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Declan Mulholland(1932-1999)

  • Actor
  • Additional Crew
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He began acting in a small theatre called Unity Theatre, Mornington Crescent, London from the late 1950's - 1960's.

He died in Regents Park Road outside sheltered accommodation where he had been staying after suffering a heart attack a few years previously.

He had been invited to speak to a Star Wars fan club in Woverhampton on his role as Jabba the Hutt. It was an extremely hot day when he got off the train and made his way home. His body lay in the morgue at The Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London, for four days until his friend Michael McKevitt, also an actor, began to wonder why he wasn't answering the phone or why he wasn't at his sheltered accommodation home.
BornDecember 6, 1932
DiedJune 29, 1999(66)
BornDecember 6, 1932
DiedJune 29, 1999(66)
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John Cleese, Sean Connery, Ian Holm, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Michael Palin, David Warner, Ian Muir, Ralph Richardson, and Peter Vaughan in Time Bandits (1981)
Time Bandits
6.9
  • 3rd Robber
  • 1981
The Land That Time Forgot (1974)
The Land That Time Forgot
5.6
  • Olson
  • 1974
Peter Gilmore and Anne Stallybrass in The Onedin Line (1971)
The Onedin Line
7.6
TV Series
  • Mr. Simpson
  • Land Agent
Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)
Doctor Who
8.4
TV Series
  • Till
  • Clark

Credits

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Actor



  • Declan Mulholland in The Pig's Family (1997)
    The Pig's Family
    Short
    • Tim
    • 1997
  • Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn, Dermot Morgan, and Ardal O'Hanlon in Father Ted (1995)
    Father Ted
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Shouting Priest
    • 1996
  • Ian McShane in Madson (1996)
    Madson
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Cafe Proprietor
    • 1996
  • Casualty (1986)
    Casualty
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Mac
    • O'Grady
    • 1987–1995
  • The Run of the Country (1995)
    The Run of the Country
    6.2
    • Farmer
    • 1995
  • War of the Buttons (1994)
    War of the Buttons
    7.3
    • Priest
    • 1994
  • Screen Two (1984)
    Screen Two
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Duffy
    • 1994
  • Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Beals, and Hilary Pritchard in The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
    The Thief and the Cobbler
    7.1
    • Brigand (voice)
    • 1993
  • Ian McShane in Lovejoy (1986)
    Lovejoy
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Council Workman
    • 1993
  • 4 Play (1989)
    4 Play
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Old Man
    • 1991
  • Chris Barrie in The Brittas Empire (1991)
    The Brittas Empire
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Boilerman Barnes
    • 1991
  • Colin Blumenau, Nula Conwell, Peter Ellis, Trudie Goodwin, Jon Iles, Gary Olsen, Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Tony Scannell, Jeff Stewart, and Mark Wingett in The Bill (1984)
    The Bill
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Raymond Kellow
    • 1989–1990
  • The Rainbow Thief (1990)
    The Rainbow Thief
    5.8
    • Pug
    • 1990
  • Rowan Atkinson, Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson, Kim Thomson, and Emil Wolk in The Tall Guy (1989)
    The Tall Guy
    6.2
    • Rubberface Doorman
    • 1989
  • Alphonsia Emmanuel, Ian Hogg, and Joe McGann in Rockliffe's Babies (1987)
    Rockliffe's Babies
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Pat
    • 1987

Additional Crew



  • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Kenny Baker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
    Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
    8.6
    • stand-in: Jabba the Hutt (uncredited)
    • 1977

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Duncan Mulholland
  • Born
    • December 6, 1932
    • Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
  • Died
    • June 29, 1999
    • London, England, UK(brain tumor)
  • Other works
    He acted in Andre Obey's play, "Frost at Midnight," at the Hampstead Theatre Club in Hampstead, London, England with Jimmy Gardner, Raf De La Torre, Peter Gale, Derek Lanyon, Robert Bernal, Roger Hammond, Patricia Connoly, and Vincent Harding in the cast. Jean-Pierre Voos was director.

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  • Trivia
    Found dead on a train. Was identified by Michael Sheard at the police mortuary.
  • Quotes
    [on filming his scenes as Jabba in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)] The sets were terrific. Harrison Ford was pleasant and got on with the job. He was just one of the lads really.
  • Trademark
      Was known for carrying his umbrella

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