
Acting
July 26, 1937 (71 years old)
January 7, 2009
Augusta, Kentucky, USA
Also Known As
Donald Poe 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.

The Doom Generation
1995
as FBI Guy

Clifford
1994
as Captain

The Return of Ironside
1993
as Ed Brown

Original Intent
1992
as Newscaster

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
1990
as Sgt. Hollenbeck

The Outsiders
1990

Rock Hudson
1990
as John Frankenheimer

Listen to Me
1989

Two Moon Junction
1988
as Senator Delongpre

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
1988
as General Hobart

High Mountain Rangers
1988

Matlock
1986
as Phillip Slayton

MacGyver
1985
as Bob Stryke

MacGyver
1985
as John Collins

Crazy like a Fox
1984
as Derek

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Elton Summers

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Andrew Hudson

E/R
1984

Automan
1983
as Martin Willis

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
as Larry Credle