James P. McMullan (October 13, 1936 â€" May 31, 2019) was an American
actor from Long Island, New York, best known for his role as Dr. Terry
McDaniel on the 1960s series Ben Casey and as Senator Andrew Dowling
on the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas.McMullan studied Industrial
Design at New York University and Parsons School of Design; he
graduated from the University of Kansas in 1961 with a Bachelor of
Architecture degree.He went to Hollywood in 1961 to visit a friend and
through a chance meeting with playwright William Inge, was given a
screen test for Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High Country (1962)
(Peckinpah also directed the screen test). The test was sent to
Universal Pictures, which put him under a seven-year contract, the
start of a successful 30-year film career. In 1962 McMullan appeared
as Jess Kroeger on the TV western The Virginian on the episode titled
"Impasse."McMullan starred as John Moore on the short-lived CBS-TV
series Beyond Westworld and as Officer Don Burdick on the series
Chopper One.
actor from Long Island, New York, best known for his role as Dr. Terry
McDaniel on the 1960s series Ben Casey and as Senator Andrew Dowling
on the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas.McMullan studied Industrial
Design at New York University and Parsons School of Design; he
graduated from the University of Kansas in 1961 with a Bachelor of
Architecture degree.He went to Hollywood in 1961 to visit a friend and
through a chance meeting with playwright William Inge, was given a
screen test for Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High Country (1962)
(Peckinpah also directed the screen test). The test was sent to
Universal Pictures, which put him under a seven-year contract, the
start of a successful 30-year film career. In 1962 McMullan appeared
as Jess Kroeger on the TV western The Virginian on the episode titled
"Impasse."McMullan starred as John Moore on the short-lived CBS-TV
series Beyond Westworld and as Officer Don Burdick on the series
Chopper One.
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