Murray Hamilton

Personal Info

Birthday

March 24, 1923

Day of Death

1986-09-01

(63 years old)

Place of Birth

Washington, North Carolina, USA

Also Known As

مورای همیلتون

Murray Hamilton

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.

Known For

Perry Mason

Murder, She Wrote

The Twilight Zone

Dr. Kildare

The Fugitive

The Golden Girls

Studio One

Medical Center

Filmography

2025
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self
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
Whoops Apocalypse
as Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (Former US President)
1984
Too Scared to Scream
as Jack Oberman
1983
Summer Girl
as Jack Reardon
1982
Mazes and Monsters
as Lt. John Martini
Hysterical
as The Mayor
1981
All the Way Home
as Joel Lynch
1980
Brubaker
as John Deach
Swan Song
as Jack McCauley
1979
1941
as Claude Crumn
The Amityville Horror
as Father Ryan
A Last Cry for Help
as Ralph Muir
Donovan's Kid
as Henry Carpenter
1978
Jaws 2
as Mayor Larry Vaughn
Casey's Shadow
as Tom Patterson
1977
Killer on Board
as Dr. Ned Folger
Damnation Alley
as Gen. Landers
Murder at the World Series
as Harvey Murkison
1975
The Drowning Pool
as Kilbourne
Jaws
as Vaughn
1974
After the Fall
as Mickey
1973
The Way We Were
as Brooks Carpenter
Murdock's Gang
as Harold Talbot
Incident on a Dark Street
as Edmund Schilling
1972
Deadly Harvest
as Sheriff Bill Jessup
1971
The Harness
as Roy Kern
The Failing of Raymond
as Sgt. Manzak
A Tattered Web
as Sgt. Joe Marcus
Cannon
as Virgil Holley
1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Fred Ferguson
1968
The Brotherhood
as Jim Egan
Danger Has Two Faces
as Colonel Jack Forbes
The Boston Strangler
as Det. Frank McAfee
No Way to Treat a Lady
as Inspector Haines
Sergeant Ryker
as Capt. Appleton
1967
The Graduate
as Mr. Robinson
A Bell for Adano
as Sgt. Leonard Borth
1966
Seconds
as Charlie Evans
An American Dream
as Arthur Kabot
1965
Inherit the Wind
as E.K. Hornbeck
1963
The Cardinal
as Lafe
13 Frightened Girls
as Wally Sanders
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
Tall Story
as Coach Sandy Hardy
1959
The FBI Story
as Sam Crandall
Anatomy of a Murder
as Alphonse Paquette
1958
Houseboat
as Capt. Alan Wilson
No Time for Sergeants
as Irving S. Blanchard
Too Much, Too Soon
as Charlie Snow
Darby's Rangers
as Sims Delancey
1957
Jeanne Eagels
as Chick O'Hara
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Bud Gurney
1956
The Big Slide
as Chick Tolliver
The Girl He Left Behind
as Sgt. Clyde
Toward the Unknown
as Maj. Bromo Lee
1951
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
as Al Webster
Bright Victory
as Pete Hamilton
1944
Something for the Boys
as Soldier (uncredited)
Reckless Age
as Member of Soldier Quartet
Song of the Open Road
as Crop Corps Kid (uncredited)