Acting credits
117
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Murray Hamilton
Acting
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Movies: 63Series: 54
TMDB ID: 8608
IMDb ID: nm0358069
Known for: Acting
Born: March 24, 1923
Died: September 1, 1986
Age: 63
Place of birth: Washington, North Carolina, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.79
Wikidata: Q978706
Also known as
مورای همیلتون
Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Murray Hamilton.
7.4
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self
2025 Movie
6.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987 Movie
6.2
The Last Days of Patton
as Gen. Hobart "Hap" Gay
1986 Movie
5.6
Whoops Apocalypse
as Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (Former US President)
1986 Movie
5.1
Too Scared to Scream
as Jack Oberman
1984 Movie
5.8
Summer Girl
as Jack Reardon
1983 Movie
4.3
Mazes and Monsters
as Lt. John Martini
1982 Movie
4.3
Hysterical
as The Mayor
1982 Movie
7.0
All the Way Home
as Joel Lynch
1981 Movie
7.1
Brubaker
as John Deach
1980 Movie
Swan Song
as Jack McCauley
1980 Movie
5.8
1941
as Claude Crumn
1979 Movie
6.3
The Amityville Horror
as Father Ryan
1979 Movie
10.0
A Last Cry for Help
as Ralph Muir
1979 Movie
6.0
Donovan's Kid
as Henry Carpenter
1979 Movie
6.0
Jaws 2
as Mayor Larry Vaughn
1978 Movie
6.3
Casey's Shadow
as Tom Patterson
1978 Movie
5.2
Killer on Board
as Dr. Ned Folger
1977 Movie
5.1
Damnation Alley
as Gen. Landers
1977 Movie
6.5
Murder at the World Series
as Harvey Murkison
1977 Movie
6.3
The Drowning Pool
as Kilbourne
1975 Movie
7.7
Jaws
as Vaughn
1975 Movie
After the Fall
as Mickey
1974 Movie
7.0
The Way We Were
as Brooks Carpenter
1973 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Murray Hamilton.
6.0
Blacke's Magic
1 eps
1986 Series
7.6
The Golden Girls
as Big Daddy • 1 eps
1985 Series
5.0
Hail to the Chief
as Senator Sam Cotton • 7 eps
1985 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Bud Michaels • 1 eps
1984 Series
6.6
Cover Up
1 eps
1984 Series
7.6
Mama's Family
1 eps
1983 Series
6.2
Matt Houston
1 eps
1982 Series
5.0
Bret Maverick
1 eps
1981 Series
5.5
B. J. and the Bear
as Rutherford T. Grant • 15 eps
1979 Series
7.1
Alice
1 eps
1976 Series
7.8
Rich Man, Poor Man
as Sid Gossett • 12 eps
1976 Series
7.5
Ellery Queen
1 eps
1975 Series
7.1
Kojak
as Harry Harmon • 1 eps
1973 Series
6.9
Police Story
2 eps
1973 Series
7.2
Hawkins
as Frank Guilfoyle • 1 eps
1973 Series
6.9
Barnaby Jones
as Clete Belford • 1 eps
1973 Series
7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1 eps
1972 Series
6.9
McMillan & Wife
1 eps
1971 Series
6.6
Cannon
3 eps
1971 Series
4.2
Vanished
as Nick McCann • 2 eps
1971 Series
7.8
Night Gallery
1 eps
1970 Series
7.1
McCloud
2 eps
1970 Series
6.1
Medical Center
1 eps
1969 Series
7.5
Judd for the Defense
1 eps
1967 Series