Biography
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.
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Complete Filmography

The Making of '1941'
1996
as Self (archive footage)
A non-narrated documentary, told mainly in interviews with the filmmakers, on the making of the cult comedy classic, featuring outtakes, rare behind-t...

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

The Last Days of Patton
1986
as Gen. Hobart "Hap" Gay
Gen. George S. Patton now works a desk job for the U.S. military after World War II. In the midst of dealing with the difficulty of adapting to his dr...

Whoops Apocalypse
1986
as Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (Former US President)
When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrorist kidnaps a member of the Royal family, the count...

Too Scared to Scream
1984
as Jack Oberman
A killer is brutally attacking several tenants that live in a high rise apartment building in New York City.

Summer Girl
1983
as Jack Reardon
When seductive young Cinni comes to babysit for a troubled couple, she's after more than extra spending money. Starting with the kids and working arou...

Mazes and Monsters
1982
as Lt. John Martini
Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his four college classmates decide to move the board game into the local cavern. R...

Hysterical
1982
as The Mayor
Frederic Lansing is a writer who hopes to find inspiration while vacationing in Hellview, Oregon; however, the lighthouse in which he's staying is hau...

All the Way Home
1981
as Joel Lynch
A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.

Brubaker
1980
as John Deach
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

Swan Song
1980
as Jack McCauley
Sun Valley provides the backdrop to this story of a downhill ski racer who seeks to make a comeback after being branded a loser and the ski bunny who ...

1941
1979
as Claude Crumn
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

The Amityville Horror
1979
as Father Ryan
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy ...

A Last Cry for Help
1979
as Ralph Muir
Sharon appears to be a normal 17-year-old girl with good grades, many friends, and a wonderful personality - hardly someone you think would be conside...

Donovan's Kid
1979
as Henry Carpenter
Timothy Donovan, a con-man, returns to San Francisco to see his wife and daughter. Realizing his family is under the control of his wife's domineering...

Jaws 2
1978
as Mayor Larry Vaughn
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

Casey's Shadow
1978
as Tom Patterson
Young Casey comes from a family of racehorse trainers, and his best friend, a foal called Casey's Shadow, may just be a champion.

Killer on Board
1977
as Dr. Ned Folger
The passengers on a cruise ship are seized by panic when a deadly virus begins killing off passengers and crew.

Damnation Alley
1977
as Gen. Landers
Following World War III, four survivors at an desert military installation attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland of America to Albany, where ...

Murder at the World Series
1977
as Harvey Murkison
A disturbed young man threatens violence at the World Series after failing to make the Houston Astros.

The Drowning Pool
1975
as Kilbourne
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. ...

Jaws
1975
as Vaughn
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, ...

After the Fall
1974
as Mickey
Adaptation of Arthur Miller's semi-autobiographical play about Quentin, a Jewish intellectual from New York who must reexamine his life and his troubl...

The Way We Were
1973
as Brooks Carpenter
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in t...

Murdock's Gang
1973
as Harold Talbot
After serving a prison term, a flamboyant attorney becomes a private eye with a staff of ex-cons.

Incident on a Dark Street
1973
as Edmund Schilling
A small-time hood is murdered just as he is about to blow the whistle on an organized crime ring.

Deadly Harvest
1972
as Sheriff Bill Jessup
An Iron Curtain defector who has been living for years as a California winegrower learns that Soviet agents are stalking him.

The Harness
1971
as Roy Kern
A gentle John Steinbeck tale from 1938 about a farmer who is dominated by his ailing wife until a free-minded young woman turns up at his ranch with h...

The Failing of Raymond
1971
as Sgt. Manzak
On the day before she retires, a teacher discovers that a student she had flunked ten years previously is out to kill her.

A Tattered Web
1971
as Sgt. Joe Marcus
A detective discovers his son-in-law is cheating on his wife. He confronts the other woman and accidentally kills her, then tries to pin the crime on ...

Cannon
1971
as Virgil Holley
In this pilot film to the TV series, Cannon investigates the murder of a war buddy to clear the man's wife of suspicion in his death.

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Fred Ferguson
A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.

The Brotherhood
1968
as Jim Egan
The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerp...
Danger Has Two Faces
1968
as Colonel Jack Forbes
A U.S. spy and East German police duke it out in a battle of wits, fisticuffs and killing. The spy assumes the ID of a wealthy look-alike that the com...

The Boston Strangler
1968
as Det. Frank McAfee
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through ...

No Way to Treat a Lady
1968
as Inspector Haines
Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York Cit...

Sergeant Ryker
1968
as Capt. Appleton
During the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy. He's court-martialed and...

The Graduate
1967
as Mr. Robinson
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

A Bell for Adano
1967
as Sgt. Leonard Borth
A U.S. army officer, the military governor of an Italian town during World War II, tries to reintroduce democracy, but his efforts are hindered by his...

Seconds
1966
as Charlie Evans
An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its ...

An American Dream
1966
as Arthur Kabot
Stephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television personality. During a vicious argument with his wife, Debor...

Inherit the Wind
1965
as E.K. Hornbeck
A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school. Two of the finest legal min...

The Cardinal
1963
as Lafe
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

13 Frightened Girls
1963
as Wally Sanders
While attending a Swiss school for diplomats' daughters, the teenage daughter of the American ambassador uses her access to various embassies to engag...

Papa's Delicate Condition
1963
as Mr. Harvey
A jolly, family-oriented railroad superintendent tries to get his act together when his love for the bottle starts to alienate him from his wife and o...
The Farmer's Daughter
1962
as Nordick
Young Swedish-American Katrin "Katie" Holstrom leaves her family farm in Minnesota, headed for nursing school. After her tuition money runs out, she i...

The Hustler
1961
as Findley
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary...

Escape to Sonoita
1960
as Marsh
Two kidnappers think they have made their escape when they hijack a tanker in the dry desert, leaving the occupants and a female victim behind to die.

Tall Story
1960
as Coach Sandy Hardy
A young insecure college sportsman is in trouble. He wants to marry his very straightforward girlfriend, but has no money. When he is offered a bribe ...

The FBI Story
1959
as Sam Crandall
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.

Anatomy of a Murder
1959
as Alphonse Paquette
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. ...

Houseboat
1958
as Capt. Alan Wilson
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

No Time for Sergeants
1958
as Irving S. Blanchard
Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will?

Too Much, Too Soon
1958
as Charlie Snow
The daughter of iconic actor John Barrymore is reunited with her father after a ten year estrangement and engages in his self-destructive lifestyle.

Darby's Rangers
1958
as Sims Delancey
Stationed in Scotland, Maj. William Darby and the men under his command are trained by British commandos, becoming the U.S. Army's 1st Ranger Battalio...

Jeanne Eagels
1957
as Chick O'Hara
Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.

The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
as Bud Gurney
Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.

The Big Slide
1956
as Chick Tolliver
A down-and-out vaudeville comedian, Buddy McCoy, becomes a successful silent movie star, but experiences tragedy in his personal life. May Marley is a...

The Girl He Left Behind
1956
as Sgt. Clyde
A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the experience is also character-building. Director David...

Toward the Unknown
1956
as Maj. Bromo Lee
Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service as a test pilot. Determined to clear his name, Bon...

The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951
as Al Webster
A newly promoted plant supervisor finds himself in the position of having to announce a layoff of his fellow workers.

Bright Victory
1951
as Pete Hamilton
A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.

Something for the Boys
1944
as Soldier (uncredited)
The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!), inherit southern pla...

Reckless Age
1944
as Member of Soldier Quartet
Linda Wadsworth rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth, and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one ...

Song of the Open Road
1944
as Crop Corps Kid (uncredited)
A beautiful child star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to join a Civilian Conservation Corps camp to work with ...