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Murray Hamilton
24 March 1923
Murray Hamilton played in 16 movies in the Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Music, Crime, Mystery, Sport, Thriller, Horror, War, Fantasy, Documentary genres.
Murray Hamilton got succeed with average imdb rating 6.5.
Murray Hamilton first stepped on a Broadway stage in 1945; among his subsequent theatrical credits was the original production of Mister Roberts and his Tony-winning stint in 1964's Absence of a Cello. Hamilton's film career began with a minor role in Bright Victory (1951). He often played abrasive, cynical characters, such as the "feller sufferin' from R.
O.T.C" in 1958's No Time for Sergeants, but he occasionally essayed good-guy roles, notably as James Stewart's foredoomed par
... tner in The FBI Story (1959). Murray Hamilton is best known to many moviegoers for his role as the bombastic mayor in 1975's Jaws, a role which he won, according to the film's scenarist Carl Gottlieb, thanks to his acute ability "to portray weakness disguised as strength.Read more Less
