Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 27, 1937
Place of Birth:
Augusta, Kentucky, USA
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Don Galloway
Biography
Donald Poe Galloway (July 27, 1937 – January 8, 2009, Height: 6 feet 2 inches) was an American stage, film, and television actor, best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Ed Brown in the long-running series Ironside (1967–1975). He reprised the role for a TV film in 1993. He was also a politically active Libertarian and columnist.
Galloway was born in Augusta, Kentucky. His parents moved to the county in Bracken County after the Great Flood of 1937 along the Ohio River the same year he was born. Galloway was a 1955 graduate of Bracken County High School, where he played varsity basketball, and a 1959 graduate of the University of Kentucky, where he studied drama.
After graduating from college, Galloway moved to New York City to pursue a career in acting. He studied with renowned acting coach Herbert Berghof and appeared in several off-Broadway productions. In 1963, he made his Broadway debut in the play Bring Me a Warm Body.
Galloway's big break came in 1967 when he was cast as Detective Sergeant Ed Brown in the NBC crime drama series Ironside. The show starred Raymond Burr as Robert Ironside, a wheelchair-bound police chief who solves crimes with the help of his team of detectives, including Brown. Ironside was a critical and commercial success, and Galloway remained with the show for its entire run.
After Ironside ended, Galloway continued to act in television and film. He made guest appearances on popular shows such as Mork & Mindy, The A-Team, and Murder, She Wrote. He also appeared in the films The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and Death Wish II (1982).
In addition to his acting career, Galloway was also a politically active Libertarian and columnist. He wrote a weekly column for the Manchester Union Leader newspaper in New Hampshire, in which he espoused his libertarian views.
Galloway died in 2009 at the age of 71 from complications of a stroke. He is survived by his wife, Linda, and four children.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Doom Generation | FBI Guy |
| 1994 | Clifford | Captain |
| 1993 | The Return of Ironside | Ed Brown |
| 1992 | Original Intent | Newscaster |
| 1990 | Rock Hudson | John Frankenheimer |
| 1990 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter | Sgt. Hollenbeck |
| 1989 | Listen to Me | |
| 1988 | Two Moon Junction | Senator Delongpre |
| 1988 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace | General Hobart |
| 1983 | The Big Chill | Richard Bowens |
| 1982 | Satan's Mistress | Carl |
| 1978 | Once Upon a Starry Night | Sam |
| 1978 | Ski Lift to Death | Ron Corley |
| 1977 | Cover Girls | James Andrews |
| 1976 | Riding with Death | John Hiller |
| 1975 | You Lie So Deep, My Love | Neal Collins |
| 1973 | Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John | Monsignor Thomas Ryan |
| 1972 | Lieutenant Schuster's Wife | Lt. Danny Reilly |
| 1968 | Split Second to an Epitaph | Det. Sgt. Ed Brown |
| 1967 | Gunfight in Abilene | Ward Kent |
| 1967 | The Ride to Hangman's Tree | Nevada |
| 1967 | Ironside | Det. Sgt. Ed Brown |
| 1967 | Rough Night in Jericho | Jace |
| 1966 | The Rare Breed | Jamie Bowen |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | The Outsiders | |
| 1988 | High Mountain Rangers | |
| 1986 | Matlock | |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Bob Stryke |
| 1985 | MacGyver | John Collins |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Elton Summers |
| 1984 | Crazy like a Fox | Derek |
| 1984 | E/R | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Andrew Hudson |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | |
| 1983 | Automan | Martin Willis |
| 1982 | Knight Rider | Gilbert Cole |
| 1982 | Knight Rider | Harley Freeman |
| 1982 | Hotel | Ron Bowman |
| 1980 | Condominium | Jack Messenkott |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | |
| 1979 | Hizzonner | |
| 1978 | Mork & Mindy | |
| 1978 | Dallas | Patrick Knelman |
| 1978 | Vega$ | |
| 1977 | CHiPs | Steve Marshall |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | John Gorman |
| 1974 | Movin' On | |
| 1974 | Police Woman | |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self |
| 1974 | Police Woman | Lieutenant Buckles |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | |
| 1969 | Medical Center | |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Bill Hull |
| 1967 | Ironside | Ed Brown |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Gordon Von Rhine |
| 1965 | The John Forsythe Show | Col. Charles Craig |
| 1964 | Tom, Dick and Mary | Tom Gentry |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Capt. Bruce Cowley |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Mitchell Harris |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Jack Henderson |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Jim Tyson |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Al Aguilar |
| 1954 | The Secret Storm |