Don Galloway

Don Galloway

Birthday: 1937-07-27

Deathday: 2009-01-08

Place of birth: Augusta, Kentucky, USA

Also known as: Donald Poe Galloway

imdb_id: nm0303168

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.

Played in movies:

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace

Score: 7.1

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter

Score: 7.0

The Big Chill

Score: 6.9

Rough Night in Jericho

Score: 6.6

Gunfight in Abilene

Score: 6.5

The Doom Generation

Score: 6.5

Two Moon Junction

Score: 6.1

The Rare Breed

Score: 6.0

Listen to Me

Score: 5.3

Clifford

Score: 5.1

Ironside

Score: 5.0

Cover Girls

Score: 5.0

Rock Hudson

Score: 5.0

The Return of Ironside

Score: 4.8

The Ride to Hangman's Tree

Score: 4.5

Original Intent

Score: 3.5

Satan's Mistress

Score: 3.2

Riding with Death

Score: 2.6

You Lie So Deep, My Love

Score: 1.0

Lieutenant Schuster's Wife

Score: 0.0

Split Second to an Epitaph

Score: 0.0

Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

Score: 0.0

Ski Lift to Death

Score: 0.0

Once Upon a Starry Night

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

High Mountain Rangers

Score: 8.0

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Score: 7.8

Automan

Score: 7.8

MacGyver

Score: 7.7

MacGyver

Score: 7.7

The Outsiders

Score: 7.7

Arrest and Trial

Score: 7.7

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

Knight Rider

Score: 7.5

Knight Rider

Score: 7.5

Run for Your Life

Score: 7.2

12 O'Clock High

Score: 7.2

Matlock

Score: 7.1

Crazy like a Fox

Score: 7.1

Mork & Mindy

Score: 7.1

Grizzly Adams

Score: 7.0

Grizzly Adams

Score: 7.0

Vega$

Score: 7.0

Ironside

Score: 6.8

CHiPs

Score: 6.8

Hotel

Score: 6.8

Dallas

Score: 6.8

Hart to Hart

Score: 6.8

Charlie's Angels

Score: 6.7

Dinah!

Score: 6.7

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Score: 6.5

The Virginian

Score: 6.3

The Virginian

Score: 6.3

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Score: 6.3

Police Woman

Score: 6.3

Police Woman

Score: 6.3

Medical Center

Score: 6.1

Love, American Style

Score: 6.1

E/R

Score: 5.2

Movin' On

Score: 5.2

The John Forsythe Show

Score: 5.0

Hizzonner

Score: 5.0

Tom, Dick and Mary

Score: 5.0

Condominium

Score: 3.7

The Secret Storm

Score: 3.7