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-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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
56 credits across 5 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Marilyn despite herself | Film | |
| 2012 | Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies | Film | |
| 1998 | Mr. Headmistress | Reporter | Film |
| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Self | Film |
| 1996 | Hearts Adrift | Lloyd Raines | Film |
| 1993 | Montana Crossroads | Frank Morrow | Film |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self | Film |
| 1989 | Ghosts Can't Do It | Winston | Film |
| 1989 | My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He? | Jack Karpinsky | Film |
| 1988 | Remembering Marilyn | Self (Interviewee) | Film |
| 1987 | Made in Heaven | Ben Chandler | Film |
| 1987 | Norma Jean Alias Marilyn Monroe | archive footage | Film |
| 1987 | Hollywood Uncensored | Self | Film |
| 1987 | Mistress | Wyn | Film |
| 1987 | The Stepford Children | Steven Harding | Film |
| 1986 | Peggy Sue Got Married | Jack Kelcher | Film |
| 1986 | Scorpion | Gifford Lease | Film |
| 1986 | Radioactive Dreams | Dash Hammer | Film |
| 1986 | License to Kill | Tom Fiske | Film |
| 1983 | Quarterback Princess | Ralph Maida | Film |
| 1983 | I Am the Cheese | David Farmer | Film |
| 1981 | Endless Love | Hugh | Film |
| 1980 | The Boy Who Drank Too Much | Ken Saunders | Film |
| 1978 | Rainbow | Frank Gumm | Film |
| 1975 | A Girl Named Sooner | Sheriff Phil Rotteman | Film |
| 1975 | Deadly Hero | Edward A. Lacy | Film |
| 1974 | The Girl on the Late, Late Show | William Martin | Film |
| 1972 | Justin Morgan Had a Horse | Justin Morgan | Film |
| 1972 | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | Breck | Film |
| 1971 | Happy Birthday, Wanda June | Herb Shuttle | Film |
| 1970 | The Intruders | Sam Garrison | Film |
| 1970 | The Cross and the Switchblade | Director | Film |
| 1970 | The Cross and the Switchblade | Writer | Film |
| 1969 | Daughter of the Mind | Dr. Alex Lauder | Film |
| 1969 | Childish Things | Tom Harris | Film |
| 1969 | Childish Things | Writer | Film |
| 1969 | Childish Things | Producer | Film |
| 1968 | The Outcasts | Earl Corey | TV |
| 1967 | The Borgia Stick | Tom Harrison | Film |
| 1967 | Sweet Love, Bitter | David Hillary | Film |
| 1967 | The Viking Queen | Justinian | Film |
| 1966 | The Plainsman | Wild Bill Hickok | Film |
| 1966 | Kid Rodelo | Kid Rodelo | Film |
| 1966 | Out of Sight | Self | Film |
| 1965 | Baby the Rain Must Fall | Deputy Sheriff Slim | Film |
| 1963 | Marilyn | archive footage | Film |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | Senator Brigham Anderson | Film |
| 1961 | The Hoodlum Priest | Father Charles Dismas Clark | Film |
| 1961 | The Hoodlum Priest | Producer | Film |
| 1960 | One Foot in Hell | Dan Keats | Film |
| 1959 | Shake Hands with the Devil | Kerry O'Shea | Film |
| 1959 | These Thousand Hills | Albert Gallatin 'Lat' Evans | Film |
| 1958 | From Hell to Texas | Tod Lohman | Film |
| 1957 | The Bachelor Party | Charlie Samson | Film |
| 1957 | A Hatful of Rain | Johnny Pope | Film |
| 1956 | Bus Stop | Beauregard 'Bo' Decker | Film |
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