DON MURRAY - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 272097

DON MURRAY
Black and white with brown hue publicity photograph of a young Don Murray in a suit and tie signed to a fan.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Sandy/Kindest regards/Don Murray". B/w with brown hue, 8x10. Stage, screen and television actor Don Murray (1929-2024) debuted on Broadway in 1951 in The Rose Tattoo. In 1955, he was spotted on the Great White Way (playing in The Skin of Our Teeth) by Joshua Logan, who signed Murray for Bus Stop (1956), his screen debut. Murray was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role of a cowboy who romances Marilyn Monroe, and he went on to appear in such films as A Hatful of Rain (1957), Advise and Consent (1962), The Plainsman (1966), Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) and Kickboxer the Champion (1991). Murray also made a number of made-for-television movies, but he is best known to TV audiences for his role as Sid Fairgate (1979-1981) on Knots Landing. Murray has also guest starred in a number of other TV series, from Studio One (1950) to The Single Guy (1996). He has also written for television and written, directed and produced several films. Murray was married to actress Hope Lange from 1956-1961. Lightly creased at lower left blank corner and margin, slightly soiled at blank margins and mid-right background. Minor surface creases (not evident head on). Ink note (unknown hand) on verso (no show through). Overall, fine condition.