Actor Don Murray has died at age 94.
Murray’s son Christopher confirmed his passing with the New York Times however did not share any further details.
Murray received an Oscar nomination after he appeared in his first-ever movie – the 1956 Western film Bus Stop which also starred Marilyn Monroe as his love interest.
He enjoyed a decades-long acting career in Hollywood, with work in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, the Brooke Shields led film Endless Love, T.J. Hooker, and more.
His television achievements included a years-long role on the drama series Knots Landing and, in more recent years, the role of Bushnell Mullins in season three of Twin Peaks.
Actor Don Murray has died at age 94
Murray pictured at the premiere of Twin Peaks in 2017
Murray received an Oscar nomination after he made his film debut in the 1956 Western film Bus Stop
Murray was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role of cowboy Beauregard ‘Bo’ Decker. It marked the only time he would be nominated for an Academy Award.
Speaking with Closer of his role in Bus Stop, he said in 2020: ‘Marilyn was very kind to me.
‘I thought she was magnificent. I never understood why she was not nominated.’
As Murray began his acting career, he opted not to sign an open-ended contract with 20th Century Fox, the New York Times reports.
‘They could put you in whatever picture they wanted,’ he recalled at a U.C.L.A. film soiree honoring his achievements back in 2014.
He ultimately agreed to film two movies a year so long as he was allowed to take time off to appear on Broadway.
Murray ended up buying out his contract to independently produce The Hoodlum Priest.
‘He didn’t play the game in the studio age,’ Foster Hirsch, author and film authority, said at the event. ‘He never did get typecast and had great versatility.’
In more recent years, Murray played Bushnell Mullins in season three of Twin Peaks
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