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name: "Don Murray"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/don-murray"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 July 1929"
died: "2 February 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:19.702837+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Don Murray

Actor. Born 31 July 1929 in Hollywood, California, USA. Died 2 February 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 July 1929, Hollywood, California, USA
- **Died:** 2 February 2024
- **Also known as:** Donald Patrick Murray

## Biography

Donald Patrick Murray (also credited as Don Murray) was an American actor, screenwriter and director. Born in Hollywood, California, on 31 July 1929, he trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.

His film debut as Beauregard 'Bo' Decker opposite Marilyn Monroe in *Bus Stop* (1956) brought an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He later appeared in *Advise & Consent* (1962), *Baby the Rain Must Fall* (1965) and *Conquest of the Planet of the Apes* (1972). On television he played Sid Fairgate in *Knots Landing* (1979–81) and Bushnell Mullins in *Twin Peaks* (2017). He also directed *The Cross and the Switchblade* (1970).

Murray played Jack Kelcher in *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986). He died on 2 February 2024.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, washingtonpost.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986), Fi1m 79, as Jack Kelcher — [page](https://film.one/film/peggy-sue-got-married.md)

## Also known for

- *Conquest of the Planet of the Apes* (1972), Breck
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Wally Hampton
- *Endless Love* (1981), Hugh
- *Bus Stop* (1956), Beauregard 'Bo' Decker
- *Wings* (1990), Dad
- *Matlock* (1986), Albert Gordon
- *Advise & Consent* (1962), Senator Brigham Anderson
- *Made in Heaven* (1987), Ben Chandler

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