Murray Hamilton
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Acting Credits
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Murray Hamilton (March 24, 1923 β 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, Nor...
Known For
Filmography
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
as Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Days of Patton
1986
as Gen. Hobart "Hap" Gay
Whoops Apocalypse
1986
as Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (Former US President)
Blacke's Magic
1986
The Golden Girls
1985
as Big Daddy
Hail to the Chief
1985
as Senator Sam Cotton
Too Scared to Scream
1984
as Jack Oberman
Cover Up
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Bud Michaels
Summer Girl
1983
as Jack Reardon
Mama's Family
1983
Mazes and Monsters
1982
as Lt. John Martini
Hysterical
1982
as The Mayor
Matt Houston
1982
All the Way Home
1981
as Joel Lynch
Bret Maverick
1981
Brubaker
1980
as Deach
Swan Song
1980
as Jack McCauley
1941
1979
as Claude Crumn
The Amityville Horror
1979
as Father Ryan
Donovan's Kid
1979
as Henry Carpenter
A Last Cry for Help
1979
as Ralph Muir
B. J. and the Bear
1979
as Rutherford T. Grant
Jaws 2
1978
as Mayor Larry Vaughn
Casey's Shadow
1978
as Tom Patterson
Damnation Alley
1977
as Gen. Landers
Killer on Board
1977
as Dr. Ned Folger
Murder at the World Series
1977
as Harvey Murkison
Alice
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
as Sid Gossett
Jaws
1975
as Vaughn
The Drowning Pool
1975
as Kilbourne
Ellery Queen
1975
After the Fall
1974
as Mickey
The Way We Were
1973
as Brooks Carpenter
Incident on a Dark Street
1973
as Edmund Schilling
Murdock's Gang
1973
as Harold Talbot
Hawkins
1973
as Frank Guilfoyle
Kojak
1973
as Harry Harmon
Police Story
1973
Needles and Pins
1973
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Clete Belford
Deadly Harvest
1972
as Sheriff Bill Jessup
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Failing of Raymond
1971
as Sgt. Manzak
The Harness
1971
as Roy Kern
Cannon
1971
as Virgil Holley
A Tattered Web
1971
as Sgt. Joe Marcus
Cannon
1971
McMillan & Wife
1971
Vanished
1971
as Nick McCann
Night Gallery
1970
McCloud
1970
as Donald Yates
McCloud
1970
as Adrian Becker
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Fred Ferguson
Medical Center
1969
Medical Center
1969
as Robert Jennings
The Boston Strangler
1968
as Det. Frank McAfee
No Way to Treat a Lady
1968
as Inspector Haines
The Brotherhood
1968
as Jim Egan
Danger Has Two Faces
1968
as Colonel Jack Forbes
Sergeant Ryker
1968
as Capt. Appleton
The Graduate
1967
as Mr. Robinson
A Bell for Adano
1967
as Sgt. Leonard Borth
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The Invaders
1967
as Lewis Dunhill
Seconds
1966
as Charlie Evans
An American Dream
1966
as Arthur Kabot
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Man Who Never Was
1966
as Jack Forbes
Inherit the Wind
1965
as E.K. Hornbeck
The F.B.I.
1965
as Mike Kessler
Run for Your Life
1965
as Dr. Raphael
The F.B.I.
1965
as Emory Hale
The F.B.I.
1965
as Richard Mills
The F.B.I.
1965
as Doug McElroy
13 Frightened Girls
1963
as Wally Sanders
The Cardinal
1963
as Lafe
Papa's Delicate Condition
1963
as Mr. Harvey
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Capt. Appleton
The Fugitive
1963
as Mel Starling
The Fugitive
1963
as Joe Steelman
The Farmer's Daughter
1962
as Nordick
The Eleventh Hour
1962
The Hustler
1961
as Findley
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Haldore Mattern
The Defenders
1961
as Miles Morgan
The Defenders
1961
as D.A. Sid Morgan
The Defenders
1961
as District Attorney
The Defenders
1961
as Bryan Phelps
The Defenders
1961
as Tark Bennett
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Lt. Dan Hargrave
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
as Bob Fay
Tall Story
1960
as Coach Sandy Hardy
Escape to Sonoita
1960
as Marsh
Route 66
1960
The FBI Story
1959
as Sam Crandall
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
as Alphonse Paquette
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Mr. Death
Men Into Space
1959
Love and Marriage
1959
as Steve Baker
Houseboat
1958
as Capt. Alan Wilson
Darby's Rangers
1958
as Sims Delancey
No Time for Sergeants
1958
as Irving S. Blanchard
Too Much, Too Soon
1958
as Charlie Snow
Naked City
1958
as D.A. Thomas Stevenson
Naked City
1958
as Matt Orman
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
as Bud Gurney
Jeanne Eagels
1957
as Chick O'Hara
Perry Mason
1957
as John Davis 'Johnny' Hale
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Real McCoys
1957
Toward the Unknown
1956
as Maj. Bromo Lee
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
as Sgt. Clyde
The Big Slide
1956
as Chick Tolliver
Wire Service
1956
as Ed Holley
Wire Service
1956
as Frank Lunt
Gunsmoke
1955
as Jake Buley
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Marsh
The Millionaire
1955
as Chris Daniels
Gunsmoke
1955
as Webb Cutter
Gunsmoke
1955
as Calhoun
Inner Sanctum
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Henry Carpenter
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Mike Finn
Bright Victory
1951
as Pete Hamilton
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951
as Al Webster
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as E.K. Hornbeck
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Sgt. Leonard Borth
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Suspense
1949
as Snow Pearson
Studio One
1948
as Joe Bristol
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Something for the Boys
1944
as Soldier (uncredited)
Song of the Open Road
1944
as Crop Corps Kid (uncredited)
Reckless Age
1944
as Member of Soldier Quartet