Don Galloway
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
Credits
- 1995 · The Doom Generation as FBI Guy
- 1994 · Clifford as Captain
- 1993 · The Return of Ironside as Ed Brown
- 1990 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter as Sgt. Hollenbeck
- 1990 · The Outsiders as
- 1990 · Rock Hudson as John Frankenheimer
- 1989 · Listen to Me as
- 1988 · Two Moon Junction as Senator Delongpre
- 1988 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace as General Hobart
- 1988 · High Mountain Rangers as
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1985 · MacGyver as Bob Stryke
- 1985 · MacGyver as John Collins
- 1984 · Crazy like a Fox as Derek
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Elton Summers
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Andrew Hudson
- 1984 · E/R as
- 1983 · Automan as Martin Willis
- 1983 · Scarecrow and Mrs. King as
- 1983 · The Big Chill as Richard Bowens
- 1982 · Knight Rider as Gilbert Cole
- 1982 · Knight Rider as Harley Freeman
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1982 · Satan's Mistress as Carl
- 1980 · Condominium as Jack Messenkott
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1979 · Hizzonner as
- 1978 · Once Upon a Starry Night as Sam
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1978 · Mork & Mindy as
- 1978 · Dallas as Patrick Knelman
- 1978 · Ski Lift to Death as Ron Corley
- 1977 · CHiPs as Steve Marshall
- 1977 · Cover Girls as James Andrews
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as John Gorman
- 1976 · Riding with Death as John Hiller
- 1975 · You Lie So Deep, My Love as Neal Collins
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1974 · Police Woman as
- 1974 · Movin' On as
- 1973 · Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John as Monsignor Thomas Ryan
- 1972 · Lieutenant Schuster's Wife as Lt. Danny Reilly
- 1969 · Love, American Style as
- 1969 · Medical Center as
- 1968 · Split Second to an Epitaph as Det. Sgt. Ed Brown
- 1967 · Rough Night in Jericho as Jace
- 1967 · The Ride to Hangman's Tree as Nevada
- 1967 · Ironside as Ed Brown
- 1967 · Ironside as Det. Sgt. Ed Brown
- 1967 · Gunfight in Abilene as Ward Kent
- 1966 · The Rare Breed as Jamie Bowen
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Gordon Von Rhine
- 1964 · Tom, Dick and Mary as Tom Gentry
- 1964 · 12 O'Clock High as Capt. Bruce Cowley
- 1963 · Arrest and Trial as Mitchell Harris
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Al Aguilar
- 1962 · The Virginian as Jack Henderson
- 1962 · The Virginian as Jim Tyson
- 1954 · The Secret Storm as