Rod Mullinar

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Rod Mullinar
Born1942 (age 8283)
OccupationActor
Known forHunter (TV series), Ryan (TV series)
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Spouse(s) Liz Mullinar (approx. 2 yrs);
Penny Ramsey-Mullinar (dec. 2009)

Rodney Mullinar (born 1942) is a British Australian actor, noted for his roles on Australian television.

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Biography

Early life

Mullinar born in Hereford, Hertfordshire, emigrated to Australia in 1966, at the urging of an Australian friend in London, Bill Hunter. He relocated to Sydney with his first wife Liz who was at that time also an actor but would soon become a well-known casting agent. [1]

Career

Mullinar appeared in theatre productions, firstly with the Australian Theatre for Young People [2] and then with the Independent Theatre troupe in mid-1968 with whom he performed in the plays Wait Until Dark , Uncle Vanya , and Tango . He also had a major role in the controversial 1970 film The Set in which he plays Tony Brown, who has an affair with the film's protagonist, Paul, played by Sean McEuan. During the making of The Set, Mullinar, who was union shop steward for the film, was punched by another actor when Mullinar demanded to see his union card. The Sydney Morning Herald identified this actor as the female impersonator 'Kandy' Johnson, who was not a union member. [3]

Mullinar took the leading role in Australian espionage drama Hunter late in the show's run in 1968, however he appeared in just eight episodes due to the cancellation of the series. He subsequently played the title role in television series Ryan (1973).

Mullinar's second wife was actress Penny Ramsey. During publicity for Ryan, Mullinar and Ramsey chose to make their relationship public - they had a young daughter at this stage but were not yet married - under threat of exposure by persons unspecified. [4]

An article in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1969 claimed that, before migrating to Australia, Mullinar had a small role in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball as well as appearing in the British TV series Z Cars and No Hiding Place . [5] An article in the Melbourne Age in June 1972 also claimed that Mullinar was a graduate of London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and had appeared in the film Wake in Fright , the aforementioned Z Cars and Thunderball as well as Softly, Softly: Task Force (as this show began in 1969, this seems unlikely, but he may have been involved in its predecessor, Softly, Softly). It stated that Mullinar had been shortlisted for the role of Frank Banner in Division 4, which was ultimately given to Gerard Kennedy. [6]

Mullinar's other credits include: Cop Shop , Bellbird , Homicide , Division 4 , Matlock Police , Against the Wind , Breaker Morant , Prisoner , Five Mile Creek , All Saints , Stingers , Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback , Reef Doctors, The Lost World, and The Doctor Blake Mysteries .

Filmography

Film

YearProductionRoleType
1969 It Takes All Kinds PolicemanFeature film
1970 The Set Tony BrownFeature film
1971 Stockade Peter LalorFeature film
1975 Down the Wind RegFeature film
1977 Raw Deal AlexFilm
1978 The Pyjama Girl Case Inspector MorrisFeature film
1978The GeeksMartinTV movie
1978 Patrick Ed JacquardFeature film
1978Magee and the LadyTomTV movie
1979 Thirst DerekFeature film
1979TaxiLeslie ArmitageTV movie
1980 Breaker Morant Major Charles BoltonFeature film
1980 Maybe This Time JackFeature film
1981The Coming
1982 Duet for Four Ken OverlandFeature film
1982 Breakfast in Paris Michaels BarnesFeature film
1983 Now and Forever Geoffrey BatesFeature film
1987 The Surfer HaganFeature film
1987 Echoes of Paradise TerryFeature film
1987Walter Dixon's WombatJohnathonTV movie
1989 Dead Calm Russell BellowsFeature film
1989 The Humpty Dumpty Man Stewart BraxTV movie
2000 Muggers Marcus BrowningFeature film
2000 On the Beach Admiral Jack CunningtonTV movie
2001 Curse of the Talisman Father EcclestonTV movie
2007 Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback JudgeTV movie
2013 Patrick MorrisFeature film
2015Comedy Showroom: BleakTV movie
2016 Dogstar: Christmas in Space Commercial announcerTV movie
2017 That's Not Me Summer Street "Len"Feature film

Television

YearProductionRoleType
1967 Contrabandits TV series
1968The AdventuresTV series
1968-69 Hunter Gil Martin / Ted CookTV series
1971 Dynasty Bob CampbellTV series
1969-72 Division 4 5 character rolesTV series
1971-72 Matlock Police Jack Bowan / Lou Carter / WardTV series
1972 Over There Tom BowdenTV series
1972 Boney Frank AbbottTV series
1967-74 Homicide 8 rolesTV series
1974 Rush Jim HillTV series
1973-74 Ryan Michael RyanTV series
1974The Wanderer
1975 Quality of Mercy CharlieTV series
1974-75 Bellbird Scott LeightonTV series, 365 episodes
1977 Beyond Reasonable Doubt ProsecutorTV miniseries documentary
1977 Young Ramsay GeorgeTV series
1977 Bluey SwansonTV series
1978 Run From the Morning SpencerTV series
1978 Against the Wind John MacCarthurTV miniseries
1978-80 Cop Shop 3 rolesTV series
1979 Skyways Geoff BlakeTV series
1979-80 Prisoner David Austin / Wayne TraversTV series
1980 Water Under the Bridge Don BrandywineTV miniseries
1983 For the Term of His Natural Life Lt. Maurice FrereTV miniseries
1984 Eureka Stockade Frederick Vern TV miniseries
1983-85 Five Mile Creek Jack TaylorTV series
1986 The Flying Doctors Darcy AdamsTV series
1988 Rafferty's Rules Harry BertieTV series
1989 Inside Running TV series
1989 Mission: Impossible Conrad DragoTV series
1989 The Magistrate Ian WaltersTV miniseries
1992 Boney SelbyTV series
1992 The Fremantle Conspiracy TV miniseries
Cluedo Frederick StokesTV series
1994 Newlyweds Kirby HackerTV series
1994 Halifax f.p. Melvin LazarTV series
1997 Simone de Beauvoir's Babies MickTV miniseries
1998 All Saints ProfessorTV series
2000 Tales of the South Seas TV miniseries, 1 episode: "Blackbirding"
2000 Shortland Street Max DubrovskyTV series
2001 Shock Jock Basil HanniganTV series
2001 BeastMaster ChiumaTV series
1999-2002 The Lost World 3 rolesTV series
2002 MDA Dr. Nathan TateTV series
2003 Welcher & Welcher TobyTV miniseries
2004 Stories from the Golf RichardTV series
2004 Stingers Colin BurnsTV series
2007 City Homicide Olivier BraxtonTV series
Very Small Business Dick DenyerTV series
2008-09 Satisfaction Jimmy BurastonTV series
2009 Rush GavinTV series
Killing Time Judge HartTV miniseries
2007-11 Dogstar ChesterTV series
2012 Lowdown Additional voicesTV series
2013 Reef Doctors Sonny FerrallTV miniseries
2014 The Flamin' Thongs King RerpsiesAnimated TV series
2015 The Doctor Blake Mysteries Jock ClementTV series
2015 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Wilbur LittletonTV series
2017 House Husbands William MitchellTV series
2017 Impossible Peace NarratorTV series
2018-19 True Story with Hamish & Andy NarratorTV series
2019 Utopia VoiceTV series
2019 Secret Bridesmaids' Business Dyson Novak1 episode
2019-20 Bloom Tommy BrydonTV series

References

  1. Liz Mullinar and Simon Hopkinson, The Liz Mullinar story Sydney, Hodder Headline 1997 p. 76, p. 79
  2. Liz Mullinar and Simon Hopkinson, The Liz Mullinar story Sydney, Hodder Headline 1997 p. 84
  3. 'Union man punched on film set' Sydney Morning Herald 15 January 1969 p. 12
  4. Jennifer Berry and Phillip McCarthy, 'Publicity Stunts' Melbourne Age 17 January 1974 p. 31
  5. 'Dramatic Actor Changes Spots', Sydney Morning Herald 'S.M.H. TV Guide' 11 August 1969 p. 1
  6. Anon, 'Channels order new series to supplement "ageing" local shows' Melbourne Age 'TV Radio Guide' 15 June 1972 p. 1