Edward Mulhare (8 April 1923 - 24 May 1997) was an Irish actor whose career spanned five decades.

Early life and career

Mulhare was born at 22 Quaker Road, Cork, County Cork, Ireland. 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.

Television

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.

He is best known for his starring roles in two television series, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and Knight Rider.

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.

Later years

He starred in a number of films in his career including Megaforce and Out to Sea. His final role was on Baywatch Nights alongside former Knight Rider co-star David Hasselhoff in 1997.

Death

Edward Mulhare died of lung cancer in May 1997, at age 74, inside his home in Van Nuys, California. He had been battling the cancer for five months prior to his death. Team Knight Rider dedicated an episode titled "K.R.O.", to Mulhare's memory (broadcast 27 October 1997).

Filmography

• Giv'a 24 Eina Ona (1955) .... James Finnegan
• The Adventures of Robin Hood .... (1956) .... Various
• The Outer Limits (ABC-TV): "The Sixth Finger" (1963) .... Professor of Genetics
• Mr. Novak (NBC-TV, 1963): "He Who Can Does" .... Rand Hardy
• Signpost to Murder (1964) .... Dr. Mark Fleming
• Von Ryan's Express (1965) .... Capt. Costanzo
• Daniel Boone (1965) (TV series) ....Season 2, Episode 1 "Empire of the Lost"....Colonel Worthing
• Our Man Flint (1966) .... Malcolm Rodney
• Caprice (1967) .... Sir Jason Fox
• Eye of the Devil (1967) .... Jean-Claude Ibert
• The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968) TV Series .... Capt. Daniel Gregg
• Gidget Grows Up (1969) (TV) .... Alex MacLaughlin
• The Streets of San Francisco (ABC-TV series season 1 episode 5) Tower Beyond Tragedy (1972).... Amory Gilliam, (season 3 episode 6) One Chance To Live (1974).... Brian Downing
• Ellery Queen (1976) (TV) (Season 1, episode 18 "Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman").... Myles Prescott
• Hunter (1977) (TV series)...Season 1, Episode 1 "Bluebird is Back"
• Hart to Hart (1979) (TV) .... Season 1, Episode 12 "The Man with Jade Eyes"
• Megaforce (1982) .... Byrne-White
• Knight Rider (1982) TV Series .... Devon Miles
• MacGyver (1986) TV series .... Guy Roberts
• B-17: The Flying Fortress (1987) (voice) .... Narrator
• Secrets & Mysteries (1988) TV series .... Host
• Knight Rider 2000 (1991) .... Devon Miles
• Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart (1995) (TV)
• Out to Sea (1997) .... Cullen Carswell
• Baywatch Nights (1997) .... Dr. Lancaster (1 episode)

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