Edward Mulhare
| Edward Mulhare | |
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Mulhare and Hope Lange in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, in 1968.
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| Born |
8 April 1923 Quaker Road, Cork City, County Cork, Irish Free State (present-day Republic of Ireland) |
| Died | 24 May 1997 (aged 74) Van Nuys, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Lung cancer |
| Years active | 1947–1997 |
| Spouse(s) | Never married |
Edward Mulhare (8 April 1923 – 24 May 1997) was an Irish actor whose career spanned five decades. He is best known for his starring roles in two television series, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and Knight Rider.
Mulhare, one of three brothers, was born at 22 Quaker Road, Cork, County Cork in what was then known as the Irish Free State to John and Catherine (née Keane) Mulhare. As a child he received his education at St. Nessan's Christian Brothers School, and later North Monastery. Mulhare, as a young adult, began schooling at the National University of Ireland in medicine, but eventually decided upon a career in theatre. After acting in various Irish venues including the Gate Theatre in Dublin, he moved to London, where he worked with Orson Welles and John Gielgud.
His best-known stage role was as Professor Higgins in the original Broadway production of My Fair Lady, having taken over the role from Rex Harrison (an actor he closely resembled) in 1957.
His first television appearance was in 1956 in a production of The Adventures of Robin Hood. He was a guest panelist in 1958 on the CBS television game show What's My Line? By 1965, he was back in Hollywood appearing in films and television shows. He earned a role in the films Von Ryan's Express in 1965, Our Man Flint in 1966, and Caprice in 1967. He guest starred in television programmes, including the Twelve O'Clock High episode "Siren Voices" as Luftwaffe Colonel Kurt Halland. He also guest-starred in "Experiment In Terra," an episode of the original Battlestar Galactica. In The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, a supernatural sitcom that ran from 1968 to 1970, he starred as Captain Daniel Gregg, and again was something of a successor to Rex Harrison, who had originated the role of "The Ghost" in the original 1947 film. In the mid-1980s, Mulhare hosted the television series Secrets & Mysteries, also called Secrets of the Unknown, a magazine show that examined historical mysteries and the paranormal.
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