Murray Hamilton
Acting • Born 1923-03-24 – Died 1986-09-01
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.
Filmography
138 credits
The Hustler
Movie • 1961
Findley
Jaws
Movie • 1975
Vaughn
Jaws 2
Movie • 1978
Mayor Larry Vaughn
Houseboat
Movie • 1958
Capt. Alan Wilson
Brubaker
Movie • 1980
Deach
The Way We Were
Movie • 1973
Brooks Carpenter
Seconds
Movie • 1966
Charlie Evans
1941
Movie • 1979
Claude Crumn
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Movie • 1969
Fred Ferguson
Damnation Alley
Movie • 1977
Gen. Landers
The Drowning Pool
Movie • 1975
Kilbourne
The Boston Strangler
Movie • 1968
Det. Frank McAfee
Mazes and Monsters
Movie • 1982
Lt. John Martini
No Way to Treat a Lady
Movie • 1968
Inspector Haines
The Graduate
Movie • 1967
Mr. Robinson
13 Frightened Girls
Movie • 1963
Wally Sanders
Darby's Rangers
Movie • 1958
Sims Delancey
The Spirit of St. Louis
Movie • 1957
Bud Gurney
No Time for Sergeants
Movie • 1958
Irving S. Blanchard
The FBI Story
Movie • 1959
Sam Crandall
The Brotherhood
Movie • 1968
Jim Egan
Hysterical
Movie • 1982
The Mayor
A Bell for Adano
Movie • 1967
Sgt. Leonard Borth
Too Scared to Scream
Movie • 1984
Jack Oberman
Jeanne Eagels
Movie • 1957
Chick O'Hara
An American Dream
Movie • 1966
Arthur Kabot
Toward the Unknown
Movie • 1956
Maj. Bromo Lee
Something for the Boys
Movie • 1944
Soldier (uncredited)
Song of the Open Road
Movie • 1944
Crop Corps Kid (uncredited)
Swan Song
Movie • 1980
Jack McCauley
The Failing of Raymond
Movie • 1971
Sgt. Manzak
Tall Story
Movie • 1960
Coach Sandy Hardy
Bright Victory
Movie • 1951
Pete Hamilton
Killer on Board
Movie • 1977
Dr. Ned Folger
The Cardinal
Movie • 1963
Lafe
The Amityville Horror
Movie • 1979
Father Ryan
The Harness
Movie • 1971
Roy Kern
Too Much, Too Soon
Movie • 1958
Charlie Snow
Cannon
Movie • 1971
Virgil Holley
Papa's Delicate Condition
Movie • 1963
Mr. Harvey
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
Movie • 1951
Al Webster
Escape to Sonoita
Movie • 1960
Marsh
Casey's Shadow
Movie • 1978
Tom Patterson
Summer Girl
Movie • 1983
Jack Reardon
All the Way Home
Movie • 1981
Joel Lynch
Anatomy of a Murder
Movie • 1959
Alphonse "Al" Paquette
Inherit the Wind
Movie • 1965
E.K. Hornbeck
Danger Has Two Faces
Movie • 1968
Colonel Jack Forbes
The Girl He Left Behind
Movie • 1956
Sgt. Clyde
The Last Days of Patton
Movie • 1986
Gen. Hobart "Hap" Gay
Sergeant Ryker
Movie • 1968
Capt. Appleton
After the Fall
Movie • 1974
Mickey
Murder at the World Series
Movie • 1977
Harvey Murkison
Incident on a Dark Street
Movie • 1973
Edmund Schilling
Donovan's Kid
Movie • 1979
Henry Carpenter
Reckless Age
Movie • 1944
Member of Soldier Quartet
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
A Tattered Web
Movie • 1971
Sgt. Joe Marcus
Murdock's Gang
Movie • 1973
Harold Talbot
Deadly Harvest
Movie • 1972
Sheriff Bill Jessup
A Last Cry for Help
Movie • 1979
Ralph Muir
Whoops Apocalypse
Movie • 1986
Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (Former US President)
The Farmer's Daughter
Movie • 1962
Nordick
The Big Slide
Movie • 1956
Chick Tolliver
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Movie • 2025
Self
Alice
TV • 1976
B. J. and the Bear
TV • 1979
Rutherford T. Grant
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Capt. Appleton
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Mike Kessler
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Big Daddy
Route 66
TV • 1960
Mama's Family
TV • 1983
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Hawkins
TV • 1973
Frank Guilfoyle
Naked City
TV • 1958
D.A. Thomas Stevenson
Kojak
TV • 1973
Harry Harmon
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Jake Buley
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
John Davis 'Johnny' Hale
Studio One
TV • 1948
Joe Bristol
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Cannon
TV • 1971
Cover Up
TV • 1984
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
E.K. Hornbeck
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Mr. Death
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Marsh
Target: The Corruptors!
TV • 1961
The Eleventh Hour
TV • 1962
McMillan & Wife
TV • 1971
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Dr. Raphael
Bret Maverick
TV • 1981
Police Story
TV • 1973
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Mel Starling
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Chris Daniels
Hail to the Chief
TV • 1985
Senator Sam Cotton
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Joe Steelman
McCloud
TV • 1970
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
The Real McCoys
TV • 1957
Men Into Space
TV • 1959
Judd for the Defense
TV • 1967
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Ellery Queen
TV • 1975
Wire Service
TV • 1956
Ed Holley
Vanished
TV • 1971
Nick McCann
Suspense
TV • 1949
Snow Pearson
Needles and Pins
TV • 1973
Blacke's Magic
TV • 1986
Inner Sanctum
TV • 1954
Love and Marriage
TV • 1959
Steve Baker
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. Haldore Mattern
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Miles Morgan
The Defenders
TV • 1961
D.A. Sid Morgan
The Defenders
TV • 1961
District Attorney
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Bryan Phelps
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Tark Bennett
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Mike Finn
The Man Who Never Was
TV • 1966
Jack Forbes
Wire Service
TV • 1956
Frank Lunt
Naked City
TV • 1958
Matt Orman
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Lt. Dan Hargrave
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Emory Hale
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Richard Mills
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Doug McElroy
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Webb Cutter
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Calhoun
The DuPont Show of the Week
TV • 1961
Bob Fay
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Sgt. Leonard Borth
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Robert Jennings
The Invaders
TV • 1967
Lewis Dunhill
B. J. and the Bear
TV • 1979
Capt. Rutherford T. Grant
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Clete Belford
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Bud Michaels
Rich Man, Poor Man
TV • 1976
Sid Gossett