Declan Mulholland

• Name — Declan Mulholland • Birth Name — Thomas Declan Mulholland • Born — 6 December 1932 • Birthplace — Belfast, Northern Ireland • Died — 29 June 1999 • Place of death — London, England • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1962–1997

Born in Belfast, he had his first film role in H.M.S. Defiant (1962) as Morrison. He had a substantial part in the 1974 Amicus Productions film The Land That Time Forgot. He played Jabba the Hutt on-set in a deleted scene of the original Star Wars (1977), which was intended to be replaced by a computer-generated version of the character. The scene was reinserted for the film's twentieth anniversary re-release in 1997, with Mulholland replaced by a CGI Jabba as he appears in Return of the Jedi. His many TV appearances included The Avengers (1967) episode The Fear Merchants (in the background of the gym scene), Doctor Who stories The Sea Devils (1972) and The Androids of Tara (1978), The Bill, The Onedin Line and Quatermass. Mulholland died of a heart attack on 29 June 1999, aged 66.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1963 — As You Like It — Second Lord — TV movie • 1964 — Espionage — The Lout — 1 episode • 1966 — The Three Musketeers — Harbour Master — 1 episode • 1966–1976 — Dixon of Dock Green — Connolly/Padraic Browne/Bert Kelly — 3 episodes • 1967–1971 — Z-Cars — Mike Murphy/Jack/Flanagan — 3 episodes • 1967 — The Avengers — Saunders — 1 episode • 1967 — The Revenue Men — Barney McQuarry — 1 episode • 1968 — Dr. Finlay's Casebook — Taffy Jones — 1 episode • 1969 — The Borderers — Blackett — 1 episode • 1971–1972 — Armchair Theatre — Prisoner Officer/Protestant Man — 2 episodes • 1972 — Doctor Who — Clark — 2 episodes; serial The Sea Devils • 1974 — The Prince of Denmark — Danny — 3 episodes • 1975 — Churchill's People — Augustus Hicky — Episode: Mother India • 1976 — Angels — 1st Man — 1 episode • 1976 — Rogue Male — Cook — TV movie • 1978 — Doctor Who — Till — 3 episodes; serial The Androids of Tara • 1978 — The Losers — Ex-Wrestler — 3 episodes • 1979 — Bloomers — Mr O'Shaughnessy — 1 episode (episode five) • 1979 — Quatermass — Security Guard — 2 episodes • 1980 — Oppenheimer — F.B.I. Agent — 1 episode • 1984 — Much Ado About Nothing — Member of Watch — TV movie • 1987–1995 — Casualty — Mac / O'Grady — 2 episodes • 1989–1990 — The Bill — Raymond Kellow — 2 episodes • 1991 — The Brittas Empire — Boilerman Barnes — Episode: Opening Day • 1993 — Lovejoy — Council Workman — Episode: Who is the Fairest of Them All? • 1996 — Father Ted — Shouting Priest — Episode: New Jack City