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 longrunning series Ironside 19671975 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 offBroadway productions In 1963 he made his Broadway debut in the play Bring Me a Warm Body Galloways 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 wheelchairbound 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 ATeam 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