Trivia

Directed five different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Natalie Wood, Ruth Gordon and Ellen Burstyn. Peck won an Oscar for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).

His first job in show business was an entry-level position at CBS. He worked his way up in television, and became a director of Emmy-winning TV movies and live dramas. In the late 1950s he branched out into films.

He directed his younger brother Richard Mulligan in Love with the Proper Stranger (1963).

Served as a radio operator with the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.

Many of his films concerned young people on the verge of self-discovery, confronting the world around them or rebelling against it.

He studied journalism and literature in college.

Attended Fordham University.

He directed Ruth White in four films: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965), Up the Down Staircase (1967) and The Pursuit of Happiness (1971).

He was the first director approached about directing "Taxi Driver" in the mid-1970s (against the wishes of screenwriter Paul Schrader), but turned it down. Later, he actually began work on directing "Rich and Famous" (1981), but was replaced by George Cukor.

Former brother-in-law of actress Joan Hackett, Lenore Stevens and Rachel Ryan.

Some of his obituaries suggested he had had problems with alcoholism in his later life.

Uncle of James Mulligan.

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 692-697. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.

Has one other brother James Mulligan.

Has three children: Beth Mulligan, Christopher Mulligan, and Kevin Mulligan.