Murray Hamilton

Mar 24, 1923 - Sep 01, 1986 (63 years old) in Washington, North Carolina, USA

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.

Known For

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Perry Mason

John Davis 'Johnny' Hale

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Jaws

Vaughn

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Murder, She Wrote

Bud Michaels

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Have Gun, Will Travel

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The Fugitive

Mel Starling

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The Philco Television Playhouse

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The Twilight Zone

Mr. Death

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Alice

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Naked City

D.A. Thomas Stevenson

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Studio One

Joe Bristol

Credits

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story 2025

Self

★ 7.6
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 1987

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
The Last Days of Patton 1986

Gen. Hobart "Hap" Gay

★ 6.4
Whoops Apocalypse 1986

Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (Former US President)

★ 5.6
Blacke's Magic 1986

★ 6
The Golden Girls 1985

Big Daddy

★ 7.5
Hail to the Chief 1985

Senator Sam Cotton

★ 5
Murder, She Wrote 1984

Bud Michaels

★ 7.5
Too Scared to Scream 1984

Jack Oberman

★ 5.1
Cover Up 1984

★ 6.6
Summer Girl 1983

Jack Reardon

★ 7
Mama's Family 1983

★ 7.6
Mazes and Monsters 1982

Lt. John Martini

★ 4.3
Hysterical 1982

The Mayor

★ 4.6
Matt Houston 1982

★ 6.2
All the Way Home 1981

Joel Lynch

★ 7
Bret Maverick 1981

★ 4
Brubaker 1980

John Deach

★ 7.1
Swan Song 1980

Jack McCauley

★ NR
1941 1979

Claude Crumn

★ 5.8
The Amityville Horror 1979

Father Ryan

★ 6.3
B. J. and the Bear 1979

Rutherford T. Grant

★ 5.5
A Last Cry for Help 1979

Ralph Muir

★ 10
Donovan's Kid 1979

Henry Carpenter

★ 6
Jaws 2 1978

Mayor Larry Vaughn

★ 6
Casey's Shadow 1978

Tom Patterson

★ 6.4
Killer on Board 1977

Dr. Ned Folger

★ 5
Damnation Alley 1977

Gen. Landers

★ 5.1
Murder at the World Series 1977

Harvey Murkison

★ 6.5
Alice 1976

★ 7
Rich Man, Poor Man 1976

Sid Gossett

★ 7.8
Ellery Queen 1975

★ 7.4
The Drowning Pool 1975

Kilbourne

★ 6.3
Jaws 1975

Vaughn

★ 7.7
After the Fall 1974

Mickey

★ NR
Kojak 1973

Harry Harmon

★ 7
The Way We Were 1973

Brooks Carpenter

★ 7
Needles and Pins 1973

★ 5
Murdock's Gang 1973

Harold Talbot

★ 6
Police Story 1973

★ 6.9
Hawkins 1973

Frank Guilfoyle

★ 7.2
Barnaby Jones 1973

Clete Belford

★ 6.9
Incident on a Dark Street 1973

Edmund Schilling

★ 5
Deadly Harvest 1972

Sheriff Bill Jessup

★ 6
The Streets of San Francisco 1972

★ 6.9
The Harness 1971

Roy Kern

★ NR
McMillan & Wife 1971

★ 6.9
The Failing of Raymond 1971

Sgt. Manzak

★ 6
A Tattered Web 1971

Sgt. Joe Marcus

★ 5.6
Cannon 1971

Virgil Holley

★ 3.5
Vanished 1971

Nick McCann

★ 5
Night Gallery 1970

★ 7.8
McCloud 1970

★ 7.1
Medical Center 1969

★ 6.1
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium 1969

Fred Ferguson

★ 5.8
The Brotherhood 1968

Jim Egan

★ 5.9
Danger Has Two Faces 1968

Colonel Jack Forbes

★ 7
The Boston Strangler 1968

Det. Frank McAfee

★ 6.7
No Way to Treat a Lady 1968

Inspector Haines

★ 6.6
Sergeant Ryker 1968

Capt. Appleton

★ 6
The Graduate 1967

Mr. Robinson

★ 7.6
A Bell for Adano 1967

Sgt. Leonard Borth

★ NR
Judd for the Defense 1967

★ 7.5
The Invaders 1967

Lewis Dunhill

★ 6.8
Seconds 1966

Charlie Evans

★ 7.3
Mission: Impossible 1966

★ 7.6
The Man Who Never Was 1966

Jack Forbes

★ NR
An American Dream 1966

Arthur Kabot

★ 4.6
Inherit the Wind 1965

E.K. Hornbeck

★ 8
The F.B.I. 1965

Mike Kessler

★ 5.5
Run for Your Life 1965

Dr. Raphael

★ 7.2
The Cardinal 1963

Lafe

★ 6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre 1963

Capt. Appleton

★ 5.3
The Fugitive 1963

Mel Starling

★ 7.2
13 Frightened Girls 1963

Wally Sanders

★ 5.4
Papa's Delicate Condition 1963

Mr. Harvey

★ 5.4
The Eleventh Hour 1962

★ 6
The Farmer's Daughter 1962

Nordick

★ NR
Target: The Corruptors! 1961

★ 3.5
Dr. Kildare 1961

Dr. Haldore Mattern

★ 5.5
The Hustler 1961

Findley

★ 7.7
The DuPont Show of the Week 1961

Bob Fay

★ 6
The Defenders 1961

Miles Morgan

★ 5.9
Route 66 1960

★ 6.3
Escape to Sonoita 1960

Marsh

★ 7
Tall Story 1960

Coach Sandy Hardy

★ 5.4
The Twilight Zone 1959

Mr. Death

★ 8.5
The FBI Story 1959

Sam Crandall

★ 6.1
Men Into Space 1959

★ 7
Love and Marriage 1959

Steve Baker

★ NR
Anatomy of a Murder 1959

Alphonse Paquette

★ 7.9
Houseboat 1958

Capt. Alan Wilson

★ 6.4
Naked City 1958

D.A. Thomas Stevenson

★ 5.5
No Time for Sergeants 1958

Irving S. Blanchard

★ 7.2
Too Much, Too Soon 1958

Charlie Snow

★ 4.9
Darby's Rangers 1958

Sims Delancey

★ 5.9
The Real McCoys 1957

★ 5.6
Perry Mason 1957

John Davis 'Johnny' Hale

★ 7.7
Have Gun, Will Travel 1957

★ 7.4
Jeanne Eagels 1957

Chick O'Hara

★ 6.3
The Spirit of St. Louis 1957

Bud Gurney

★ 6.7
The Big Slide 1956

Chick Tolliver

★ NR
The Girl He Left Behind 1956

Sgt. Clyde

★ 4
Wire Service 1956

Ed Holley

★ NR
Toward the Unknown 1956

Maj. Bromo Lee

★ 5.6
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955

Marsh

★ 7.7
Gunsmoke 1955

Jake Buley

★ 6.6
The Millionaire 1955

Chris Daniels

★ 5
Inner Sanctum 1954

★ 7
Letter to Loretta 1953

Mike Finn

★ 6.5
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

E.K. Hornbeck

★ 8.6
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951

★ 7.3
The Whistle at Eaton Falls 1951

Al Webster

★ 6.2
Bright Victory 1951

Pete Hamilton

★ 6.9
Lux Video Theatre 1950

★ 6.3
Suspense 1949

Snow Pearson

★ 4.9
Studio One 1948

Joe Bristol

★ 5
The Philco Television Playhouse 1948

★ 6.3
Something for the Boys 1944

Soldier (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Reckless Age 1944

Member of Soldier Quartet

★ NR
Song of the Open Road 1944

Crop Corps Kid (uncredited)

★ NR

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