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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 24, 1923
Died
September 1, 1986
Place of Birth
Washington, North Carolina, USA
Also Known As
- مورای همیلتون
Murray Hamilton
1.5 Popularity
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
7.6
Self
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
6.0
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
6.2
Gen. Hobart "Hap" Gay
The Last Days of Patton
1986
5.6
Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (Former US President)
Whoops Apocalypse
1986
6.0
Blacke's Magic
1986
7.6
Big Daddy
The Golden Girls
1985
5.0
Senator Sam Cotton
Hail to the Chief
1985
7.5
Bud Michaels
Murder, She Wrote
1984
5.1
Jack Oberman
Too Scared to Scream
1984
6.6
Cover Up
1984
Credits
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self
2025
7.6
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.0
The Last Days of Patton
as Gen. Hobart "Hap" Gay
1986
6.2
Whoops Apocalypse
as Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (Former US President)
1986
5.6
Blacke's Magic
1986
6.0
The Golden Girls
as Big Daddy
1985
7.6
Hail to the Chief
as Senator Sam Cotton
1985
5.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Bud Michaels
1984
7.5
Too Scared to Scream
as Jack Oberman
1984
5.1
Cover Up
1984
6.6
Summer Girl
as Jack Reardon
1983
5.8
Mama's Family
1983
7.6
Mazes and Monsters
as Lt. John Martini
1982
4.3
Hysterical
as The Mayor
1982
4.3
Matt Houston
1982
6.2
All the Way Home
as Joel Lynch
1981
7.0
Bret Maverick
1981
5.0
Brubaker
as John Deach
1980
7.1
Swan Song
as Jack McCauley
1980
0.0
1941
as Claude Crumn
1979
5.8
The Amityville Horror
as Father Ryan
1979
6.3
B. J. and the Bear
as Rutherford T. Grant
1979
5.5
B. J. and the Bear
as Capt. Rutherford T. Grant
1979
5.5
A Last Cry for Help
as Ralph Muir
1979
10.0
Donovan's Kid
as Henry Carpenter
1979
6.0
Jaws 2
as Mayor Larry Vaughn
1978
6.0
Casey's Shadow
as Tom Patterson
1978
6.3
Killer on Board
as Dr. Ned Folger
1977
5.2
Damnation Alley
as Gen. Landers
1977
5.1
Murder at the World Series
as Harvey Murkison
1977
6.5
Alice
1976
7.1
Rich Man, Poor Man
as Sid Gossett
1976
7.8
Ellery Queen
1975
7.4
The Drowning Pool
as Kilbourne
1975
6.3
Jaws
as Vaughn
1975
7.7
After the Fall
as Mickey
1974
0.0
Kojak
as Harry Harmon
1973
7.0
The Way We Were
as Brooks Carpenter
1973
7.0
🎬
Needles and Pins
1973
5.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
Murdock's Gang
as Harold Talbot
1973
6.0
Hawkins
as Frank Guilfoyle
1973
7.2
Barnaby Jones
as Clete Belford
1973
6.9
Incident on a Dark Street
as Edmund Schilling
1973
5.0
Deadly Harvest
as Sheriff Bill Jessup
1972
6.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
The Failing of Raymond
as Sgt. Manzak
1971
6.0
The Harness
as Roy Kern
1971
0.0
McMillan & Wife
1971
6.9
A Tattered Web
as Sgt. Joe Marcus
1971
5.0
Cannon
1971
6.6
Cannon
as Virgil Holley
1971
4.5
Vanished
as Nick McCann
1971
4.2
Night Gallery
1970
7.8
McCloud
1970
7.1
Medical Center
1969
6.1
Medical Center
as Robert Jennings
1969
6.1
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Fred Ferguson
1969
5.8
The Brotherhood
as Jim Egan
1968
5.9
Danger Has Two Faces
as Colonel Jack Forbes
1968
7.0
The Boston Strangler
as Det. Frank McAfee
1968
6.7
No Way to Treat a Lady
as Inspector Haines
1968
6.6
Sergeant Ryker
as Capt. Appleton
1968
6.0
The Graduate
as Mr. Robinson
1967
7.6
A Bell for Adano
as Sgt. Leonard Borth
1967
0.0
Judd for the Defense
1967
7.5
The Invaders
as Lewis Dunhill
1967
6.8
Seconds
as Charlie Evans
1966
7.3
Mission: Impossible
1966
7.6
The Man Who Never Was
as Jack Forbes
1966
0.0
An American Dream
as Arthur Kabot
1966
4.7
Inherit the Wind
as E.K. Hornbeck
1965
8.0
The F.B.I.
as Mike Kessler
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Emory Hale
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Richard Mills
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Doug McElroy
1965
5.4
Run for Your Life
as Dr. Raphael
1965
7.2
The Cardinal
as Lafe
1963
6.6
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Capt. Appleton
1963
5.3
The Fugitive
as Mel Starling
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Joe Steelman
1963
7.2
13 Frightened Girls
as Wally Sanders
1963
5.4
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Mr. Harvey
1963
5.4
The Eleventh Hour
1962
6.0
🎬
The Farmer's Daughter
as Nordick
1962
0.0
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
3.5
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Haldore Mattern
1961
5.5
Dr. Kildare
as Lt. Dan Hargrave
1961
5.5
The Hustler
as Findley
1961
7.7
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Bob Fay
1961
6.0
The Defenders
as Miles Morgan
1961
5.9
The Defenders
as D.A. Sid Morgan
1961
5.9
The Defenders
as District Attorney
1961
5.9
The Defenders
as Bryan Phelps
1961
5.9
The Defenders
as Tark Bennett
1961
5.9
Route 66
1960
6.3
🎬
Escape to Sonoita
as Marsh
1960
7.0
Tall Story
as Coach Sandy Hardy
1960
5.4
The Twilight Zone
as Mr. Death
1959
8.5
The FBI Story
as Sam Crandall
1959
6.0
Men Into Space
1959
7.0
🎬
Love and Marriage
as Steve Baker
1959
0.0
Anatomy of a Murder
as Alphonse "Al" Paquette
1959
7.8
Houseboat
as Capt. Alan Wilson
1958
6.4
Naked City
as D.A. Thomas Stevenson
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Matt Orman
1958
5.5
No Time for Sergeants
as Irving S. Blanchard
1958
7.2
Too Much, Too Soon
as Charlie Snow
1958
4.4
Darby's Rangers
as Sims Delancey
1958
5.9
The Real McCoys
1957
5.6
Perry Mason
as John Davis 'Johnny' Hale
1957
7.7
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Jeanne Eagels
as Chick O'Hara
1957
6.0
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Bud Gurney
1957
6.7
The Big Slide
as Chick Tolliver
1956
0.0
The Girl He Left Behind
as Sgt. Clyde
1956
3.5
Wire Service
as Ed Holley
1956
0.0
Wire Service
as Frank Lunt
1956
0.0
Toward the Unknown
as Maj. Bromo Lee
1956
5.6
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Marsh
1955
7.8
Gunsmoke
as Jake Buley
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Webb Cutter
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Calhoun
1955
6.6
The Millionaire
as Chris Daniels
1955
5.0
Inner Sanctum
1954
7.0
Letter to Loretta
as Mike Finn
1953
6.5
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as E.K. Hornbeck
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sgt. Leonard Borth
1951
8.6
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
as Al Webster
1951
6.2
Bright Victory
as Pete Hamilton
1951
6.9
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.3
Suspense
as Snow Pearson
1949
4.9
Studio One
as Joe Bristol
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
Something for the Boys
as Soldier (uncredited)
1944
6.2
Reckless Age
as Member of Soldier Quartet
1944
0.0
Song of the Open Road
as Crop Corps Kid (uncredited)
1944
0.0