Richard Mulligan (November 13, 1932 â€" September 26, 2000) was an
American television, film and character actor known for his role as
Burt Campbell, the loving, protective husband of Cathryn Damon's
character, in the sitcom Soap (1977â€"81). Later, Mulligan had a
starring role as Dr. Harry Weston in Empty Nest (1988â€"95), for which
he won both the Emmy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Lead
Actor in a Comedy Series in 1989. Mulligan was the younger brother of
film director Robert Mulligan.Mulligan was born on November 13, 1932,
in New York City. After attending Columbia University, he began
working in theatre, making his debut as a stage manager and performer
on Broadway in All the Way Home in 1960. Additional theatre credits
included A Thousand Clowns, Never Too Late, Hogan's Goat, and
Thieves.Mulligan made a brief, uncredited appearance in the 1963 film
Love with the Proper Stranger, which was directed by his elder
brother. He starred with Mariette Hartley in the 1966-67 season comedy
series The Hero, in which he played TV star Sam Garret. Garrett had
starred in a fictional series as Jed Clayton, U.S. Marshal. The Hero
lasted for 16 episodes. Another notable TV appearance was on the I
Dream of Jeannie episode "Around the World in 80 Blinks", as a navy
commander accompanying Major Nelson (Larry Hagman) on a
mission.Mulligan's most notable film role was as General George
Armstrong Custer in Little Big Man, whom he portrayed as a borderline
psychotic. He also appeared in the disaster movie spoof, The Big Bus
(1976), where he was reunited with Larry Hagman, with whom he starred
in an episode of I Dream of Jeannie (see above) and the 1966 film "The
Group", where he played Dick Brown, Harold's (Hagman) New York artist
friend. In 1975, he starred in a radio adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's
"The Oblong Box" heard on The CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
American television, film and character actor known for his role as
Burt Campbell, the loving, protective husband of Cathryn Damon's
character, in the sitcom Soap (1977â€"81). Later, Mulligan had a
starring role as Dr. Harry Weston in Empty Nest (1988â€"95), for which
he won both the Emmy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Lead
Actor in a Comedy Series in 1989. Mulligan was the younger brother of
film director Robert Mulligan.Mulligan was born on November 13, 1932,
in New York City. After attending Columbia University, he began
working in theatre, making his debut as a stage manager and performer
on Broadway in All the Way Home in 1960. Additional theatre credits
included A Thousand Clowns, Never Too Late, Hogan's Goat, and
Thieves.Mulligan made a brief, uncredited appearance in the 1963 film
Love with the Proper Stranger, which was directed by his elder
brother. He starred with Mariette Hartley in the 1966-67 season comedy
series The Hero, in which he played TV star Sam Garret. Garrett had
starred in a fictional series as Jed Clayton, U.S. Marshal. The Hero
lasted for 16 episodes. Another notable TV appearance was on the I
Dream of Jeannie episode "Around the World in 80 Blinks", as a navy
commander accompanying Major Nelson (Larry Hagman) on a
mission.Mulligan's most notable film role was as General George
Armstrong Custer in Little Big Man, whom he portrayed as a borderline
psychotic. He also appeared in the disaster movie spoof, The Big Bus
(1976), where he was reunited with Larry Hagman, with whom he starred
in an episode of I Dream of Jeannie (see above) and the 1966 film "The
Group", where he played Dick Brown, Harold's (Hagman) New York artist
friend. In 1975, he starred in a radio adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's
"The Oblong Box" heard on The CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
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