Murray Hamilton

Murray Hamilton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

24/03/1923

Day of Death

01/09/1986
(63) years old

Place of Birth

Washington, North Carolina, USA

Biography

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... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1996

The Making of '1941'

as Self (archive footage)

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1986

The Last Days of Patton

as Gen. Hobart "Hap" Gay

1986

Whoops Apocalypse

as Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (Former ...

1984

Too Scared to Scream

as Jack Oberman

1983

Summer Girl

as Jack Reardon

1982

Mazes and Monsters

as Lt. John Martini

1982

Hysterical

as The Mayor

1981

All the Way Home

as Joel Lynch

1980

Brubaker

as John 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

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

1975

The Drowning Pool

as Kilbourne

1975

Jaws

as Vaughn

1974

After the Fall

as Mickey

1973

The Way We Were

as Brooks Carpenter

1973

Murdock's Gang

as Harold Talbot

1973

Incident on a Dark Street

as Edmund Schilling

1972

Deadly Harvest

as Sheriff Bill Jessup

1971

The Harness

as Roy Kern

1971

The Failing of Raymond

as Sgt. Manzak

1971

A Tattered Web

as Sgt. Joe Marcus

1971

Cannon

as Virgil Holley

1968

The Brotherhood

as Jim Egan

1968

Danger Has Two Faces

as Colonel Jack Forbes

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

The Graduate

as Mr. Robinson

1967

A Bell for Adano

as Sgt. Leonard Borth

1966

Seconds

as Charlie Evans

1966

An American Dream

as Arthur Kabot

1965

Inherit the Wind

as E.K. Hornbeck

1963

The Cardinal

as Lafe

1963

13 Frightened Girls

as Wally Sanders

1963

Papa's Delicate Condition

as Mr. Harvey

1962

The Farmer's Daughter

as Nordick

1961

The Hustler

as Findley

1960

Escape to Sonoita

as Marsh

1960

Tall Story

as Coach Sandy Hardy

1959

The FBI Story

as Sam Crandall

1959

Anatomy of a Murder

as Alphonse Paquette

1958

Houseboat

as Capt. Alan Wilson

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

Jeanne Eagels

as Chick O'Hara

1957

The Spirit of St. Louis

as Bud Gurney

1956

The Big Slide

as Chick Tolliver

1956

The Girl He Left Behind

as Sgt. Clyde

1956

Toward the Unknown

as Maj. Bromo Lee

1951

Bright Victory

as Pete Hamilton

1944

Something for the Boys

as Soldier (uncredited)

1944

Reckless Age

as Member of Soldier Quartet

1944

Song of the Open Road

as Crop Corps Kid (uncredited)