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Don Murray

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. 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. Murray starred with Otis Young in the ground breaking ABC western television series The Outcasts (1968-69) featuring an interracial bounty hunter team in the post-Civil War West. Murray decided to leave Knots Landing after two years to concentrate on other projects, although some sources say he left over a salary dispute. The character's death was notable at the time because it was considered rare to "kill off" a star character. The death came in the second episode of season three, following up on season two's cliffhanger in which Sid's car careered off a cliff. To make viewers off doubt the character would actually die, Murray was listed in the newly created credit sequence for season three; the character survived the plunge off the cliff (thus temporarily reassuring viewers), but died shortly afterwards in hospital. Although he effectively distanced himself from the series after his exit in 1981, Murray later contributed an interview segment for Knots Landing: Together Again, a non-fiction reunion special made in 2005. Murray was the first husband of actress Hope Lange. They had two children, including actor Christopher Murray.

Personal information

Birthday

1929-07-31

Birth Place

Hollywood, California, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Girl Named Sooner

A Girl Named Sooner

1975

4.2

Movie
A Hatful of Rain

A Hatful of Rain

1957

6.8

Movie
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

1955

0.0

Movie
A Touch of Scandal

A Touch of Scandal

1984

0.0

Movie
poster

ABC Afterschool Special

1972

6.4

TV
Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent

1962

7.2

Movie
Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man

Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man

1999

7.0

Movie
poster

Amy Prentiss

1974

5.0

TV
Baby, the Rain Must Fall

Baby, the Rain Must Fall

1965

6.2

Movie
Besuch bei Don Murray

Besuch bei Don Murray

2000

0.0

Movie
poster

Brand New Life

1989

5.0

TV
Bus Stop

Bus Stop

1956

6.1

Movie
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

1981

5.2

Movie
Childish Things

Childish Things

1969

1.0

Movie
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

1972

6.2

Movie
Cotter

Cotter

1973

0.0

Movie
Crisis in Mid-Air

Crisis in Mid-Air

1979

6.0

Movie
Daughter of the Mind

Daughter of the Mind

1969

6.1

Movie
Deadly Hero

Deadly Hero

1975

5.7

Movie
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers

Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers

2017

5.0

Movie
Endless Love

Endless Love

1981

5.7

Movie
Escape from East Berlin

Escape from East Berlin

1962

5.9

Movie
Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte

Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte

2007

0.0

Movie
From Hell to Texas

From Hell to Texas

1958

5.9

Movie
Fugitive Family

Fugitive Family

1980

0.0

Movie
Ghosts Can't Do It

Ghosts Can't Do It

1989

2.7

Movie
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.7

TV
Happy Birthday, Wanda June

Happy Birthday, Wanda June

1971

5.5

Movie
Hearts Adrift

Hearts Adrift

1996

6.0

Movie
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

1960

6.0

Movie
Hollywood Legenden

Hollywood Legenden

2004

2.0

Movie
Hollywood Uncensored

Hollywood Uncensored

1987

5.5

Movie
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

1987

0.0

Movie
poster

Hotel

1982

6.8

TV
poster

How the West Was Won

1977

7.0

TV
I Am The Cheese

I Am The Cheese

1983

7.0

Movie
If Things Were Different

If Things Were Different

1980

0.0

Movie
Internet Love

Internet Love

1998

10.0

Movie
Island Prey

Island Prey

2001

5.5

Movie
Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

1972

7.8

Movie
Kid Rodelo

Kid Rodelo

1966

0.0

Movie
poster

Knots Landing

1979

6.8

TV
poster

Kraft Television Theatre

1947

7.3

TV
License to Kill

License to Kill

1986

5.8

Movie
poster

Lux Video Theatre

1950

6.0

TV
Made in Heaven

Made in Heaven

1987

6.7

Movie
Marilyn

Marilyn

1963

6.0

Movie
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

1986

7.5

Movie
Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon

Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon

2010

0.0

Movie
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved

Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved

2010

0.0

Movie
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

1994

6.8

Movie
Marilyn, divine et fragile

Marilyn, divine et fragile

1996

0.0

Movie
poster

Matlock

1986

7.2

TV
poster

Murder, She Wrote

1984

7.5

TV
My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?

My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?

1989

0.0

Movie
One Foot in Hell

One Foot in Hell

1960

5.3

Movie
One Man's Way

One Man's Way

1964

4.0

Movie
Peggy Sue Got Married

Peggy Sue Got Married

1986

6.1

Movie
poster

Playhouse 90

1956

7.5

TV
poster

Police Story

1973

7.1

TV
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop

Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop

1980

1.0

Movie
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

7.7

Movie
Promise

Promise

2021

1.5

Movie
Quarterback Princess

Quarterback Princess

1983

6.9

Movie
Radioactive Dreams

Radioactive Dreams

1986

5.2

Movie
Rainbow

Rainbow

1978

0.0

Movie
Return of the Rebels

Return of the Rebels

1981

6.6

Movie
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times

Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times

2008

0.0

Movie
Scorpion

Scorpion

1986

4.3

Movie
Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil

1959

6.5

Movie
Shurtleff on Acting

Shurtleff on Acting

1994

0.0

Movie
Something in Common

Something in Common

1986

6.0

Movie
poster

Sons and Daughters

1991

0.0

TV
Stillwatch

Stillwatch

1987

6.5

Movie
poster

Studio One

1948

4.7

TV
Sweet Love, Bitter

Sweet Love, Bitter

1967

5.5

Movie
T.J. Hooker - Blood Sport

T.J. Hooker - Blood Sport

1986

0.0

Movie
Tab Hunter Confidential

Tab Hunter Confidential

2015

7.4

Movie
The Bachelor Party

The Bachelor Party

1957

6.6

Movie
The Borgia Stick

The Borgia Stick

1967

7.8

Movie
The Boy Who Drank Too Much

The Boy Who Drank Too Much

1980

2.0

Movie
poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

6.6

TV
The Girl on the Late, Late Show

The Girl on the Late, Late Show

1974

5.5

Movie
The Hoodlum Priest

The Hoodlum Priest

1961

6.0

Movie
The Intruders

The Intruders

1970

5.7

Movie
poster

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

5.1

TV
poster

The Outcasts

1968

5.3

TV
poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

6.0

TV
The Plainsman

The Plainsman

1966

4.8

Movie
The Sex Symbol

The Sex Symbol

1974

3.0

Movie
poster

The Single Guy

1995

6.3

TV
The Stepford Children

The Stepford Children

1987

5.0

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

7.4

TV
The Viking Queen

The Viking Queen

1967

4.8

Movie
poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

1997

6.6

TV
poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

7.6

TV
These Thousand Hills

These Thousand Hills

1959

6.2

Movie
Thursday's Child

Thursday's Child

1983

0.0

Movie
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

1997

7.2

Movie
poster

Twin Peaks

1990

8.3

TV
poster

What's My Line?

1950

6.7

TV
poster

Wings

1990

6.9

TV
Winterset

Winterset

1959

0.0

Movie