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name: "Declan Mulholland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/declan-mulholland"
fi1m_id: "declan-mulholland"
imdb_id: "nm0611839"
tmdb_id: 1214791
wikidata_id: "Q3704533"
roles: []
born: "6 December 1932"
died: "29 June 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T10:35:10.407530+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."
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# Declan Mulholland

## Identity

Declan Mulholland

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/declan-mulholland
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** declan-mulholland
- **IMDb ID:** nm0611839
- **TMDB ID:** 1214791
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3704533
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declan_Mulholland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3704533, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611839/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214791

Actor. Born 6 December 1932 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Died 29 June 1999.

## Details

- **Born:** 6 December 1932, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- **Died:** 29 June 1999
- **Active:** 1981–1995
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (1), 1990s 89 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declan_Mulholland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3704533, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611839/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214791

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- **The Roku Channel:** [*Father Ted*](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md) (89)

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## Biography

Declan Mulholland was a Northern Irish character actor of film and television. Born Thomas Declan Mulholland in Belfast on 6 December 1932, he began acting in London theatre in the late 1950s, appearing with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at the Royal Court.

His screen career began with a role in *H.M.S. Defiant* (1962). He appeared in *Doctor Who* stories including *The Sea Devils* (1972) and *The Androids of Tara* (1978), played Olson in *The Land That Time Forgot* (1974), and featured in *Time Bandits* (1981) and *The Tall Guy* (1989). He portrayed the Shouting Priest in the *Father Ted* episode "New Jack City" (1996). Mulholland played Jabba the Hutt in a deleted scene from *Star Wars* (1977) that was restored with CGI in the 1997 Special Edition. He died in London on 29 June 1999.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Father Ted* (1995), Fi1m 89, as Shouting Priest — [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)
- *Time Bandits* (1981), Fi1m 80, as Robber #3 — [page](https://film.one/film/time-bandits.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

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

- *Madson* (1996), series, as Café Proprietor
- *The Run of the Country* (1995), as Farmer
- *Father Ted* (1995), series, as Shouting Priest — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)
- *War of the Buttons* (1994), as Priest
- *O Mary This London* (1994), as Duffy
- *The Rainbow Thief* (1994), as Pug
- *The Brittas Empire* (1991), series, as Boilerman Barnes
- *The Tall Guy* (1989), as Doorman
- *Rockliffe's Babies* (1987), series, as Pat
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Council Workman
- *Much Ado About Nothing* (1984), as Member of Watch
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as FBI Agent
- *Time Bandits* (1981), as Robber #3 — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/time-bandits.md)
- *Private Schulz* (1981), series, as Harry
- *The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something* (1980), as Lorry driver
- *Oppenheimer* (1980), series, as FBI Agent
- *Hawk the Slayer* (1980), as Sped
- *High Rise Donkey* (1980), as Pat, Crook
- *Henry Intervening* (1979), as Barman
- *Quatermass* (1979), series, as Security Guard
- *Shoestring* (1979), series, as Man on Cassette (voice)
- *Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara* (1978), as Till
- *Another Day* (1978), as Barman
- *Born and Bred* (1978), series, as Pat
- *Stargazy on Zummerdown* (1978), as William Gurney
- *BBC2 Play of the Week* (1977), series, as William Gurney
- *The Sound of Laughter* (1977), series, as Charles Leek
- *Double Exposure* (1977), as Kidnapper Joe
- *Joseph Andrews* (1977), as Resurrectionist
- *Rogue Male* (1976), as Cook
- *Angels* (1975), series, Actor
- *Brannigan* (1975), as Neighbour (uncredited)
- *Churchill's People* (1974), series, as Augustus Hicky
- *The Land That Time Forgot* (1974), as Olson
- *On the Game* (1974), as 2nd Jailer
- *Theatre of Blood* (1973), as Meths Drinker
- *The Folk Singer* (1972), as Protestant Man
- *Thrills Galore* (1972), as Con
- *The Ruling Class* (1972), as Poacher
- *Doctor Who: The Sea Devils* (1972), as Clark
- *The Snow Goose* (1971), as Poacher
- *The Onedin Line* (1971), series, as Mr. Simpson
- *Ireland, Mother Ireland* (1971), as Fourth Prison Officer
- *Naughty!* (1971), as Policeman
- *Brotherly Love* (1970), as Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
- *The Patriot Game* (1969), as Monto
- *Guns in the Heather* (1969), as Retchick
- *Great Catherine* (1968), as Count Tokhtamysh
- *Please Sir!* (1968), series, as Flann
- *The Jazz Age* (1968), series, as Farmer
- *The Charge of the Light Brigade* (1968), as Farrier
- *King of the River* (1966), series, as Sam
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Clark, Till — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Festival* (1963), series, as Tout
- *Espionage* (1963), series, as The Lout
- *Dr. Finlay's Casebook* (1962), series, Actor
- *H.M.S. Defiant* (1962), as Morrison
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Actor
- *A Call on Kuprin: Part 2* (1961), as Makarov's Assistant
- *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Saunders — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)
- *Sunday-Night Play* (1960), series, as Makarov's Assistant

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