Biography
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, i...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Gold of Rio Bravo: Sheriff Kelly's Story
2025
1874, East Texas. Sheriff Vernon Kelly and former General Ivan Turchin restore justice in small American towns on the border with Mexico. One of the s...

Promise
2021
as Zacharias
A retired contract scout for the union, compelled to move on from his tragic past, embarks on a deadly mission with gunfight battles, double crosses, ...

Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
2017
as Self
Documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.

Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
as Self
Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter wa...

Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
2010
as Self
Documentary about Marilyn Monroe.

Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon
2010
as Self
Documentary about Marilyn Monroe: 1962: America loses its blonde icon. Marilyn Monroe dies under mysterious circumstances. How did she die? The police...

Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
2008
as Self
Documentary on the parallels between United States racial politics and the narrative of 'Conquest for the Planet of the Apes' (1972).

Breathe
2008
Director, Producer
A group of divers set out on a journey to film and explore the beauty of the ocean. However, during their latest dive, their oxygen runs low, risking ...
Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte
2007
as Self
Documentary about the Austrian director Fred Zinnemann.
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
Documentary about Hollywood.

Island Prey
2001
as Parker Gaits
Catherine Gaits, married, has an affair with Peter Thornton and has made it very clear that this one time will stay one time. But Thornton is obsessiv...
Besuch bei Don Murray
2000
as Self
Documentary about Don Murray.

Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
1999
as Self
In the 1942 film "This Gun For Hire," he was only a supporting actor. But his portrayal of a cold, ruthless killer with a core of gentle sadness had a...

Internet Love
1998
as Self
Starting out as e-mail pen pals, Daniel and Laura soon fall in love. Only problem is that she lives in Germany and he lives in Los Angeles. When they ...

Mr. Headmistress
1998
as Reporter
Tucker recently got out of prison, but is soon sought after by other bad men. So to escape them, he disguises himself as the new Headmistress of an al...

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
as Self
The first half century of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation from its beginnings under Hungarian immigrant William Fox to it emergence as a major ...
Marilyn, divine et fragile
1996
as Self

Hearts Adrift
1996
as Lloyd Raines
Max and her mom are going to visit a friend, where she meets his son. Rich playboys don't interest Max. But she gives him a chance, and they get to kn...

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
1994
as Self
An account of the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood's most famous and glamorous movie stars.

Shurtleff on Acting
1994
as Self
A feature length documentary on legendary acting guru, casting agent and author, Michael Shurtleff. Interviews with actors such as Gene Hackman, Ellio...
Montana Crossroads
1993
as Frank Morrow
A woman tries to convince her father to enter a retirement home, at the same time her daughter is wanting to leave to live on her own.

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Self
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such me...

Ghosts Can't Do It
1989
as Winston
Elderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Kate to pick ...

My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
1989
as Jack Karpinsky
Teenage boy is unable to deal with his schizophrenic father.

Hollywood Uncensored
1987
as Self
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards.

Made in Heaven
1987
as Ben Chandler
Deceased drifter Mike arrives in Heaven and quickly falls for newborn soul Annie, soon to start her assignment on Earth. When Annie leaves, Mike follo...

Mistress
1987
as Wyn
A woman who's been having an affair with a married man who's been taking care of her. When he dies she finds herself with nothing. So she tries to reb...

The Stepford Children
1987
as Steven Harding
Steven and Laura Harding, along with their kids David and Mary, have moved to the quiet community of Stepford. Steven joins the men's club, which is s...

Stillwatch
1987
as Sam Kingsley
Television journalist, Patricia Traymore, moves to Washington to do an in-depth interview with vice presidential hopeful, Senator Abigail Winslow. She...
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987
as Self
Documentary on the various mysteries in Hollywood.

License to Kill
1986
as Tom Fiske
A grieving family whose daughter was killed in a car crash with a drunken driver is outraged and frustrated as they encounter the inevitable bureaucra...

Scorpion
1986
as Gifford Lease
A top counter-intelligence agent thwarts a hijacking and is assigned to protect one of the terrorists who plan to turn evidence over for a plea bargai...

Something in Common
1986
as Theo Fontana
A young man and a nice woman in her forties fall in love. His mother goes berserk when he tells her about it and when the girlfriend comes to meet the...

Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
as Jack Kelcher
Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

Radioactive Dreams
1986
as Dash Hammer
After an atomic war Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent 15 years on their own in an bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detectiv...

T.J. Hooker - Blood Sport
1986
as Senator Stuart Grayle
Hooker and his team become the protection detail of a Senator, and an old friend of Hooker's, after Hooker saves his life during a routine prisoner tr...

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986
as Self
Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddes...

A Touch of Scandal
1984
as Benjamin Gilvey
Katherine Gilvey is a comely councilwoman, whose campaign for Attorney General is being managed by her ambitious, but cold-hearted husband Benjamin, w...

Quarterback Princess
1983
as Ralph Maida
The Maida family has moved to Oregon, and daughter Tami wants to play quarterback for the high school football team. There's just one problem. She's a...

I Am The Cheese
1983
as David Farmer
Adapted from the Robert Cormier novel. This film follows the life of a young boy whose happy, if somewhat unusual life with his friends and family gra...

Thursday's Child
1983
as Parker Alden
Sam Alden is the 17-year-old high school star player in baseball who seems to have it all. However, his family notices that he is often bothered with ...

Return of the Rebels
1981
as Sonny Morgan
An aging motorcycle gang assembles for a 25-year reunion to help out former member Mary Beth, a widowed operator of a popular campground which is bein...

Endless Love
1981
as Hugh
As their romance unfolds, Jade and David's growing love for one another becomes the scorn of Jade's father. However, when Jade's grades begin to drop,...

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
as Pimp
Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling gr...

Fugitive Family
1980
as Peter Ritchie
To the world Brian Roberts looks like a successful businessman, with a lovely wife and two children all living in a dream home. Nevertheless, he has r...

Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
1980
as Sergeant Jack Leland
14 year police veteran, Evelyn Carter looks to make it to retirement while experiencing the highs and lows of police work in a male-dominated metropol...

The Boy Who Drank Too Much
1980
as Ken Saunders
A high school athlete is well on the road to becoming an alcoholic like his ex-hockey pro father until his teammate and best friend commits himself to...

If Things Were Different
1980
as Robert Langford
A woman tries to cope with her husband's emotional instability while also juggling a career as a local TV show director, her motherly duties, and an e...

Crisis in Mid-Air
1979
as Adam Travis
The life of a stressed-out air controller falls apart as he battles a court case involving a mid-air collision for which an investigator is trying to ...

Rainbow
1978
as Frank Gumm
The early life and struggles of Judy Garland (portrayed by Andrea McArdle), and of the film star's trials as a youngster in dealing with the movie stu...

Damien's Island
1976
Director
A missionary tries to help lepers in a Hawaiian island.

Deadly Hero
1975
as Edward A. Lacy
Officer Lacy is an 18-year veteran of the New York Police Department who finds himself demoted from detective back to patrol duty for his violent tend...

A Girl Named Sooner
1975
as Sheriff Phil Rotteman
A young girl in the hills of Indiana, who had been abandoned by her family and raised by a bootlegging old woman, is taken by the authorities and made...

The Sex Symbol
1974
as Sen. Grant O'Neal
A thinly-disguised version of the life of Marilyn Monroe, detailing her ups and downs in life and how her erratic behavior contributed to her deterior...

The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
as William Martin
A television producer decides to find out the whereabouts of a former movie actress whose career has long since faded, then discovers that his inquiri...

Cotter
1973
as Cotter
A rodeo rider is killed because Cotter is too drunk to distract the raging bull.

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
as Breck
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, an...

Justin Morgan Had a Horse
1972
as Justin Morgan
This is the story of the foundation sire of the Morgan Horse Breed.

Happy Birthday, Wanda June
1971
as Herb Shuttle
A hunter back from years in the Amazon finds his wife and life changed.

The Intruders
1970
as Sam Garrison
The James and Younger outlaw gangs ride into town, and it is up to the local marshal, who has lost both his nerve and his gun skills, to stop them.

The Cross and the Switchblade
1970
Writer, Director
David Wilkerson's first five years in New York City, where he ministered to disillusioned youth, encouraging them to turn away from the drugs and gang...

Daughter of the Mind
1969
as Dr. Alex Lauder
Professor Samuel Hale Constable is a government expert in the field of cybernetics. He and his wheelchair-bound wife Lenore became parents late in lif...
Childish Things
1969
as Tom Harris
An alcoholic former serviceman goes to work collecting debts for gangsters and committing various other crimes, then has a religious conversion and he...
Childish Things
1969
Writer, Producer
An alcoholic former serviceman goes to work collecting debts for gangsters and committing various other crimes, then has a religious conversion and he...

The Viking Queen
1967
as Justinian
Set in ancient Britain, at a time when much of Europe was ruled with harsh tyranny by Rome, a tribe of Britons led by Selina, set out to defy the inva...

The Borgia Stick
1967
as Tom Harrison
A suburban couple discovers that they are pawns for a powerful crime syndicate. They try to break away from the cartel and go legitimate, but the synd...

Sweet Love, Bitter
1967
as David Hillary
A loose fictitious of Charlie Parker's last years and a portrait of the jazz scene in 1960's New York. A black jazz musician bent on self destruction ...

The Plainsman
1966
as Wild Bill Hickok
Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.

Kid Rodelo
1966
as Kid Rodelo
An embittered ex-convict cowboy sets out to find the hidden gold his partner told him about.

Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965
as Deputy Sheriff Slim
Henry Thomas tries to overcome the horrors of his childhood and start a new life with his wife and kid. However, his abusive step-mother and his depen...

One Man's Way
1964
as Norman Vincent Peale
Reverend Norman Vincent Peale fights to bring his message to the nation.

Marilyn
1963
as Self ("Bus Stop") (archive footage) (uncredited)
This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox films,...

Escape from East Berlin
1962
as Kurt Schröder
East Berlin, shortly after the construction of the Berlin Wall. Kurt Schröder and his family dig a tunnel to escape to West Berlin as they struggle to...

Advise & Consent
1962
as Senator Brigham Anderson
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired b...

The Hoodlum Priest
1961
as Father Charles Dismas Clark
Venturing into some of the roughest slums of St. Louis, Jesuit priest Rev. Charles Dismas Clark dedicates himself to helping young ex-convicts who are...

The Hoodlum Priest
1961
Screenplay, Original Story, Producer
Venturing into some of the roughest slums of St. Louis, Jesuit priest Rev. Charles Dismas Clark dedicates himself to helping young ex-convicts who are...

One Foot in Hell
1960
as Dan Keats
Mitch Barrett becomes embittered because his wife is allowed to die when he can't pay for the medicine she needs. The remorseful townspeople hire Mitc...

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
Winterset
1959
as Mio Romagna
Immigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Years later, his son Mio sets out to find the truth of t...

Shake Hands with the Devil
1959
as Kerry O'Shea
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes ...

These Thousand Hills
1959
as Albert Gallatin 'Lat' Evans
A cowboy tries for easy money with his partner, then tries ranching with a saloon hostess's money.

From Hell to Texas
1958
as Tod Lohman
The naive cowboy Tod Lohman accidentally kills the son of the powerful land baron Hunter Boyd. Tod runs for his life, pursued by the dead man's vengef...

A Hatful of Rain
1957
as Johnny Pope
A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.

The Bachelor Party
1957
as Charlie Samson
Five office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of them. As the night wears on and the drink starts t...

Bus Stop
1956
as Beauregard 'Bo' Decker
Cowboys Beauregard Decker and Virgil Blessing attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful cafe singer Cherie. He wants to tak...

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
as Axel Nordman
Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry. Television film for The Philco Television Playhouse ...