Don Galloway
Acting • Born 1937-07-27 – Died 2009-01-08
Biography
Donald Poe Galloway (July 27, 1937 – January 8, 2009, Height: 6 feet 2 inches) was an American stage, film, and television actor, best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Ed Brown in the long-running series Ironside (1967–1975). He reprised the role for a TV film in 1993. He was also a politically active Libertarian and columnist. Galloway was born in Augusta, Kentucky. His parents moved to the county in Bracken County after the Great Flood of 1937 along the Ohio River the same year he was born. Galloway was a 1955 graduate of Bracken County High School, where he played varsity basketball, and a 1959 graduate of the University of Kentucky, where he studied drama. After graduating from college, Galloway moved to New York City to pursue a career in acting. He studied with renowned acting coach Herbert Berghof and appeared in several off-Broadway productions. In 1963, he made his Broadway debut in the play Bring Me a Warm Body. Galloway's big break came in 1967 when he was cast as Detective Sergeant Ed Brown in the NBC crime drama series Ironside. The show starred Raymond Burr as Robert Ironside, a wheelchair-bound police chief who solves crimes with the help of his team of detectives, including Brown. Ironside was a critical and commercial success, and Galloway remained with the show for its entire run. After Ironside ended, Galloway continued to act in television and film. He made guest appearances on popular shows such as Mork & Mindy, The A-Team, and Murder, She Wrote. He also appeared in the films The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and Death Wish II (1982). In addition to his acting career, Galloway was also a politically active Libertarian and columnist. He wrote a weekly column for the Manchester Union Leader newspaper in New Hampshire, in which he espoused his libertarian views. Galloway died in 2009 at the age of 71 from complications of a stroke. He is survived by his wife, Linda, and four children.
Filmography
68 credits
Clifford
Movie • 1994
Captain
Two Moon Junction
Movie • 1988
Senator Delongpre
Rock Hudson
Movie • 1990
John Frankenheimer
The Big Chill
Movie • 1983
Richard Bowens
The Doom Generation
Movie • 1995
FBI Guy
The Rare Breed
Movie • 1966
Jamie Bowen
Once Upon a Starry Night
Movie • 1978
Sam
Gunfight in Abilene
Movie • 1967
Ward Kent
You Lie So Deep, My Love
Movie • 1975
Neal Collins
Cover Girls
Movie • 1977
James Andrews
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
Movie • 1967
Nevada
Riding with Death
Movie • 1976
John Hiller
Satan's Mistress
Movie • 1982
Carl
Ironside
Movie • 1967
Det. Sgt. Ed Brown
Listen to Me
Movie • 1989
Rough Night in Jericho
Movie • 1967
Jace
Ski Lift to Death
Movie • 1978
Ron Corley
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
Movie • 1973
Monsignor Thomas Ryan
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Movie • 1988
General Hobart
The Return of Ironside
Movie • 1993
Ed Brown
Split Second to an Epitaph
Movie • 1968
Det. Sgt. Ed Brown
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
Movie • 1990
Sgt. Hollenbeck
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Movie • 1972
Lt. Danny Reilly
Original Intent
Movie • 1992
Newscaster
The Priest Killer
Movie • 1971
Det. Sgt. Ed Brown
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Elton Summers
Movin' On
TV • 1974
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Steve Marshall
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Matlock
TV • 1986
Phillip Slayton
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Gilbert Cole
Mork & Mindy
TV • 1978
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
John Gorman
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Bob Stryke
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Mitchell Harris
The Secret Storm
TV • 1954
Ironside
TV • 1967
Ed Brown
Crazy like a Fox
TV • 1984
Derek
Dallas
TV • 1978
Patrick Knelman
Vega$
TV • 1978
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Gordon Von Rhine
Police Woman
TV • 1974
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Jack Henderson
E/R
TV • 1984
High Mountain Rangers
TV • 1988
Tom, Dick and Mary
TV • 1964
Tom Gentry
Hizzonner
TV • 1979
12 O'Clock High
TV • 1964
Capt. Bruce Cowley
Automan
TV • 1983
Martin Willis
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Jim Tyson
Condominium
TV • 1980
Jack Messenkott
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Harley Freeman
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
MacGyver
TV • 1985
John Collins
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Andrew Hudson
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Al Aguilar
The Outsiders
TV • 1990
The John Forsythe Show
TV • 1965
Col. Charles Craig
Hotel
TV • 1982
Ron Bowman
Police Woman
TV • 1974
Lieutenant Buckles
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV • 1969
Bill Hull
Grizzly Adams
TV • 1977
Pinkerton
Grizzly Adams
TV • 1977
Sam
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
Larry Credle
Medical Story
TV • 1975
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
TV • 1972
Martin Thatcher