Don Galloway

Known for ActingBorn 1937-07-27Died 2009-01-08Augusta, Kentucky, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Once Upon a Starry Night

Split Second to an Epitaph

Once Upon a Time in the West

Arrest and Trial

High Mountain Rangers

Automan

MacGyver

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Outsiders

Murder, She Wrote

Knight Rider

Ski Lift to Death

The John Forsythe Show

Crazy like a Fox

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace

Matlock

12 O'Clock High

Mork & Mindy

Run for Your Life

Hizzonner

Dinah!

Grizzly Adams

Lieutenant Schuster's Wife

Vega$

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

Hotel

The Big Chill

Hart to Hart

Dallas

CHiPs

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Ironside

The Doom Generation

Charlie's Angels

Rough Night in Jericho

Cover Girls

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Wagon Train

Gunfight in Abilene

Police Woman

Tom, Dick and Mary

The Virginian

Medical Center

Movin' On

Two Moon Junction

Love, American Style

The Rare Breed