Don Murray
American actor
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Who was Don Murray?
Donald Patrick Murray (July 31, 1929 – February 2, 2024) was an American actor, screenwriter, and film director. He also played a villain in the science-fiction film Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) and the father of Kathleen Turner's character in Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). Murray also starred in several television series, notably as Earl Corey on The Outcasts (1968–69), Sid Fairgate on Knots Landing (1979–81), and Bushnell Mullins on Twin Peaks (2017). His screenwriting credits include The Hoodlum Priest (1961), a biopic of Jesuit priest Dismas Clark he also starred in and co-produced.
Historical significance
His debut film role as Bo Decker in Bus Stop (1956), opposite Marilyn Monroe, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He subsequently had several major leading and supporting roles in films during the 1950s and '60s, including A Hatful of Rain (1957), Shake Hands with the Devil (1959, with James Cagney), One Foot in Hell (1960, with Alan Ladd), Advise & Consent (1962, with Henry Fonda and Charles Laughton), and Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965, with Steve McQueen and Lee Remick). He subsequently had several major leading and supporting roles in films during the 1950s and '60s, including A Hatful of Rain (1957), Shake Hands with the Devil, One Foot in Hell, Advise & Consent, and Baby the Rain Must Fall.
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“Don Murray.” thisDay, thisday.info/people/don-murray-actor/. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.
Don Murray. (n.d.). thisDay. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://thisday.info/people/don-murray-actor/
“Don Murray.” thisDay. Accessed October 26, 2026. https://thisday.info/people/don-murray-actor/.