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.

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Clifford

(Captain)

Two Moon Junction

(Senator Delongpre)

Rock Hudson

(John Frankenheimer)

The Big Chill

(Richard Bowens)

The Doom Generation

(FBI Guy)

The Rare Breed

(Jamie Bowen)

Once Upon a Starry Night

(Sam)

Gunfight in Abilene

(Ward Kent)

You Lie So Deep, My Love

(Neal Collins)

Cover Girls

(James Andrews)

The Ride to Hangman's Tree

(Nevada)

Riding with Death

(John Hiller)

Satan's Mistress

(Carl)

Ironside

(Det. Sgt. Ed Brown)

Listen to Me

Rough Night in Jericho

(Jace)

Ski Lift to Death

(Ron Corley)

Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

(Monsignor Thomas Ryan)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace

(General Hobart)

The Return of Ironside

(Ed Brown)

Split Second to an Epitaph

(Det. Sgt. Ed Brown)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter

(Sgt. Hollenbeck)

Lieutenant Schuster's Wife

(Lt. Danny Reilly)

Murder, She Wrote

(Elton Summers)

Movin' On

CHiPs

(Steve Marshall)

Love, American Style

Matlock

Knight Rider

(Gilbert Cole)

Mork & Mindy

Charlie's Angels

(John Gorman)

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Hotel

MacGyver

(Bob Stryke)

Medical Center

Hart to Hart

Arrest and Trial

(Mitchell Harris)

The Secret Storm

Ironside

(Ed Brown)

Crazy like a Fox

(Derek)

Dallas

(Patrick Knelman)

Vega$

Run for Your Life

(Gordon Von Rhine)

Police Woman

The Virginian

(Jack Henderson)

E/R

High Mountain Rangers

Tom, Dick and Mary

(Tom Gentry)

Hizzonner

12 O'Clock High

(Capt. Bruce Cowley)

Automan

(Martin Willis)

The Virginian

(Jim Tyson)

Condominium

(Jack Messenkott)

Knight Rider

(Harley Freeman)

Dinah!

(Self)

MacGyver

(John Collins)

Murder, She Wrote

(Andrew Hudson)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

(Al Aguilar)

The Outsiders