Mar 24, 1923 - Washington, North Carolina, USA
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.
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| Movie | 1961 | The Hustler | Findley | |
| Movie | 1975 | Jaws | Vaughn | |
| Movie | 1978 | Jaws 2 | Mayor Larry Vaughn | |
| Movie | 1958 | Houseboat | Capt. Alan Wilson | |
| Movie | 1980 | Brubaker | John Deach | |
| Movie | 1973 | The Way We Were | Brooks Carpenter | |
| Movie | 1966 | Seconds | Charlie Evans | |
| Movie | 1979 | 1941 | Claude Crumn | |
| Movie | 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Fred Ferguson | |
| Movie | 1977 | Damnation Alley | Gen. Landers | |
| Movie | 1975 | The Drowning Pool | Kilbourne | |
| Movie | 1968 | The Boston Strangler | Det. Frank McAfee | |
| Movie | 1982 | Mazes and Monsters | Lt. John Martini | |
| Movie | 1968 | No Way to Treat a Lady | Inspector Haines | |
| Movie | 1967 | The Graduate | Mr. Robinson | |
| Movie | 1963 | 13 Frightened Girls | Wally Sanders | |
| Movie | 1958 | Darby's Rangers | Sims Delancey | |
| Movie | 1957 | The Spirit of St. Louis | Bud Gurney | |
| Movie | 1958 | No Time for Sergeants | Irving S. Blanchard | |
| Movie | 1959 | The FBI Story | Sam Crandall | |
| Movie | 1968 | The Brotherhood | Jim Egan | |
| Movie | 1982 | Hysterical | The Mayor | |
| Movie | 1967 | A Bell for Adano | Sgt. Leonard Borth | |
| Movie | 1984 | Too Scared to Scream | Jack Oberman | |
| Movie | 1957 | Jeanne Eagels | Chick O'Hara | |
| Movie | 1966 | An American Dream | Arthur Kabot | |
| Movie | 1956 | Toward the Unknown | Maj. Bromo Lee | |
| Movie | 1944 | Something for the Boys | Soldier (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Making of '1941' | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1944 | Song of the Open Road | Crop Corps Kid (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1980 | Swan Song | Jack McCauley | |
| Movie | 1971 | The Failing of Raymond | Sgt. Manzak | |
| Movie | 1960 | Tall Story | Coach Sandy Hardy | |
| Movie | 1951 | Bright Victory | Pete Hamilton | |
| Movie | 1977 | Killer on Board | Dr. Ned Folger | |
| Movie | 1963 | The Cardinal | Lafe | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Amityville Horror | Father Ryan | |
| Movie | 1971 | The Harness | Roy Kern | |
| Movie | 1958 | Too Much, Too Soon | Charlie Snow | |
| Movie | 1971 | Cannon | Virgil Holley | |
| Movie | 1963 | Papa's Delicate Condition | Mr. Harvey | |
| Movie | 1951 | The Whistle at Eaton Falls | Al Webster | |
| Movie | 1960 | Escape to Sonoita | Marsh | |
| Movie | 1978 | Casey's Shadow | Tom Patterson | |
| Movie | 1983 | Summer Girl | Jack Reardon | |
| Movie | 1981 | All the Way Home | Joel Lynch | |
| Movie | 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder | Alphonse Paquette | |
| Movie | 1965 | Inherit the Wind | E.K. Hornbeck | |
| Movie | 1968 | Danger Has Two Faces | Colonel Jack Forbes | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Girl He Left Behind | Sgt. Clyde | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Last Days of Patton | Gen. Hobart "Hap" Gay | |
| Movie | 1968 | Sergeant Ryker | Capt. Appleton | |
| Movie | 1974 | After the Fall | Mickey | |
| Movie | 1977 | Murder at the World Series | Harvey Murkison | |
| Movie | 1973 | Incident on a Dark Street | Edmund Schilling | |
| Movie | 1979 | Donovan's Kid | Henry Carpenter | |
| Movie | 1944 | Reckless Age | Member of Soldier Quartet | |
| Movie | 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1971 | A Tattered Web | Sgt. Joe Marcus | |
| Movie | 1973 | Murdock's Gang | Harold Talbot | |
| Movie | 1972 | Deadly Harvest | Sheriff Bill Jessup | |
| Movie | 1979 | A Last Cry for Help | Ralph Muir | |
| Movie | 1986 | Whoops Apocalypse | Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (Former US President) | |
| Movie | 1962 | The Farmer's Daughter | Nordick | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Big Slide | Chick Tolliver | |
| Movie | 2025 | Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story | Self | |
| TV Show | 1976 | Alice | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1979 | B. J. and the Bear | Rutherford T. Grant | 15 |
| TV Show | 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Capt. Appleton | 2 |
| TV Show | 1965 | The F.B.I. | Mike Kessler | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | The Golden Girls | Big Daddy | 1 |
| TV Show | 1960 | Route 66 | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1983 | Mama's Family | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1973 | Hawkins | Frank Guilfoyle | 1 |
| TV Show | 1958 | Naked City | D.A. Thomas Stevenson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Kojak | Harry Harmon | 1 |
| TV Show | 1969 | Medical Center | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1955 | Gunsmoke | Jake Buley | 1 |
| TV Show | 1957 | Perry Mason | John Davis 'Johnny' Hale | 1 |
| TV Show | 1948 | Studio One | Joe Bristol | 1 |
| TV Show | 1970 | Night Gallery | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1966 | Mission: Impossible | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1971 | Cannon | 3 | |
| TV Show | 1984 | Cover Up | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | E.K. Hornbeck | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Mr. Death | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Marsh | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Eleventh Hour | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1971 | McMillan & Wife | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1965 | Run for Your Life | Dr. Raphael | 1 |
| TV Show | 1981 | Bret Maverick | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1973 | Police Story | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1963 | The Fugitive | Mel Starling | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | The Millionaire | Chris Daniels | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Hail to the Chief | Senator Sam Cotton | 7 |
| TV Show | 1963 | The Fugitive | Joe Steelman | 1 |
| TV Show | 1970 | McCloud | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1982 | Matt Houston | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1957 | The Real McCoys | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1959 | Men Into Space | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1967 | Judd for the Defense | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | 3 | |
| TV Show | 1975 | Ellery Queen | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1956 | Wire Service | Ed Holley | 1 |
| TV Show | 1971 | Vanished | Nick McCann | 2 |
| TV Show | 1949 | Suspense | Snow Pearson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Needles and Pins | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1986 | Blacke's Magic | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1954 | Inner Sanctum | 3 | |
| TV Show | 1959 | Love and Marriage | Steve Baker | 26 |
| TV Show | 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Haldore Mattern | 2 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Defenders | Miles Morgan | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Defenders | D.A. Sid Morgan | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Defenders | District Attorney | 2 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Defenders | Bryan Phelps | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Defenders | Tark Bennett | 1 |
| TV Show | 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Mike Finn | 1 |
| TV Show | 1966 | The Man Who Never Was | Jack Forbes | 18 |
| TV Show | 1956 | Wire Service | Frank Lunt | 1 |
| TV Show | 1958 | Naked City | Matt Orman | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Lt. Dan Hargrave | 2 |
| TV Show | 1965 | The F.B.I. | Emory Hale | 1 |
| TV Show | 1965 | The F.B.I. | Richard Mills | 1 |
| TV Show | 1965 | The F.B.I. | Doug McElroy | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | Gunsmoke | Webb Cutter | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | Gunsmoke | Calhoun | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The DuPont Show of the Week | Bob Fay | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sgt. Leonard Borth | 1 |
| TV Show | 1969 | Medical Center | Robert Jennings | 1 |
| TV Show | 1967 | The Invaders | Lewis Dunhill | 1 |
| TV Show | 1979 | B. J. and the Bear | Capt. Rutherford T. Grant | 1 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Clete Belford | 1 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Bud Michaels | 1 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Sid Gossett | 12 |
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