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.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Hollywood, California, USA
    Birthday
    7/31/1929
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
6.2
The Borgia Stick
The Borgia Stick
7.8
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
6.1
Ghosts Can't Do It
Ghosts Can't Do It
2.7
Besuch bei Don Murray
0
Winterset
0
Hollywood Legenden
2
The Viking Queen
The Viking Queen
4.8
Daughter of the Mind
Daughter of the Mind
6.1
Made in Heaven
Made in Heaven
6.7
Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte
0
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
0
Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon
Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon
0
A Hatful of Rain
A Hatful of Rain
6.8
Radioactive Dreams
Radioactive Dreams
5.2
Advise & Consent
Advise & Consent
7.2
Hollywood Uncensored
Hollywood Uncensored
5.5
License to Kill
License to Kill
5.8
These Thousand Hills
These Thousand Hills
6.2
Endless Love
Endless Love
5.7
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
5.5
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
5.5
Deadly Hero
Deadly Hero
6
From Hell to Texas
From Hell to Texas
5.9
The Hoodlum Priest
The Hoodlum Priest
6
Baby, the Rain Must Fall
Baby, the Rain Must Fall
6.2
Kid Rodelo
Kid Rodelo
0
I Am The Cheese
I Am The Cheese
7
Quarterback Princess
Quarterback Princess
6.9
Shurtleff on Acting
Shurtleff on Acting
0
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
7.8
One Foot in Hell
One Foot in Hell
5.3
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
5.2
The Sex Symbol
The Sex Symbol
3
Scorpion
Scorpion
4.3
The Bachelor Party
The Bachelor Party
6.6
Island Prey
Island Prey
5.5
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
7.5
Hearts Adrift
Hearts Adrift
6
The Plainsman
The Plainsman
4.8
Escape from East Berlin
Escape from East Berlin
5.9
The Intruders
5.7
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
0
Rainbow
Rainbow
0
Crisis in Mid-Air
Crisis in Mid-Air
6
One Man's Way
One Man's Way
4
Shake Hands with the Devil
Shake Hands with the Devil
6.5
Marilyn, divine et fragile
0
Promise
Promise
1.5
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
0
The Boy Who Drank Too Much
The Boy Who Drank Too Much
2
Childish Things
1
The Stepford Children
The Stepford Children
5
Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
7
Internet Love
Internet Love
10
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
1
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
6
My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
0
Peggy Sue Got Married
Peggy Sue Got Married
6.1
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
0
Tab Hunter Confidential
Tab Hunter Confidential
7.4
A Girl Named Sooner
A Girl Named Sooner
4.2
Thursday's Child
Thursday's Child
0
Sweet Love, Bitter
Sweet Love, Bitter
5.5
A Touch of Scandal
A Touch of Scandal
0
Stillwatch
Stillwatch
6.5
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
6.8
Return of the Rebels
Return of the Rebels
6.6
Marilyn
Marilyn
6
Fugitive Family
Fugitive Family
0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
7.7
Cotter
Cotter
0
If Things Were Different
If Things Were Different
0
Something in Common
Something in Common
6
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
7.2
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
5
T.J. Hooker - Blood Sport
T.J. Hooker - Blood Sport
0
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