Don Murray, the boy-next-door actor who made his film debut as Marilyn Monroe’s infatuated cowboy in “Bus Stop” in 1956 and played a priest, a drug addict, a gay senator and myriad other roles in movies, on television and onstage over six decades, has died at 94.
His son Christopher confirmed the death but provided no other details.
In the postwar 1950s, when being sensitive, responsible and a “nice guy” were important attributes in a young man, Mr. Murray was a churchgoing pacifist who became a conscientious objector during the Korean War.
He fulfilled his service obligation by working for two and a half years in German and Italian refugee camps for $10 a month, assisting orphans, the injured and the displaced.
Back from Europe in 1954, he settled on an acting career focused on socially responsible themes.
Persons:
Don Murray, Marilyn Monroe’s, Christopher, Murray, ” Thornton, Helen Hayes, Mary Martin
Locations:
Europe