# Don Galloway

Donald Poe Galloway (July 27, 1937 – January 8, 2009) was an American stage, film and television actor, best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Ed Brown in the series Ironside (1967–1975). He reprised the role for a TV film in 1993. He was also a politically active libertarian and columnist.

## Early life

Don was born in Augusta, Kentucky. His parents moved to 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. He attended Concord Methodist Church located in Brooksville, Kentucky (7 miles from Augusta, Kentucky with his family from infancy till he left for college. The elders of the church said at the age of 3, he could recite long Bible verses and short stories.

## Career
### Early acting roles

On April 16, 1962, Galloway appeared in an off-Broadway production of the play Bring Me a Warm Body. Despite the production running for only 16 performances, he received a Theater World Award.
Galloway began his television career in 1962 in the New York-based soap opera The Secret Storm as the first actor to play Kip Rysdale. He then appeared as law clerk Mitchell Harris in 26 episodes of the short-lived TV drama Arrest and Trial (1963–64), and he was seen on Tom, Dick, and Mary, one-third of the 90-minute weekly sitcom 90 Bristol Court, broadcast from 1964 to 1965.$^{:1092}$
In 1963, Galloway signed up with Universal Studios and guest-starred on numerous TV series, including The Virginian, Wagon Train, Convoy and Run for Your Life.

### Ironside (1967–1975)

On March 28, 1967, Galloway starred with Raymond Burr in the TV movie Ironside. The film detailed the shooting of San Francisco Chief of Detectives Robert Ironside (played by Burr), who was left paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. The film spawned a successful series of the same name, beginning in September of that year. As Det. Sgt Ed Brown, Galloway remained on Ironside with Burr and Don Mitchell for its eight-season run, appearing in 198 of the 199 episodes.

### Later career

Following the cancellation of Ironside in 1975, Galloway was reunited with Barbara Anderson, his former co-star from the show, in the TV movie You Lie So Deep, My Love. He then continued to guest-star on numerous TV series, with appearances in Police Woman, Medical Center and Charlie's Angels.
In 1979, Galloway played Timmons in the short-lived NBC comedy Hizzonner.$^{:465}$ The same year, he hosted a syndicated game show titled The Guinness Game. Galloway also made a few appearances on the popular game show Match Game.
In one of his few big-screen appearances, Galloway played the husband of the character played by Jobeth Williams in the film The Big Chill in 1983. He joined the cast of the soap opera General Hospital in 1985, playing Buzz Stryker until 1987.
In 1988, Galloway appeared in the Perry Mason TV movie The Case of the Avenging Ace, reuniting with Raymond Burr for the first time in 13 years. Galloway and Burr had a long association with one another; aside from Ironside and a subsequent Perry Mason movie in 1990, the two actors starred in the 1973 TV movie Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John. In 1993, Galloway and Burr appeared together on screen for the final time, reprising their Ironside roles with fellow co-stars Don Mitchell, Barbara Anderson and Elizabeth Baur in the TV reunion movie The Return of Ironside.

## Personal life

After retiring from acting, Galloway briefly worked for the San Bernardino County (California) Sheriff's Department as a deputy sheriff.
For a time after his acting career, Galloway resided in Hooksett, New Hampshire and wrote a column for the Manchester Union Leader.

## Death

Galloway died at age 71 at the Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada after suffering a stroke two weeks earlier. He was buried at Concord Methodist Church, Brooksville, Kentucky near his parents.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1966 | The Rare Breed | Jamie Bowen | Loosely based on the life of rancher Col. John William Burgess |
| 1967 | Gunfight in Abilene | Ward Kent | The second film based on the short story "Gun Shy" by Clarence Upson Young. |
| 1967 | The Ride to Hangman's Tree | Nevada Jones | |
| 1967 | Rough Night in Jericho | Jace | Based on the novel The Man in Black, written in 1965 by Marvin H. Albert who also wrote the screenplay. |
| 1968 | Once Upon a Time in the West | Member of Frank's Gang in Flashback | Uncredited |
| 1969 | The Vendors | | |
| 1982 | Satan's Mistress | Carl | |
| 1983 | The Big Chill | Richard Bowens | Filmed entirely on location in Beaufort, South Carolina and shot at the same antebellum house used as a location for The Great Santini |
| 1988 | Two Moon Junction | Senator Delongpre | |
| 1989 | Listen to Me | Harvard Coach | |
| 1994 | Clifford | Captain | Originally filmed in 1990 and scheduled for release in the summer of 1991, the movie's release was delayed due to Orion Pictures' financial problems. |
| 1995 | The Doom Generation | FBI Guy | (final film role) |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1962 | The Secret Storm | Kip Rysdale #1 | |
| 1963 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Al Aguilar | Season 1 Episode 27: "Death and the Joyful Woman" |
| 1963 | The Virginian | Jack Anderson | episode: "The Final Hour" |
| 1963 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Guest star | episode: "Aggressor Force" |
| 1963–1964 | Arrest and Trial | Mitchell Harris | main cast; 26 episodes |
| 1964–1965 | Tom, Dick, and Mary | Dr. Tom Gentry | Main cast; 13 episodes one-third of the 90-minute weekly sitcom 90 Bristol Court |
| 1965 | Wagon Train | Virgil Earp | episode: "The Silver Lady" |
| 1965 | Convoy | Craig | episode: "The Man with the Saltwater Socks" |
| 1966 | The John Forsythe Show | Colonel Charles Craig | episode: "Is It a Bird, Is It a Plane? No, It's Miss Culver" |
| 1966 | Run for Your Life | Don Rhine | episode: "In Search of April" |
| 1966 | Twelve O'Clock High | Captain Bruce Cowley | episode: "Twenty-Fifth Mission" |
| 1966 | The Virginian | Jim Tyson | episode: "The Challenge" |
| 1967 | Ironside | Detective Sergeant Ed Brown | TV movie |
| 1967–1975 | Ironside | Detective Sergeant Ed Brown | main cast; 198 episodes; screenwriter for episode: "Seeing Is Believing" |
| 1970 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Bill Hull | episode: "The Girl From Rainbow Beach" |
| 1971 | Sarge | Detective Sergeant Ed Brown | episode: "The Priest Killer" Crossover with Ironside |
| 1971 | Love, American Style | Kevin Douglas | episode: "Love and the Doctor's Honeymoon" |
| 1972 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Detective Sergeant Ed Brown | episode: "Five Days In The Death Of Sgt. Brown: Part 2" crossover with Ironside |
| 1972 | The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Martin Thatcher | episode: "This Child is Mine" (pilot) |
| 1973 | Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John | Monsignor Thomas Ryan | TV movie with Raymond Burr |
| 1973 | Love, American Style | Dick | episode: "Love and the Pretty Secretary" |
| 1975 | Get Christie Love! | Marty Hazard | episode: "A High Fashion Heist" |
| 1975 | You Lie So Deep, My Love | Neal Collins | TV movie with Ironside co-star Barbara Anderson |
| 1975 | Medical Story | Dr. Kendrick | episode:: "The God Syndrome" |
| 1975 | Movin' On | Sergeant Harris | episode: "The Toughest Men in America" |
| 1975 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Jack Hartley | episode: "Killer Of Dreams" |
| 1975 | Police Woman | Lieutenant Buckles | episode: "Incident Near a Black and White" |
| 1976 | Gemini Man | John Hillier | episode: "Buffalo Bill Rides Again" |
| 1976 | Medical Center | Martin | episode: "Child of Conflict" |
| 1976 | Riding with Death | John Hiller | TV movie |
| 1977 | Cover Girls | James Andrews | TV movie |
| 1977 | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Pinkerton | episode: "Adam's Ark" |
| 1978 | Police Woman | Grant | episode: "Tigress" |
| 1978 | Ski Lift to Death | Ron Corley | TV movie |
| 1978 | Vega$ | Brad Thomas | episode: "Love, Laugh and Die" |
| 1978 | Charlie's Angels | Gorman | episode: "Angels Belong in Heaven" |
| 1978 | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Sam | episode: "Once Upon a Starry Night" |
| 1979 | Hizzonner | Donald Timmons | main cast; 7 episodes |
| 1979 | Mork & Mindy | FBI Man | episode: "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | Mike Dodson | episode: "Murder Between Friends" |
| 1980 | Fantasy Island | George Reardon | episode: "Jungle Man/Mary Ann and Miss Sophisticate" |
| 1980 | CHiPs | Steve Marshall | episodes: "The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party: Part 1" "The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party: Part 2" |
| 1980 | Condominium | Jack Messenkott | TV movie |
| 1981 | Fantasy Island | Peter Styles | episode: "The Heroine/The Warrior" |
| 1981 | Fantasy Island | Greg Randolph | episode: "Delphine/The Unkillable" |
| 1983 | Knight Rider | Edward Cole | episode: "White Bird" |
| 1983 | Automan | Martin Wills | episode: "Automan" (pilot) |
| 1984 | Hotel | Ron Bowman | episode: "Prisms" |
| 1984 | Fantasy Island | Walter Fielding | episode: "Surrogate Mother / The Ideal Woman" |
| 1984 | E/R | Robert | episode: "Save the Last Dance for Me" |
| 1984 | Rearview Mirror | Roger Seton | TV movie |
| 1985 | The Fall Guy | Mickey | episode: "High Orbit" |
| 1985 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Larry Credle | episode: "Odds on a Dead Pigeon" |
| 1985 | Crazy Like a Fox | Guest star | episode: "The Geronimo Machine" |
| 1985 | Knight Rider | Harley Freeman | episode: "Knight in Retreat" |
| 1985–1987 | General Hospital | Buzz Stryker | |
| 1988 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace | General Hobart | TV movie |
| 1988 | High Mountain Rangers | Jack Rassy | episode: "War Games" |
| 1989 | MacGyver | John Collins | episode: "Fraternity of Thieves" |
| 1989 | Murder, She Wrote | Andrew Hudson | episode: "Trevor Hudson's Legacy" |
| 1989 | Live-In | Professor Hamilton | episode: "It Takes Two to Tutor" |
| 1989 | Matlock | Philip Slayton | episode: "The Best Seller" |
| 1989 | Hunter | Bart Muller | episode: "The Fifth Victim" |
| 1990 | Dallas | Patrick Knelman | episodes: "Paradise Lost" "Will Power" "The Smiling Cobra" "Family Plot" |
| 1990 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter | Sergeant Hollenbeck | TV movie |
| 1990 | In the Heat of the Night | Samuel Dortland | episode: "Hearts of Gold" |
| 1990 | Rock Hudson | John Frankenheimer | TV movie |
| 1991 | Murder, She Wrote | Elton Summers | episode: "The Prodigal Father" |
| 1991 | MacGyver | Bob Stryke | episode: "Obsessed" |
| 1993 | The Return of Ironside | Ed Brown | TV movie |