About
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...
Known for
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
Twin PeaksSeries • 1990
Knots LandingSeries • 1979
WingsSeries • 1990
MatlockSeries • 1986
Studio OneSeries • 1948
HotelSeries • 1982
The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries • 1948
ABC Afterschool SpecialSeries • 1972
Police StorySeries • 1973
The Wonderful World of DisneySeries • 1997
Kraft Television TheatreSeries • 1947
The Single GuySeries • 1995
Orson Welles' Great MysteriesSeries • 1973
Playhouse 90Series • 1956
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
How the West Was WonSeries • 1977
The Wonderful World of DisneySeries • 1954
The OutcastsSeries • 1968
Soldier of Fortune, Inc.Series • 1997
Endless LoveMovie • 1981
Conquest of the Planet of the ApesMovie • 1972
Peggy Sue Got MarriedMovie • 1986
Bus StopMovie • 1956