Don Murray
Known for Acting · 117 credits
- Born
- 1929-07-31
- Died
- 2024-02-02
- Place of birth
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Also known as
- Donald Patrick Murray
Biography
Donald Patrick "Don" Murray (July 31, 1929-February 2, 2024) was an American actor.
Murray was born in Hollywood, California. He attended East Rockaway High School (class of 1947) in East Rockaway, New York where he played football and track, was a member of the student government and glee club and joined the Alpha Phi Chapter of the Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity. From high school he went on to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Murray had a long and varied career in films and television, including his role as Sid Fairgate in the long-running prime-time soap opera Knots Landing from 1979 to 1981. He was nominated for an Academy Award as best supporting actor in Bus Stop (1956) in which he co-starred with Marilyn Monroe.
He starred as a blackmailed United States senator in Advise & Consent (1961), a film version of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Allen Drury that was directed by Otto Preminger and cast Murray opposite Henry Fonda and Charles Laughton. He also co-starred with Steve McQueen in the film Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965) and played the ape-hating Governor Breck in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972).
In addition to acting, Murray directed a film based on the book The Cross and the Switchblade (1970) starring Pat Boone and Erik Estrada, and he scripted two episodes of Knots Landing ("Hitchhike" parts 1 & 2) in 1980.
Known For
TV Shows (31)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Wally Hampton
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Twin Peaks
1990
as Bushnell Mullins
Knots Landing
1979
as Sid Fairgate
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Axel Nordman
Wings
1990
as Dad
Matlock
1986
as Albert Gordon
Hotel
1982
as Sam Burton
Studio One
1948
as Biondello
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Jack Karpinsky
Playhouse 90
1956
as Randy Bragg
Police Story
1973
as Jack Bonner
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
as George / Booth
Danger
1950
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
as Reporter
The Single Guy
1995
as Chip Bremley
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Jimmy
How the West Was Won
1977
as Anderson
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Henry Antrobus
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Justin Morgan
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Jack Stanley
The Outcasts
1968
as Earl Corey
Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
1997
as White Dragon / John James / Col. Quentin Shepherd
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mio / Parker Alden
Amy Prentiss
1974
as Connors
Sons and Daughters
1991
as Bing Hammersmith
Brand New Life
1989
Movies (86)
Endless Love
1981
as Hugh
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
as Breck
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
as Jack Kelcher
Bus Stop
1956
as Beauregard 'Bo' Decker
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
as Self
Rainbow
1978
as Frank Gumm
Made in Heaven
1987
as Ben Chandler
Advise & Consent
1962
as Senator Brigham Anderson
Fugitive Family
1980
as Peter Ritchie
Deadly Hero
1975
as Edward A. Lacy
Kid Rodelo
1966
as Kid Rodelo
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
as Pimp
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Self
The Intruders
1970
as Sam Garrison
Hollywood Uncensored
1987
as Self
Marilyn, Her Final Secret
2022
The Plainsman
1966
as Wild Bill Hickok
Stillwatch
1987
as Sam Kingsley
These Thousand Hills
1959
as Albert Gallatin 'Lat' Evans
Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965
as Deputy Sheriff Slim
Escape from East Berlin
1962
as Kurt Schröder
If Things Were Different
1980
as Robert Langford
A Hatful of Rain
1957
as Johnny Pope
One Foot in Hell
1960
as Dan Keats
Quarterback Princess
1983
as Ralph Maida
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
as Self
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959
as Kerry O'Shea
Radioactive Dreams
1986
as Dash Hammer
Daughter of the Mind
1969
as Dr. Alex Lauder
Marilyn
1963
as archive footage
Scorpion
1986
as Gifford Lease
Mr. Headmistress
1998
as Reporter
T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport
1986
as Senator Stuart Grayle
Crisis in Mid-Air
1979
as Adam Travis
Winterset
1959
as Mio Romagna
The Sex Symbol
1974
as Sen. Grant O'Neal
License to Kill
1986
as Tom Fiske
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
2010
as Self
Shurtleff on Acting
1994
as Self
The Stepford Children
1987
as Steven Harding
Mistress
1987
as Wyn
Ghosts Can't Do It
1989
as Winston
Hearts Adrift
1996
as Lloyd Raines
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986
as Self
Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
1999
as Self
The Viking Queen
1967
as Justinian
Norma Jean Alias Marilyn Monroe
1987
as archive footage
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
as William Martin
From Hell to Texas
1958
as Tod Lohman
Internet Love
1998
as Self
One Man's Way
1964
as Norman Vincent Peale
The Bachelor Party
1957
as Charlie Samson
Remembering Marilyn
1988
as Self (Interviewee)
Cotter
1973
as Cotter
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
The Boy Who Drank Too Much
1980
as Ken Saunders
Thursday's Child
1983
as Parker Alden
A Touch of Scandal
1984
as Benjamin Gilvey
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
1972
as Justin Morgan
Island Prey
2001
as Parker Gaits
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
1994
as Self
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
1971
as Herb Shuttle
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
2008
as Self
Something in Common
1986
as Theo Fontana
Sweet Love, Bitter
1967
as David Hillary
Return of the Rebels
1981
as Sonny Morgan
A Girl Named Sooner
1975
as Sheriff Phil Rotteman
The Borgia Stick
1967
as Tom Harrison
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
1980
as Sergeant Jack Leland
The Hoodlum Priest
1961
as Father Charles Dismas Clark
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
as Axel Nordman
My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
1989
as Jack Karpinsky
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987
as Self
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
2017
as Self
Gold of Rio Bravo: Sheriff Kelly's Story
2025
I Am the Cheese
1983
as David Farmer
Promise
2021
as Zacharias
Childish Things
1969
as Tom Harris
Marilyn, divine et fragile
1996
as Self
Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte
2007
as Self
The Taming of the Shrew
1950
as Biondello
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
2012
Marilyn despite herself
2012
Montana Crossroads
1993
as Frank Morrow
Besuch bei Don Murray
2000
as Self
About Don Murray
Donald Patrick "Don" Murray (July 31, 1929-February 2, 2024) was an American actor. Murray was born in Hollywood, California. He attended East Rockaway High School (class of 1947) in East Rockaway, New York where he played football and track, was a member of the student government and glee club and joined the Alpha Phi Chapter of the Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity. From high school he went on to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Murray had a long and varied career in films and television, including his role as Sid Fairgate in the long-runni… With 117 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Don Murray has appeared in 86 films and 31 TV shows.
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Most Popular Don Murray Movies
- Endless Love (1981) — as Hugh
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) — as Breck
- Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) — as Jack Kelcher
- Bus Stop (1956) — as Beauregard 'Bo' Decker
- Tab Hunter Confidential (2015) — as Self
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