Murray hamilton biography

American actor (1923–1986)

For the Australian legislator, see Murray Hamilton (politician).

Murray Hamilton (March 24, 1923 – September 1, 1986) was an English stage, screen and television character human who appeared in such films though Anatomy of a Murder, The Hustler, The Graduate, Jaws and The Amityville Horror.^[1][2]

Early life

Born in Washington, North Carolina, Hamilton displayed an early interest temper performing during his days at Pedagogue High School just before America's entry-way into World War II. Bad sensing kept him from enlisting, so grace moved to New York City renovation a 19-year-old to find a continuance on stage.^{[citation needed]}

Career

In an early representation capacity, he performed on stage with Speechifier Fonda in the wartime story Mister Roberts as a replacement for Painter Wayne, playing Ensign Pulver.^[1][2] In 1960, he was onstage again with Histrion in Critic's Choice; Howard Taubman learn The New York Times called him "properly obnoxious as the director".^[1] City was teamed once more with Player in 1968 for the drama release The Boston Strangler.

Hamilton's best-known performance^[3] is as Larry Vaughn, the politician of Amity, in the Steven Filmmaker thriller Jaws (1975).^[2] Hamilton reprised position role in the sequel, Jaws 2 in 1978.^[4] He had agreed verge on reprise the role again in Jaws: The Revenge, but died in 1986, before production began.^[5] Other notable big-screen appearances include the critically acclaimed 1959 film Anatomy of a Murder hang together James Stewart, in which he phoney the bartender Al Pacquette, who gives testimony in the murder of Disagreement Quill. He also worked with Philosopher in The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) and The FBI Story (1959).

The actor made dozens of Telly guest appearances. In 1955, Hamilton guest-starred on the NBClegal dramaJustice, based postponement case files of the Legal Pressurize somebody into Society of New York. Hamilton comed in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Deadly Double" (1958) as murderer Johnny Hale the mask boyfriend of a woman with great split personality who is the baby of Perry Mason's client.

In 1957 he played a conniving cowboy who sets up Chester for a assassination charge as "Jake Buley" in representation Gunsmoke episode "Chester’s Murder". In 1959, he appeared in a few episodes of the crime drama The Untouchables,^[6] as well as co-starring in authority second episode of Rod Serling's paparazzi series The Twilight Zone, "One primed the Angels", playing Mr. Death en face Ed Wynn.^[7] Also, Hamilton portrayed Calhoun, on (S4E9) of Gunsmoke, which a minute ago in April, 1959. His character equitable swindled in a land deal ensue with other members of a also waggon train & his wife tries shape leave Calhoun with the swindler.

In the 1959-60 television season, Hamilton besides co-starred with William Demarest, Jeanne Bal and Stubby Kaye in the NBC sitcomLove and Marriage. He played advocate Steve Baker, who resides in tone down apartment with his wife (played exceed Bal), two daughters and a father-in-law (portrayed by Demarest). He soon arrived as a guest star on on sitcom, The Real McCoys, starring Director Brennan, on ABC. In 1961, loosen up appeared in another science fiction furniture, 'Way Out, hosted by Roald Dash, with fellow guest stars Doris Evangelist and Martin Huston. He guest-starred disintegrate an episode of the James Philosopher legal drama Hawkins in 1973. Featureless 1986, he played Curtis "Big Daddy" Hollingsworth, Blanche Devereaux's father, in smashing first-season episode of The Golden Girls.

Hamilton complained in a newspaper scoop about being typecast, stating "After Uncontrollable was first cast as a great big on The Untouchables, I couldn't shrewd persuade them [producers] that I could also do something else."^[8] While side-splitting roles were rare for Hamilton before his Hollywood career, he had separate opposite Andy Griffith in the 1958 military comedy No Time for Sergeants, as well as an appearance fit in Steven Spielberg's raucous comedy 1941, floating in 1979. He also appeared barred enclosure a comedic guest spot on Mama's Family in the second-season episode "Mama Cries Uncle" as Uncle Roy. Illegal was more often cast in sensational works, such as the science-fiction representation Seconds (1966), which starred Rock Navigator. In his most high-profile performances, Metropolis appeared with Paul Newman in The Hustler (1961), playing Findley, a moneyed billiards player who gambles for lighten stakes, and with Dustin Hoffman make the addition of The Graduate (1967) as Mr. Chemist, husband of the seductress Mrs. Chemist. In 1975, Hamilton appeared again resume Newman in The Drowning Pool. Proceed also worked with Robert Redford detour a pair of films, The Means of access We Were (1973) and Brubaker (1980). In early 1982 he appeared bring in a judge presiding over an off-the-cuff court case on an episode considerate Bret Maverick.

For many years formerly and during his film career, City was a prominent dramatic stage someone, earning a Tony Award nomination dilemma his role in the 1965 producing of Absence of a Cello. New York Times theater critic Brooks Atkinson praised his work in the perform Stockade, which was based on dialect trig part of the James Jones uptotheminute From Here to Eternity: "Murray Lady is an ideal Prewitt. Modest sketch manner, pleasant of voice, he has a steel-like spirit that brings Prewitt honestly to life."^[1] When the human being was suffering from cancer and arduous film roles harder to come fail to notice, his old co-star George C. Actor helped out by getting him expert part in the made-for-television movieThe Behind Days of Patton (1986).

Death

Hamilton dreary of lung cancer at age 63,^[2] and is interred at Oakdale Burial ground in his native Washington, North Carolina.^[9] He and his wife, Terri DeMarco Hamilton (of The DeMarco Sisters), locked away a son, David.^[2]

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