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Murray Hamilton

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American actor (1923–1986)

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  • GCSE AQA physics
  • Overtones
  • GCSE AQA French

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Washington, North Carolina, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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…

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  • Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story — Self2025
  • James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)1987
  • The Last Days of Patton — Gen. Hobart "Hap" Gay1986
  • Whoops Apocalypse — Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (Former US President)1986
  • Blacke's Magic1986
  • The Golden Girls — Big Daddy1985
  • Hail to the Chief — Senator Sam Cotton1985
  • Too Scared to Scream — Jack Oberman1984
  • Cover Up1984
  • Murder, She Wrote — Bud Michaels1984

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Instance of
human
Family name
Hamilton
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Washington
Place of death
Washington
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
Murray Hamilton "BJ and the Bear" (1981 NBC press photo) (cropped).JPG
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cause of death
cancer
date of birth
1923-03-24
end of work period
1986-00-00
date of death
1986-09-01
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1944-00-00
writing language
English language
Commons category
Murray Hamilton
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