Portrait of Murray Hamilton

Murray Hamilton

Acting

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 "The Amityville Horror". He had a long career in both film and TV and appeared in over 70 films and TV series.

Born: March 24, 1923

Place of Birth: Washington, North Carolina, USA

Filmography

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 US President)

1985
The Golden Girls

as Big Daddy

1985
Hail to the Chief

as Senator Sam Cotton

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Bud Michaels

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
B. J. and the Bear

as Rutherford T. Grant

1979
B. J. and the Bear

as Capt. Rutherford T. Grant

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

1976
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man

as Sid Gossett

1975
The Drowning Pool

as Kilbourne

1975
Jaws

as Vaughn

1974
1973
Kojak

as Harry Harmon

1973
The Way We Were

as Brooks Carpenter

1973
Murdock's Gang

as Harold Talbot

1973
Hawkins

as Frank Guilfoyle

1973
Barnaby Jones

as Clete Belford

1973
Incident on a Dark Street

as Edmund Schilling

1972
Deadly Harvest

as Sheriff Bill Jessup

1971
1971
The Harness

as Roy Kern

1971
A Tattered Web

as Sgt. Joe Marcus

1971
1971
Cannon

as Virgil Holley

1971
Vanished

as Nick McCann

1969
Medical Center

as Robert Jennings

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

1967
The Invaders

as Lewis Dunhill

1966
Seconds

as Charlie Evans

1966
The Man Who Never Was

as Jack Forbes

1966
An American Dream

as Arthur Kabot

1965
Inherit the Wind

as E.K. Hornbeck

1965
The F.B.I.

as Mike Kessler

1965
The F.B.I.

as Emory Hale

1965
The F.B.I.

as Richard Mills

1965
The F.B.I.

as Doug McElroy

1965
Run for Your Life

as Dr. Raphael

1963
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Capt. Appleton

1963
The Fugitive

as Mel Starling

1963
The Fugitive

as Joe Steelman

1963
13 Frightened Girls

as Wally Sanders

1963
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Haldore Mattern

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Lt. Dan Hargrave

1961
The Hustler

as Findley

1961
The Defenders

as Miles Morgan

1961
The Defenders

as D.A. Sid Morgan

1961
The Defenders

as District Attorney

1961
The Defenders

as Bryan Phelps

1961
The Defenders

as Tark Bennett

1960
Tall Story

as Coach Sandy Hardy

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Mr. Death

1959
The FBI Story

as Sam Crandall

1959
Anatomy of a Murder

as Alphonse Paquette

1958
Houseboat

as Capt. Alan Wilson

1958
Naked City

as D.A. Thomas Stevenson

1958
Naked City

as Matt Orman

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
Perry Mason

as John Davis 'Johnny' Hale

1957
Jeanne Eagels

as Chick O'Hara

1957
1956
The Big Slide

as Chick Tolliver

1956
1956
Wire Service

as Ed Holley

1956
Wire Service

as Frank Lunt

1956
Toward the Unknown

as Maj. Bromo Lee

1955
Gunsmoke

as Jake Buley

1955
Gunsmoke

as Webb Cutter

1955
Gunsmoke

as Calhoun

1955
The Millionaire

as Chris Daniels

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Mike Finn

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as E.K. Hornbeck

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Sgt. Leonard Borth

1951
Bright Victory

as Pete Hamilton

1949
Suspense

as Snow Pearson

1948
Studio One

as Joe Bristol

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)