---
name: "Darrell Zwerling"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/darrell-zwerling"
fi1m_id: "darrell-zwerling"
imdb_id: "nm0959022"
tmdb_id: 12297
wikidata_id: "Q5224740"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 September 1928"
died: "11 April 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T21:28:00.023443+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Darrell Zwerling

## Identity

Darrell Zwerling

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/darrell-zwerling
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** darrell-zwerling
- **IMDb ID:** nm0959022
- **TMDB ID:** 12297
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5224740
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Zwerling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5224740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0959022/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12297

Actor. Born 9 September 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 11 April 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 September 1928, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 11 April 2014
- **Active:** 1974–1990
- **Also known as:** Darryl Zwerling, Даррел Зверлінг
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 84 (2), 1990s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Romance 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $441m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Zwerling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5224740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0959022/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12297

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Chinatown*](https://film.one/film/chinatown.md) (93)

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## Biography

Darrell Zwerling (9 September 1928 – 11 April 2014) was an American character actor in film and television. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he worked as an optometrist before beginning his acting career in the late 1960s. He is best known for portraying Hollis I. Mulwray in Roman Polanski's *Chinatown* (1974).

Zwerling appeared in numerous films and television series through the 1970s and 1980s. His other notable screen roles include Mr. Lynch in *Grease* (1978), Dr. Bergen in *Capricorn One* (1977), and Dr. Eckhardt in *High Anxiety* (1977). He also had guest parts in series such as *Columbo* and *Murder, She Wrote*. He trained at the Juilliard School and was active until the early 1990s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Wild at Heart* (1990), Fi1m 78, as Singer's Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-at-heart.md)
- *Grease* (1978), Fi1m 76, as Mr. Lynch — [page](https://film.one/film/grease.md)
- *Chinatown* (1974), Fi1m 93, as Hollis I. Mulwray — [page](https://film.one/film/chinatown.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Grease Story* (2017), as Mr. Lynch (archive footage)
- *Wild at Heart* (1990), as Singer's Manager — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-at-heart.md)
- *Joe Versus the Volcano* (1990), as Underwear Salesman
- *Rush Week* (1989), as Professor Caldwell
- *Glitz* (1988), as Bertoia
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Dr. Farnsworth
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Doctor
- *Sunset Limousine* (1983), as Janczyn
- *Simon & Simon* (1981), series, as Akins
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, as Teasdale — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *...And Justice for All* (1979), as William Zinoff
- *Buck Rogers in the 25th Century* (1979), series, as Macon
- *The Main Event* (1979), as Sheldon
- *Blind Ambition* (1979), series, as Frederick LaRue
- *Kaz* (1978), series, as Dr. Todson
- *Grease* (1978), as Mr. Lynch — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/grease.md)
- *With This Ring* (1978), as Mr. Pheeb
- *High Anxiety* (1977), as Dr. Eckhardt
- *Capricorn One* (1977), as Dr. Bergen
- *The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened* (1977), as Dr. Brimson
- *The Boy in the Plastic Bubble* (1976), as Mr. Brister
- *Newman's Drugstore* (1976), Actor
- *Family Plot* (1976), as Priest (uncredited)
- *The Ultimate Warrior* (1975), as Silas
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), series, as Stu Basset, Man, Mr. Gore
- *Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze* (1975), as Brig. Gen. Theodore Marley 'Ham' Brooks
- *Barney Miller* (1975), series, as Bill Adelson
- *Police Woman* (1974), series, as Wilkes, Harry Kubelski
- *Chinatown* (1974), as Hollis I. Mulwray — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/chinatown.md)
- *Our Time* (1974), as Dr. Madden
- *Miracle on 34th Street* (1973), as Floorwalker
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Agajanian, Medical Examiner, Dr. Agajanian — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Lady Liberty* (1971), as Stan (uncredited)
- *Columbo* (1971), series, as Motel Manager, Lewis Lacey — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), series, as Mr. Charney — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mary-tyler-moore-show.md)
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as Richard

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