Don Galloway
Born
July 27, 1937
Died
January 8, 2009 (71 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Augusta, 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.
The Doom Generation
FBI Guy
1995
Clifford
Captain
1994
The Return of Ironside
Ed Brown
1993
Original Intent
Newscaster
1992
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
Sgt. Hollenbeck
1990
The Outsiders
(1 episode)
1990
Rock Hudson
John Frankenheimer
1990
Listen to Me
1989
Two Moon Junction
Senator Delongpre
1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
General Hobart
1988
High Mountain Rangers
(1 episode)
1988
Matlock
(1 episode)
1986
MacGyver
Bob Stryke · (1 episode)
1985
MacGyver
John Collins · (1 episode)
1985
Crazy like a Fox
Derek · (1 episode)
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Elton Summers · (1 episode)
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Andrew Hudson · (1 episode)
1984
E/R
(1 episode)
1984
Automan
Martin Willis · (1 episode)
1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
(1 episode)
1983
The Big Chill
Richard Bowens
1983
Knight Rider
Gilbert Cole · (1 episode)
1982
Knight Rider
Harley Freeman · (1 episode)
1982
Hotel
Ron Bowman · (1 episode)
1982
Satan's Mistress
Carl
1982
Condominium
Jack Messenkott · (2 episodes)
1980
Hart to Hart
(1 episode)
1979
Hizzonner
(6 episodes)
1979
Once Upon a Starry Night
Sam
1978
Vega$
(1 episode)
1978
Mork & Mindy
(1 episode)
1978
Dallas
Patrick Knelman · (2 episodes)
1978
Ski Lift to Death
Ron Corley
1978
CHiPs
Steve Marshall · (2 episodes)
1977
Cover Girls
James Andrews
1977
Grizzly Adams
Pinkerton · (1 episode)
1977
Grizzly Adams
Sam · (1 episode)
1977
Charlie's Angels
John Gorman · (1 episode)
1976
Riding with Death
John Hiller
1976
You Lie So Deep, My Love
Neal Collins
1975
Dinah!
Self · (1 episode)
1974
Police Woman
(1 episode)
1974
Police Woman
Lieutenant Buckles · (1 episode)
1974
Movin' On
(1 episode)
1974
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
Monsignor Thomas Ryan
1973
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Lt. Danny Reilly
1972
Love, American Style
(1 episode)
1969
Medical Center
(1 episode)
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Bill Hull · (1 episode)
1969
Split Second to an Epitaph
Det. Sgt. Ed Brown
1968
Rough Night in Jericho
Jace
1967
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
Nevada
1967
Ironside
Det. Sgt. Ed Brown
1967
Ironside
Ed Brown · (191 episodes)
1967
Gunfight in Abilene
Ward Kent
1967
The Rare Breed
Jamie Bowen
1966
Run for Your Life
Gordon Von Rhine · (1 episode)
1965
The John Forsythe Show
Col. Charles Craig · (1 episode)
1965
Tom, Dick and Mary
Tom Gentry · (13 episodes)
1964
12 O'Clock High
Capt. Bruce Cowley · (1 episode)
1964
Arrest and Trial
Mitchell Harris · (4 episodes)
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Al Aguilar · (1 episode)
1962
The Virginian
Jack Henderson · (1 episode)
1962
The Virginian
Jim Tyson · (1 episode)
1962
The Secret Storm
(319 episodes)
1954