Rod Mullinar
Australian actor
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| name | Rod Mullinar |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Hereford, UK |
| spouse | Liz Mullinar (approx. 2 yrs); |
| Penny Ramsey-Mullinar (dec. 2009) | |
| height | |
| occupation | Actor |
| known_for | Hunter (TV series), Ryan (TV series) |
| years_active | 1964-2020 |
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|image = | |imagesize = 150px | | name = Rod Mullinar | birth_date = | birth_place = Hereford, UK | spouse = Liz Mullinar (approx. 2 yrs); Penny Ramsey-Mullinar (dec. 2009) | height= | occupation = Actor | known_for = Hunter (TV series), Ryan (TV series) | years_active = 1964-2020 Rodney Mullinar (born 1942) is a British Australian former actor, noted for his roles on Australian television.
Mullinar born in Hereford, Hertfordshire, England and emigrated to Australia in 1966, at the urging of an Australian friend in London, actor Bill Hunter. He relocated to Sydney with his first wife actress Liz Mullinar who was at that time also an actor but would soon become a well-known casting agent.
Career
Mullinar appeared in theatre productions, firstly with the Australian Theatre for Young People 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.
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.
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. 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.
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
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| Year | Production | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | It Takes All Kinds | Policeman | Feature film |
| 1970 | The Set | Tony Brown | Feature film |
| 1971 | Stockade | Peter Lalor | Feature film |
| 1975 | Down the Wind | Reg | Feature film |
| 1977 | Raw Deal | Alex | Film |
| 1978 | The Pyjama Girl Case | Inspector Morris | Feature film |
| 1978 | The Geeks | Martin | TV movie |
| 1978 | Patrick | Ed Jacquard | Feature film |
| 1978 | Magee and the Lady | Tom | TV movie |
| 1979 | Thirst | Derek | Feature film |
| 1979 | Taxi | Leslie Armitage | TV movie |
| 1980 | Breaker Morant | Major Charles Bolton | Feature film |
| 1980 | Maybe This Time | Jack | Feature film |
| 1981 | The Coming | ||
| 1982 | Duet for Four | Ken Overland | Feature film |
| 1982 | Breakfast in Paris | Michaels Barnes | Feature film |
| 1983 | Now and Forever | Geoffrey Bates | Feature film |
| 1987 | The Surfer | Hagan | Feature film |
| 1987 | Echoes of Paradise | Terry | Feature film |
| 1987 | Walter Dixon's Wombat | Johnathon | TV movie |
| 1989 | Dead Calm | Russell Bellows | Feature film |
| 1989 | The Humpty Dumpty Man | Stewart Brax | TV movie |
| 2000 | Muggers | Marcus Browning | Feature film |
| 2000 | On the Beach | Admiral Jack Cunnington | TV movie |
| 2001 | Curse of the Talisman | Father Eccleston | TV movie |
| 2007 | Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback | Judge | TV movie |
| 2013 | Patrick | Morris | Feature film |
| 2015 | Comedy Showroom: Bleak | TV movie | |
| 2016 | Dogstar: Christmas in Space | Commercial announcer | TV movie |
| 2017 | That's Not Me | Summer Street "Len" | Feature film |
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Television
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| Year | Production | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Contrabandits | TV series | |
| 1968 | The Adventures | TV series | |
| 1968-69 | Hunter | Gil Martin / Ted Cook | TV series |
| 1971 | Dynasty | Bob Campbell | TV series |
| 1969-72 | Division 4 | 5 character roles | TV series |
| 1971-72 | Matlock Police | Jack Bowan / Lou Carter / Ward | TV series |
| 1972 | Over There | Tom Bowden | TV series |
| 1972 | Boney | Frank Abbott | TV series |
| 1967-74 | Homicide | 8 roles | TV series |
| 1974 | Rush | Jim Hill | TV series |
| 1973-74 | Ryan | Michael Ryan | TV series |
| 1974 | The Wanderer | ||
| 1975 | Quality of Mercy | Charlie | TV series |
| 1974-75 | Bellbird | Scott Leighton | TV series, 365 episodes |
| 1977 | Beyond Reasonable Doubt | Prosecutor | TV miniseries documentary |
| 1977 | Young Ramsay | George | TV series |
| 1977 | Bluey | Swanson | TV series |
| 1978 | Run From the Morning | Spencer | TV series |
| 1978 | Against the Wind | John MacCarthur | TV miniseries |
| 1978-80 | Cop Shop | 3 roles | TV series |
| 1979 | Skyways | Geoff Blake | TV series |
| 1979 | The Sullivans | Uncle Alf Donovan | TV series |
| 1979-80 | Prisoner | David Austin / Wayne Travers | TV series |
| 1980 | Water Under the Bridge | Don Brandywine | TV miniseries |
| 1983 | For the Term of His Natural Life | Lt. Maurice Frere | TV miniseries |
| 1984 | Eureka Stockade | Frederick Vern | TV miniseries |
| 1983-85 | Five Mile Creek | Jack Taylor | TV series |
| 1986 | The Flying Doctors | Darcy Adams | TV series |
| 1988 | Rafferty's Rules | Harry Bertie | TV series |
| 1989 | Inside Running | TV series | |
| 1989 | Mission: Impossible | Conrad Drago | TV series |
| 1989 | The Magistrate | Ian Walters | TV miniseries |
| 1992 | Boney | Selby | TV series |
| 1992 | The Fremantle Conspiracy | TV miniseries | |
| Cluedo | Frederick Stokes | TV series | |
| 1994 | Newlyweds | Kirby Hacker | TV series |
| 1994 | Halifax f.p. | Melvin Lazar | TV series |
| 1997 | Simone de Beauvoir's Babies | Mick | TV miniseries |
| 1998 | All Saints | Professor Richard Craig | TV series |
| 2000 | Tales of the South Seas | TV miniseries, 1 episode: "Blackbirding" | |
| 2000 | Shortland Street | Max Dubrovsky | TV series |
| 2001 | Shock Jock | Basil Hannigan | TV series |
| 2001 | BeastMaster | Chiuma | TV series |
| 1999-2002 | The Lost World | 3 roles | TV series |
| 2002 | MDA | Dr. Nathan Tate | TV series |
| 2003 | Welcher & Welcher | Toby | TV miniseries |
| 2004 | Stories from the Golf | Richard | TV series |
| 2004 | Stingers | Colin Burns | TV series |
| 2007 | City Homicide | Olivier Braxton | TV series |
| Very Small Business | Dick Denyer | TV series | |
| 2008-09 | Satisfaction | Jimmy Buraston | TV series |
| 2009 | Rush | Gavin | TV series |
| Killing Time | Judge Hart | TV miniseries | |
| 2007-11 | Dogstar | Chester | TV series |
| 2012 | Lowdown | Additional voices | TV series |
| 2013 | Reef Doctors | Sonny Ferrall | TV miniseries |
| 2014 | The Flamin' Thongs | King Rerpsies | Animated TV series |
| 2015 | The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Jock Clement | TV series |
| 2015 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Wilbur Littleton | TV series |
| 2017 | House Husbands | William Mitchell | TV series |
| 2017 | Impossible Peace | Narrator | TV series |
| 2018-19 | True Story with Hamish & Andy | Narrator | TV series |
| 2019 | Utopia | Voice | TV series |
| 2019 | Secret Bridesmaids' Business | Dyson Novak | 1 episode |
| 2019-20 | Bloom | Tommy Brydon | TV series |
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References
References
- Liz Mullinar and Simon Hopkinson, ''The Liz Mullinar story'' Sydney, Hodder Headline 1997 p. 76, p. 79
- Liz Mullinar and Simon Hopkinson, ''The Liz Mullinar story'' Sydney, Hodder Headline 1997 p. 84
- 'Union man punched on film set' ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 15 January 1969 p. 12
- Jennifer Berry and Phillip McCarthy, 'Publicity Stunts' Melbourne ''Age'' 17 January 1974 p. 31
- 'Dramatic Actor Changes Spots', ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 'S.M.H. TV Guide' 11 August 1969 p. 1
- Anon, 'Channels order new series to supplement "ageing" local shows' Melbourne ''Age'' 'TV Radio Guide' 15 June 1972 p. 1
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