Richard Mulligan Net Worth

Richard Mulligan's Quotes

• "He exited the stage quietly and was happy to be able to do so." - David Fisher, Mulligan's assistant, after Mulligan's death.

Interesting Facts about Richard Mulligan

1. Younger brother of director Robert Mulligan.
2. Mulligan was cremated, and no memorial service was held, at his own request.
3. Won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series. However in 1989, he finally accepted his Emmy Award for Empty Nest (1988). Because in 1980, he had been participating in the Screen Actors' Guild strike at the time of The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1980), during which he had won for Soap (1977).
4. Studied playwrighting at Columbia University.
5. Was Jason Robards' stand-by in the Broadway production of "A Thousand Clowns" (1962).
6. He had one son, James Mulligan.
7. Ex-wife Rachel Ryan was 29 years younger than he was.
8. The character "Nagilum", from the season season episode, Star Trek: The Next Generation: Where Silence Has Lease (1988), was named after him for being the first choice to play the role. But the role was given to actor Earl Boen.
9. Had appeared in Blackboard Jungle (1955) uncredited.
10. Had worked with both Lee Grant and her daughter, Dinah Manoff. Grant and Mulligan appeared in the movie Teachers (1984); Mulligan and Manoff appeared in the sitcoms Soap (1977) and Empty Nest (1988).
11. Had appeared in four series created by Susan Harris: Soap (1977), The Golden Girls (1985), Empty Nest (1988) and Nurses (1991). In the latter three, he played the same character, Dr. Harry Weston.
12. Friends with: Katherine Helmond, Michael Landon, Larry Hagman, Bea Arthur, Shirley Jones, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty, Susan Harris, Dinah Manoff, Robert Loggia, Blake Edwards, Robert Guillaume, Gordon Jump and George Gaynes.
13. Best remembered by the public for his starring roles as Burt Campbell on Soap (1977) and as Dr. Harry Weston on Empty Nest (1988) , The Golden Girls (1985) and Nurses (1991).
14. Had worked with Bea Arthur in episodes of three television series: Soap (1977), The Golden Girls (1985) and Empty Nest (1988).
15. He was directed by his elder brother Robert Mulligan in Love with the Proper Stranger (1963).
16. He played the same character (Dr. Harry Weston) in three different series: The Golden Girls (1985), Empty Nest (1988) and Nurses (1991).
17. He was considered for the role of Tom Hagen in The Godfather (1972) before Robert Duvall was cast.
18. When he divorced former adult-video star, Serina Robinson, after 10 months, Mulligan suing Robinson for what he characterized as her misleading account of the breakup in a supermarket tabloid.
19. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6777 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 30 1993.
20. On Empty Nest (1988), he played a widower, in real-life, he was married four times and divorced four times, until his death.