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Don Murray

American actor (1929-2024) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 94

Donald Patrick Murray was an American actor, screenwriter, and film director. His debut film role as Bo Decker in Bus Stop (1956), opposite Marilyn Monroe, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

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2024Died2 February 20242015Tab Hunter ConfidentialFilm1997The Wonderful World of DisneySeries, Reporter1994Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal GoddessFilm1990Twin PeaksSeries, Bushnell Mullins1989Ghosts Can't Do ItFilm, Winston1987Hollywood UncensoredFilm1984Murder, She WroteSeries, Wally Hampton1983I Am the CheeseFilm, David Farmer1982HotelSeries, Sam Burton1977How the West Was WonSeries, Anderson1975A Girl Named SoonerFilm, Sheriff Phil Rotteman1972ABC Afterschool SpecialSeries, Jack KarpinskyConquest of the Planet of the ApesFilm, 1972Breck1970The Cross and the SwitchbladeFilm, Director, Writer1967Sweet Love, BitterFilm, David Hillary1965Baby the Rain Must FallFilm, Deputy Sheriff Slim1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeriesThe Hoodlum PriestFilm, 1961Writer, Producer1960One Foot in HellFilm, Dan Keats1958From Hell to TexasFilm, Tod Lohman1956Playhouse 90Series, WriterBus StopFilm, 1956Beauregard 'Bo' Decker1948Studio OneSeries, Biondello1944Golden Globe AwardsSeries1929Born31 July 1929

People around Don

  • Tab Hunter Confidential 2015
  • Advise & Consent 1962
  • Made in Heaven 1987
  • Conquest of the Planet of the Apes 1972
  • Peggy Sue Got Married 1986

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 40

133 credits on file

Television 24

Awards

Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

About this person

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.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2024 · aged 94