
Don Galloway
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1937-07-27
Day of Death
2009-01-08 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Augusta, Kentucky, USA
Don Galloway
Biography
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.
Acting
(1995)
The Doom Generation
as FBI Guy
(1994)
Clifford
as Captain
(1993)
The Return of Ironside
as Ed Brown
(1992)
Original Intent
as Newscaster
(1990)
Rock Hudson
as John Frankenheimer
(1990)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
as Sgt. Hollenbeck
(1989)
(1988)
Two Moon Junction
as Senator Delongpre
(1988)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
as General Hobart
(1983)
The Big Chill
as Richard Bowens
(1982)
Satan's Mistress
as Carl
(1978)
Ski Lift to Death
as Ron Corley
(1978)
Once Upon a Starry Night
as Sam
(1977)
Cover Girls
as James Andrews
(1976)
Riding with Death
as John Hiller
(1975)
You Lie So Deep, My Love
as Neal Collins
(1973)
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
as Monsignor Thomas Ryan
(1972)
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
as Lt. Danny Reilly
(1968)
Split Second to an Epitaph
as Det. Sgt. Ed Brown
(1967)
Rough Night in Jericho
as Jace
(1967)
Gunfight in Abilene
as Ward Kent
(1967)
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
as Nevada
(1967)
Ironside
as Det. Sgt. Ed Brown
(1966)
The Rare Breed
as Jamie Bowen