0
9	1957	The Spirit of St. Louis	Bud Gurney	67
10	1957	Jeanne Eagels	Chick O'Hara	63
11	1958	Darby's Rangers	Sims Delancey	59
12	1958	Too Much, Too Soon	Charlie Snow	49
13	1958	No Time for Sergeants	Irving S. Blanchard	72
14	1958	Houseboat	Capt. Alan Wilson	64
15	1959	Anatomy of a Murder	Alphonse Paquette	79
16	1959	The FBI Story	Sam Crandall	61
17	1960	Tall Story	Coach Sandy Hardy	54
18	1960	Escape to Sonoita	Marsh	70
19	1961	The Hustler	Findley	77
20	1962	The Farmer's Daughter	Nordick	0
21	1963	Papa's Delicate Condition	Mr. Harvey	54
22	1963	13 Frightened Girls	Wally Sanders	54
23	1963	The Cardinal	Lafe	65
24	1965	Inherit the Wind	E.K. Hornbeck	80
25	1966	An American Dream	Arthur Kabot	46
26	1966	Seconds	Charlie Evans	73
27	1967	A Bell for Adano	Sgt. Leonard Borth	0
28	1967	The Graduate	Mr. Robinson	76
29	1968	Sergeant Ryker	Capt. Appleton	60
30	1968	No Way to Treat a Lady	Inspector Haines	66
31	1968	The Boston Strangler	Det. Frank McAfee	67
32	1968	Danger Has Two Faces	Colonel Jack Forbes	70
33	1968	The Brotherhood	Jim Egan	59
34	1969	If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium	Fred Ferguson	58
35	1971	Cannon	Virgil Holley	35
36	1971	A Tattered Web	Sgt. Joe Marcus	56
37	1971	The Failing of Raymond	Sgt. Manzak	60
38	1971	The Harness	Roy Kern	0
39	1972	Deadly Harvest	Sheriff Bill Jessup	60
40	1973	Incident on a Dark Street	Edmund Schilling	50
41	1973	Murdock's Gang	Harold Talbot	60
42	1973	The Way We Were	Brooks Carpenter	69
43	1974	After the Fall	Mickey	0
44	1975	Jaws	Vaughn	77
45	1975	The Drowning Pool	Kilbourne	63
46	1977	Murder at the World Series	Harvey Murkison	65
47	1977	Damnation Alley	Gen. Landers	51
48	1977	Killer on Board	Dr. Ned Folger	50
49	1978	Casey's Shadow	Tom Patterson	64
50	1978	Jaws 2	Mayor Larry Vaughn	60
51	1979	Donovan's Kid	Henry Carpenter	60
52	1979	A Last Cry for Help	Ralph Muir	100
53	1979	The Amityville Horror	Father Ryan	63
54	1979	1941	Claude Crumn	58
55	1980	Swan Song	Jack McCauley	0
56	1980	Brubaker	John Deach	71
57	1981	All the Way Home	Joel Lynch	70
58	1982	Hysterical	The Mayor	46
59	1982	Mazes and Monsters	Lt. John Martini	42
60	1983	Summer Girl	Jack Reardon	70
61	1984	Too Scared to Scream	Jack Oberman	51
62	1986	Whoops Apocalypse	Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (Former US President)	56
63	1986	The Last Days of Patton	Gen. Hobart "Hap" Gay	64
64	1988	James Stewart: A Wonderful Life	Self (archive footage)	60
65	1996	The Making of '1941'	Self (archive footage)	66

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse		63
2	1948	Studio One	Joe Bristol	50
3	1949	Suspense	Snow Pearson	49
4	1950	Lux Video Theatre		63
5	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		73
6	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	E.K. Hornbeck	86
7	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Sgt. Leonard Borth	86
8	1953	Letter to Loretta	Mike Finn	65
9	1954	Inner Sanctum		70
10	1955	The Millionaire	Chris Daniels	50
11	1955	Gunsmoke	Jake Buley	66
12	1955	Gunsmoke	Webb Cutter	66
13	1955	Gunsmoke	Calhoun	66
14	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Marsh	77
15	1956	Wire Service	Ed Holley	0
16	1956	Wire Service	Frank Lunt	0
17	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
18	1957	Perry Mason	John Davis 'Johnny' Hale	77
19	1957	The Real McCoys		56
20	1958	Naked City	D.A. Thomas Stevenson	55
21	1958	Naked City	Matt Orman	55
22	1959	Love and Marriage	Steve Baker	0
23	1959	Men Into Space		70
24	1959	The Twilight Zone	Mr. Death	85
25	1960	Route 66		63
26	1961	The Defenders	Miles Morgan	62
27	1961	The Defenders	D.A. Sid Morgan	62
28	1961	The Defenders	District Attorney	62
29	1961	The Defenders	Bryan Phelps	62
30	1961	The Defenders	Tark Bennett	62
31	1961	The DuPont Show of the Week	Bob Fay	60
32	1961	Dr. Kildare	Dr. Haldore Mattern	55
33	1961	Dr. Kildare	Lt. Dan Hargrave	55
34	1961	Target: The Corruptors!		35
35	1962	The Eleventh Hour		60
36	1963	The Fugitive	Mel Starling	72
37	1963	The Fugitive	Joe Steelman	72
38	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Capt. Appleton	53
39	1965	Run for Your Life	Dr. Raphael	72
40	1965	The F.B.I.	Mike Kessler	55
41	1965	The F.B.I.	Emory Hale	55
42	1965	The F.B.I.	Richard Mills	55
43	1965	The F.B.I.	Doug McElroy	55
44	1966	The Man Who Never Was	Jack Forbes	0
45	1966	Mission: Impossible		76
46	1967	The Invaders	Lewis Dunhill	68
47	1967	Judd for the Defense		75
48	1969	Medical Center		61
49	1969	Medical Center	Robert Jennings	61
50	1970	McCloud		71
51	1970	Night Gallery		78
52	1971	Vanished	Nick McCann	50
53	1971	Cannon		65
54	1971	McMillan & Wife		69
55	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		69
56	1973	Barnaby Jones	Clete Belford	69
57	1973	Hawkins	Frank Guilfoyle	72
58	1973	Police Story		69
59	1973	Needles and Pins		50
60	1973	Kojak	Harry Harmon	70
61	1975	Ellery Queen		74
62	1976	Rich Man, Poor Man	Sid Gossett	78
63	1976	Alice		71
64	1979	B. J. and the Bear	Rutherford T. Grant	55
65	1979	B. J. and the Bear	Capt. Rutherford T. Grant	55
66	1981	Bret Maverick		40
67	1982	Matt Houston		62
68	1983	Mama's Family		76
69	1984	Cover Up		66
70	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Bud Michaels	75
71	1985	Hail to the Chief	Senator Sam Cotton	50
72	1985	The Golden Girls	Big Daddy	75
73	1986	Blacke's Magic		60