Murray Hamilton was an American stage, screen and television character actor who appeared in such films as Anatomy of a Murder, The Hustler, The Graduate, Jaws and The Amityville Horror.
17 Facts About Murray Hamilton
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Murray Hamilton displayed an early interest in performing during his days at Washington High School just before America's entry into World War II.
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Murray Hamilton reprised the role in the sequel, Jaws 2 in 1978.
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Murray Hamilton had agreed to reprise the role again in Jaws: The Revenge, but died in 1986, before production began.
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Murray Hamilton worked with Stewart in The Spirit of St Louis and The FBI Story.
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In 1955, Murray Hamilton guest-starred on the NBC legal drama Justice, based on case files of the Legal Aid Society of New York.
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Murray Hamilton appeared in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Deadly Double" as murderer Johnny Hale the shadowy boyfriend of a woman with a split personality who is the sister of Perry Mason's client.
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Also, Murray Hamilton portrayed Calhoun, on of Gunsmoke, which aired in April, 1959.
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Murray Hamilton played attorney Steve Baker, who resides in an apartment with his wife, two daughters and a father-in-law.
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Murray Hamilton soon appeared as a guest star on another sitcom, The Real McCoys, starring Walter Brennan, on ABC.
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Murray Hamilton guest-starred in an episode of the James Stewart legal drama Hawkins in 1973.
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Murray Hamilton appeared in a comedic guest spot on Mama's Family in the second-season episode "Mama Cries Uncle" as Uncle Roy.
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Murray Hamilton was more often cast in dramatic works, such as the science-fiction drama Seconds, which starred Rock Hudson.
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In 1975, Murray Hamilton appeared again with Newman in The Drowning Pool.
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Murray Hamilton worked with Robert Redford in a pair of films, The Way We Were and Brubaker.
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For many years before and during his film career, Murray Hamilton was a prominent dramatic stage actor, earning a Tony Award nomination for his role in the 1965 production of Absence of a Cello.
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Murray Hamilton died of lung cancer at age 63, and is interred at Oakdale Cemetery in his native Washington, North Carolina.