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Richard Mulligan

Age: 67 (passed away Sep. 26th, 2000)
Height: 6' 2"

Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Born: Nov. 13th, 1932

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Richard Mulligan's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Soap	Burt Campbell
Diana	Jeff Harmon
Empty Nest	Dr. Harry Wes&hellip
Medical Story	Dr. Ted Freel&hellip
Nurses	Dr. Harry Wes&hellip
Gibbsville	Ben
Matt Helm	Jack Harte
Reggie	Reggie Potter
Spencer's Pilots	Babcock
The Hero	Sam Garret

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Originally a student of playwriting at Columbia University, Richard Mulligan began his acting career in regional theater and soon after made his Broadway debut in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "All the Way Home". In addition to his continuing Broadway career, Mulligan has successfully transferred his unique comedic talents to television and film. On the big screen he has appeared in such films as The Heavenly Kid (1985), Teachers (1984), Little Big Man (1970) and The Big Bus (1976). He has also performed in a number of Blake Edwards' films, including S.O.B. (1981), A Fine Mess (1986), Micki + Maude (1984) and Trail of the Pink Panther (1982). Mulligan has made numerous guest-starring television appearances, but it was his role as Burt Campbell in Witt-Thomas-Harris' offbeat comedy series "Soap" (1977) that earned him his first Emmy award. He also starred in the series "Reggie" (1983). His movie-of-the-week and miniseries credits include Poker Alice (1987) (TV), Harvey (1998) (TV), Pueblo (1973) (TV) and the acclaimed Guess Who's Coming for Christmas? (1990) (TV) with Beau Bridges (I). He is the brother of director Robert Mulligan.

TRIVIA:

Brother of director 'Robert Mulligan' (qv).
Studied playwrighting at Columbia University.
Won two Emmys for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series. However, he finally accepted his Emmy in 1989 for _"Empty Nest" (1988)_ (qv) because in 1980 he had been participating in the Screen Actors' Guild strike at the time of the _The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1980) (TV)_ (qv), during which he had won for _"Soap" (1977)_ (qv).
Mulligan was cremated, and no memorial service was held, at his own request.
Appeared in The Blackboard Jungle 1955 uncredited.
The character Nagilum from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) season two episode "Where Silence Has Lease" was named after him for being the first choice to play the role. But was given to actor Earl Boen.
Was 'Jason Robards' (qv)' stand-by in the 1962 Broadway production of "A Thousand Clowns.".
He has a son, James.