Richard Mulligan was an American character actor known for his roles in the sitcoms Soap and Empty Nest.
14 Facts About Richard Mulligan
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Richard Mulligan was the younger brother of film director Robert Richard Mulligan.
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Richard Mulligan was born on November 13,1932, in New York City.
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Richard Mulligan served in the Navy in the early 1950s during the Korean War and later studied to become a playwright at Columbia University.
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Richard Mulligan made a brief, uncredited appearance in the 1963 film Love with the Proper Stranger, which was directed by his elder brother.
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Richard Mulligan appeared in the season-13 episode "Wonder" of the Western TV show Gunsmoke.
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Empty Nest ran for seven seasons, and Richard Mulligan won a Best Actor Emmy Award as well as a Golden Globe Award for his performance.
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Richard Mulligan played Secretary of State William Seward in Lincoln, a TV movie based on Gore Vidal's novel.
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Richard Mulligan returned to perform on Broadway and in films, in which he usually played supporting roles.
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Richard Mulligan was cast as Reggie Potter in the television series Reggie.
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Richard Mulligan was first married to Patricia Jones from 1955 to 1960, with whom he had a son, James.
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On September 26,2000, Richard Mulligan died of colorectal cancer at his home in Los Angeles.
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Richard Mulligan was survived by his son James Richard Mulligan from his first marriage, and two brothers, Robert and James.
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In 1989, Richard Mulligan won both the Emmy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for portraying Dr Harry Weston in Empty Nest.