Donald Patrick Murray (born July 31, 1929) is an American actor.
Murray is best known for his breakout performance in the film Bus Stop
(1956) with Marilyn Monroe, which earned him a nomination for Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actor. Murray's other theatrical films
include A Hatful of Rain (1957), Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
with James Cagney, One Foot in Hell (1960) with Alan Ladd, The Hoodlum
Priest (1961), Advise & Consent (1962) with Henry Fonda and Charles
Laughton, Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965) with Steve McQueen, Conquest
of the Planet of the Apes (1972), Deadly Hero (1975) and Francis Ford
Coppola's Peggy Sue Got Married (1986).He starred in television series
such as The Outcasts (1968â€"1969), Knots Landing (1979â€"1981) and
Twin Peaks (2017).Murray was born in 1929 the only child of Dennis
Aloisius Murray, a Broadway dance director and stage manager, and
Ethel Murray (née Cook), a former Ziegfeld performer.Murray attended
East Rockaway High School (class of 1947) in East Rockaway, New York
where he played football and was on the track team. He was a member of
the student government, glee club, and joined the Alpha Phi Chapter of
the Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity. Upon graduation from high school, he
went on to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After
graduating, he soon made his Broadway debut in the 1951 play The Rose
Tattoo, as Jack Hunter.
Murray is best known for his breakout performance in the film Bus Stop
(1956) with Marilyn Monroe, which earned him a nomination for Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actor. Murray's other theatrical films
include A Hatful of Rain (1957), Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
with James Cagney, One Foot in Hell (1960) with Alan Ladd, The Hoodlum
Priest (1961), Advise & Consent (1962) with Henry Fonda and Charles
Laughton, Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965) with Steve McQueen, Conquest
of the Planet of the Apes (1972), Deadly Hero (1975) and Francis Ford
Coppola's Peggy Sue Got Married (1986).He starred in television series
such as The Outcasts (1968â€"1969), Knots Landing (1979â€"1981) and
Twin Peaks (2017).Murray was born in 1929 the only child of Dennis
Aloisius Murray, a Broadway dance director and stage manager, and
Ethel Murray (née Cook), a former Ziegfeld performer.Murray attended
East Rockaway High School (class of 1947) in East Rockaway, New York
where he played football and was on the track team. He was a member of
the student government, glee club, and joined the Alpha Phi Chapter of
the Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity. Upon graduation from high school, he
went on to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After
graduating, he soon made his Broadway debut in the 1951 play The Rose
Tattoo, as Jack Hunter.
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