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Don Murray is a renowned actor, scion of Hollywood's Golden Age, and familiar to young audiences worldwide as Dean Rivers, the comically inept headmaster of Pacific Coast Academy, in Nickelodeon's Zoey 101 (2005). With a career spanning over four decades, he has fashioned a respectable career in Film, Television, and on Stage.
Born to a show business family, Murray's roots in the entertainment industry go back another generation. His maternal grandfather, John George Lange, was a conductor for Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., while his maternal grandmother, Minette Buddecke, was a New York stage actress. His paternal grandmother, Ethel Murray (Cook),was a Ziegfeld dancer, and his paternal grandfather, Dennis Aloisius Murray, was a noted Broadway stage manager and performer.
Murray's parents, two-time Emmy Award-winning film and television actress Hope Lange and Academy Award-nominated leading man Don Murray, have both had illustrious careers in the entertainment industry. Hope Lange is known for her roles in Peyton Place (1957),The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968),and Pocketful of Miracles (1961),while Don Murray has appeared in Bus Stop (1956) and Advise & Consent (1962).
Throughout his career, Murray has co-starred with several icons of the Entertainment Industry, including Sean Connery, Bette Davis, Alan Bates, Laurence Fishburne, Glenda Jackson, Denzel Washington, Julia Roberts, David Duchovny, and Angela Lansbury.
Notable recent TV roles include series such as Twin Peaks (2017),Aquarius (2015),Scandal (2012),Parks and Recreation (2009),Mad Men (2007),NCIS (2003),Zoey 101 (2005),Saving Grace (2007),The West Wing (1999),and Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990),as well as made-for-television movies including Sacrifices of the Heart (2007),A Place Called Home (2004),and Route 9 (1998).
Murray's film credits include Smokin' Aces (2006) with Ben Affleck and Jeremy Piven, The Man (2005) with Eugene Levy and Samuel L. Jackson, Just Cause (1995) with Sean Connery and Laurence Fishburne, The Pelican Brief (1993) with Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington, Virtuosity (1995) also with Washington and Russell Crowe, and Dante's Peak (1997) with Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton. His first film role was as a background actor in the Academy Award-winning picture All the President's Men (1976) with Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.
On stage, Murray has appeared in productions of "Jesus Christ, Superstar", "A Patriot For Me", "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof", "The Best Man", "The Deal", "Romeo & Juliet", "King Lear", and "Mr. Roberts".
