Edward Mulhare
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 8, 1923
- Died
- May 24, 1997 (aged 74)
- Place of birth
- Quaker Road, Cork, Ireland
- Credits
- 63
Edward Mulhare (8 April 1923 – 24 May 1997) was an Irish popular television leading man from 1956 to 1995.
Born at 22 Quaker Road, Cork City, County Cork, Ireland, and educated by the Irish Christian Brothers, Mulhare intended to study medicine, but was sidetracked by a growing interest in acting. 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, taking over from Rex Harrison in 1957.
His first television appearance was in 1956 in a production of The Adventures of Robin Hood, but he is more well known for his starring roles in two television series, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (again following Rex Harrison, who had played The Ghost in the film on which the series was based) and as Devon Miles in Knight Rider (both the original 1980s television series and a 1991 TV movie), as well as many guest starring performances on other programs. He also guest-starred in one episode of the original Battlestar Galactica. He was a guest panelist on the TV panel show "What's My Line?" in 1958.
In the mid 1980s, Mulhare hosted a television series, Secrets of the Unknown. The show dealt with the supernatural aspects of historical events,took place inside of a fictional, isolated castle. The main set room, which contained various displays and faux computer consols, helped to illustrate details of the subjects that were covered. These included the ocean liner RMS Titanic, Amelia Earhart, the rigid airship Hindenburg, dreams and nightmares, Stonehenge, the pyramids, ghosts, volcanoes, life after death, UFOs, and others. In addition to prerecorded interviews with guests, actors in period attire were used to portray people within the subject material. The series is still a cult favorite among sci-fi fans and history buffs.
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.
Known for
Filmography
Out to Sea
1997Movie
Carswell
Baywatch Nights
1995TV
Dr. Lancaster
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart
1995Movie
Salisbury
Spider-Man
1994TV
Spencer Smythe (voice)
Knight Rider 2000
1991Movie
Devon Miles
Secrets of the Unknown: Tornadoes & UFOs
1989Movie
Host
Secrets of the Unknown: Bigfoot & Witches
1989Movie
Host
Secrets of the Unknown: Witches
1988Movie
Host
Secrets of the Unknown: Dreams and Nightmares
1988Movie
Host
Secrets of the Unknown: Poltergeists
1988Movie
Host
U-Boats: The Wolfpack
1987Movie
Narrator
B-17: The Flying Fortress
1987Movie
Narrator
Secrets of the Unknown: Big Foot
1987Movie
Host
Secrets of the Unknown: Nostradamus
1987Movie
Host
Secrets of the Unknown: Jack the Ripper
1987Movie
Host
Secrets of the Unknown: Hollywood Hauntings
1987Movie
Host
Secrets of the Unknown: Curses
1987Movie
Host
Secrets of the Unknown: Amelia Earhart
1987Movie
Host
Secrets of the Unknown: Pearl Harbor
1987Movie
Host
Secrets of the Unknown: Life After Death
1987Movie
Host
Secrets of the Unknown: Tornadoes
1987Movie
Host
Secrets of the Unknown: Lake Monsters
1987Movie
Host
Secrets of the Unknown: The Titanic
1987Movie
Host
MacGyver
1985TV
Guy Roberts
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Richard Bennett, Julian Lord
Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
1982Movie
Devon Miles
Knight Rider
1982TV
Devon Miles
Matt Houston
1982TV
Malcolm James Abercrombie
Hotel
1982TV
MegaForce
1982Movie
Byrne-White
Hart to Hart
1979TV
Arthur Sydney
Battlestar Galactica
1978TV
John
Hunter
1977TV
Colin Berne
Ellery Queen
1975TV
Myles Prescott
The Bengal Tiger
1973Movie
Narrator
The Streets of San Francisco
1972TV
Amory Gilliam, Brian Downing
Search
1972TV
Cannon
1971TV
Gidget Grows Up
1969Movie
Alex MacLaughlin
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
1968TV
Daniel Gregg
Cowboy in Africa
1967TV
Brian Hilliard
Custer
1967TV
Caprice
1967Movie
Sir Jason Fox
Eye of the Devil
1966Movie
Jean-Claude Ibert
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966TV
Sir Terrance Keats
Our Man Flint
1966Movie
Malcolm Rodney
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Major Damian Sava, Otto Strasser
Convoy
1965TV
Run for Your Life
1965TV
Clive Darrell
Von Ryan's Express
1965Movie
Capt. Costanzo
Signpost to Murder
1964Movie
Dr. Mark Fleming
Daniel Boone
1964TV
Adm. Lord Clydesdale, Col. Marcus Worthing, Col. Burton
12 O'Clock High
1964TV
Col. Gert Schotten, Kurt Halland
Mr. Novak
1963TV
Rand Hardy
The Outer Limits
1963TV
Professor Mathers
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
Hill 24 Doesn't Answer
1955Movie
James Finnegan
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955TV
Ulf, Man-at-arms, Le Blond, Lieutenant Howard, Baron Mornay / Outlaw, Steward / Outlaw, Foppish Lord, Courtier, First Soldier
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self
Sunday Night Theatre
1950TV
The Rev. Joseph Radcliffe
Studio One
1948TV
Liam O'Neill
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
Kraft Television Theatre
1947TV