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19*-) Radio, stage and film actor and revue artist?*.  *** including roles in ** ''[[Janus]]'' (the [[Brooke Theatre]], 1958),  ** [[Neil Simon]]’s ''[[Come Blow your Horn]]'' ([[Johannesburg REPS]], 1962), ** MULHOLLAND, Gordon. Actor. Member of [[Union Defence Force Entertainment Unit]] in 1940. [[Margaret Inglis]] directed him in ''[[The Philadelphia Story]]'' for the [[Munro-Inglis Company]] in 1945. Starred in ''[[George Washington Slept Here]]'' in 1946 with [[Wensley Pithey]] and [[Taubie Kushlick]]. The play was also directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]]. Involved in the South African radio drama scene. He starred in ''[[Janus]]'', a comedy, at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1958. [[Brian Brooke]] directed, and [[Anthony Farmer]] designed the sets for this play which also starred [[Margaret Inglis]]. He played the part of Jack Worthing in ''[[Half in Earnest]]'', a musical version of [[Oscar Wilde]]’s ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]''. It was [[Kushlick-Gluckman]]’s first production, staged in April 1959, and directed by [[Leon Gluckman]]. It also starred [[Taubie Kushlick]], [[Olive King]], [[June Hern]] and [[Michael McGovern]]. He starred in ''[[The Marriage-Go-Round]]'', which was directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] and staged at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in September 1959. Also starring [[Fiona Fraser]] and [[Peggy Moran]]. He starred in [[John Steinbeck]]’s ''[[Burning Bright]]'', and [[Saul Levitt]]’s ''[[The Andersonville Trial]]'', also starring [[Joe Stewardson]] for the [[Reps]] in 1962. [[Albert Ninio]] directed both plays. He starred in [[Ricky Arden]]’s production of [[Neil Simon]]’s ''[[Come Blow Your Horn]]'', which was the [[Reps]] last production of 1962. It also starred Jewish actors [[Sarah Sylvia]] and [[Fyvel Zygielbaum]], with [[Clive Parnell]] and [[Jane Fenn]]. He starred in [[Feydeau]]’s farce ''[[A Flea in Her Ear]]'' which was staged at the [[Alexander]] for the [[Reps]] in 1967. It was directed by [[Albert Ninio]] and also starred [[Shelagh Holliday]], [[James White]] and [[Hal Orlandini]]. He starred in ''[[Uproar in the House]]'' which was staged at [[The Academy Theatre of Laughter]] in July 1967. It also starred [[Rex Garner]], [[Patricia Sanders]], [[Hal Orlandini]] and [[Kenneth Baker]]. He starred in [[Noël Coward]]’s ''[[Present Laughter]]'', directed by [[Charles Hickman]] as the final production for the [[Reps]] in 1969. It was staged at the [[Alexander]] and also starred [[Bernard Brown]], [[Jenny Gratus]] and [[Margaret Inglis]]. He starred in [[Taubie Kushlick]]’s production of ''[[Forty Carats]]'' at the [[Alexander]] in 1971. It also starred [[Glynis Johns]], [[Fiona Fraser]] and [[James Leith]]. He starred in the [[Ben Travers]] farce, ''[[The Bed Before Yesterday]]'', together with [[Leonard Whiting]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Naomi Buch]], [[Graham Armitage]] and [[Jean Kent]]. It was presented by [[Pieter Toerien]] in 1976. He starred in ''[[Oliver!]]'' at the [[Civic]] in 1978. He starred in [[Pieter Toerien]]’s  production of [[John Chapman]] and [[Dave Freeman]]’s ''[[Key for Two]]'' together with [[Rex Garner]] and [[Moira Lister]] at the [[Alhambra]] in 1982. He starred in [[A.R.Gurney Jr]]’s ''[[The Dining Room]]'' together with [[Amanda Strydom]], [[Ralph Lawson]] and [[Patricia Sanders]] with direction by [[Bobby Heaney]] at the [[Baxter]] circa 1983 and the [[Alhambra]] in 1983. He starred in ''[[The Marriage-Go-Round]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] in 1985. He starred in ''[[Move Over Mrs Markham]]'' at the [[Alhambra]] in 1990. He starred in ''[[Grin and Bare It]]'' at the [[Victory Theatre]] in 1990. He starred in ''[[Gordon Bleu]]'' at the [[Richard Haines]] in 1992. He starred in [[Ray Cooney]]’s ''[[It Runs in the Family]]'' in 1993. MULHOLLAND, Gordon (actor), ''[[Fiddler on the roof]]''; [[Renee Rakin]], [[Evelyn Dalberg]], [[Marilyn Bennett]], [[Lucy Coleby-Long]], [[Nigel Daly]], [[De Wet van Rooyen]], [[Lorna Levenson]], [[Audrey Turner]], (Choreography design) Dir: [[David Matheson]], Conductor: [[Michael Tomaschek]]. [[Penny Simpson]] (costumes) , [[John Baker]] (lighting), [[Sand du Plessis Theatre]] & [[CAPAB]], 1985
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[[Gordon Mulholland]] (1921-2010) Radio, stage and film actor and revue artist.   
  
One man show ''[[Gordon Bleu]]'';
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=== Biography ===
TV drama: ''[[The Terrirtory]]'';
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Born 30 April 1921 in Cape Town. He died in East London, South Africa, on 30 June 2010 at the age of 89.
''[[Westgate]]'' and ''[[The Villagers]]''.
 
  
''[[Canterbury Tales]]'' (NAPAC).
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He was married to the actress [[Diane Wilson]] and one of their sons, Matthew Mulholland, is a director and cameraman.
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=== Youth ===
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=== Training ===
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=== Career ===
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He was involved in the South African radio drama scene.
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He joined the South African Army at the outbreak of the Second World War. His natural talent for the stage landed him in the [[Union Defence Force Entertainment Unit]] in 1940 and he was sent to Egypt, Persia and Italy. This laid the foundation for his future in the world of performance. At the end of the war in 1945 he went to London where he joined several theatre companies. In 1947 he signed a contract and played in two of Jack Hylton's West End productions - the juvenile lead in ''[[High Button Shoes]]'' and one of the gangsters in ''[[Kiss Me, Kate]]'' at the [[Colosseum]] in 1951. He also did a Mass Empire tour, doing his own variety act. He made numerous TV appearances both in plays and revues. He also spent three months in Paris recording a series called ''[[Cafes of Peace]]'' for NBC in the United States. He had his first film role in the Disney film ''[[Treasure Island]]'' in 1950 in which he played Durgin, one of Long John's pirates. He also appeared in ''[[Pandora and the Flying Dutchman]]'', ''[[PC 49]]'', ''[[Cheer the Brave]]'', and numerous documentary films.
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He returned to South Africa and worked in radio and later television.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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[[Margaret Inglis]] directed him in ''[[The Philadelphia Story]]'' for the [[Munro-Inglis Company]] in 1945. He starred in ''[[George Washington Slept Here]]'' in 1946 with [[Wensley Pithey]] and [[Taubie Kushlick]].
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In 1956 he took part in [[Stanley Nathan]]'s musical variety show ''[[Bottoms Up]]'' which was staged at the Feather Market Hall, Port Elizabeth, in aid of the South African Nurses Trust Fund.
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He had roles in ''[[Janus]]'' (the [[Brooke Theatre]], 1958), he played the part of Jack Worthing in ''[[Half in Earnest]]'' (1959),  he starred in ''[[The Marriage-Go-Round]]'', which was directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] and staged at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in September 1959, in Neil Simon’s ''[[Come Blow your Horn]]'' ([[Johannesburg REPS]], 1962), John Steinbeck’s ''[[Burning Bright]]'', and Saul Levitt’s ''[[The Andersonville Trial]]'', also starring [[Joe Stewardson]] for the [[Reps]] in 1962.
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He starred in Feydeau’s farce ''[[A Flea in Her Ear]]'' which was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] for the [[Reps]] in 1967, in ''[[Uproar in the House]]'' which was staged at [[The Academy Theatre of Laughter]] in July 1967, in [[Noël Coward]]’s ''[[Present Laughter]]'', directed by [[Charles Hickman]] as the final production for the [[Reps]] in 1969.
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He starred in [[Taubie Kushlick]]’s production of ''[[Forty Carats]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1971. He performed in [[Adam Leslie]]'s production of ''[[Hair, Hair]]'' in 1972. He was in ''[[The Tender Trap]]'', ''[[The Flip Side]]'' and ''[[Forty Carats]]''.
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He starred in the Ben Travers farce, ''[[The Bed Before Yesterday]]'' presented by [[Pieter Toerien]] in 1976.
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He starred in ''[[Oliver!]]'' at the [[Civic]] in 1978, ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' (Tevye) in 1979 and 1985, [[Pieter Toerien]]’s  production of John Chapman and Dave Freeman’s ''[[Key for Two]]''  at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1982, A.R.Gurney Jr’s ''[[The Dining Room]]'' at the [[Baxter Theatre]] circa 1983 and the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1983.
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He is best known for his roles in ''The Villagers'' and ''Westgate'' on television and the film ''[[Jock of the Bushveld]]'' (1986).
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He starred in ''[[The Marriage-Go-Round]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] in 1985 and in ''[[Move Over Mrs. Markham]]'' at the [[Alhambra Theatre ]] in 1990. He starred in ''[[Grin and Bare It]]'' at the [[Victory Theatre]] in 1990.
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He starred in ''[[Gordon Bleu]]'' at the [[Richard Haines]] in 1992. He starred in [[Ray Cooney]]’s ''[[It Runs in the Family]]'' in 1993. Also in ''[[Macbeth]]''.
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''[[Canterbury Tales]]'' (NAPAC).  He presented ''[[Melody Market]]''.
  
 
Musicals:
 
Musicals:
 
''[[My Fair Lady]]'' (Doolittle);
 
''[[My Fair Lady]]'' (Doolittle);
 
''[[Oliver]]'' (Fagin);
 
''[[Oliver]]'' (Fagin);
''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' (Tevye).
 
 
''[[Marriage Go Round]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]];
 
 
''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' for [[NAPAC]];
 
''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' for [[NAPAC]];
 
''[[Peter and the Wolf]]''.
 
''[[Peter and the Wolf]]''.
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Radio work  
 
Radio work  
  
''[[33 Half Moon Street]]'',  
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''[[33 Half Moon Street]]'',
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== Awards, etc ==
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[[Vita Award|Vita Lifetime Achievement Award]], 2002.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
''[[What About Luv?]]'' programme notes in 19**.
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''[[Bottoms Up]]'' theatre programme, 1956.
  
Tucker, 1997
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Theatre Programme of ''[[Hair, Hair]]'' in 1972.
  
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''[[What About Luv?]]'' programme notes in 1993.
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
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''[[Die Burger]]'', 8 July 2010.
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Latest revision as of 15:38, 21 August 2023

Gordon Mulholland (1921-2010) Radio, stage and film actor and revue artist.

Biography

Born 30 April 1921 in Cape Town. He died in East London, South Africa, on 30 June 2010 at the age of 89.

He was married to the actress Diane Wilson and one of their sons, Matthew Mulholland, is a director and cameraman.

Youth

Training

Career

He was involved in the South African radio drama scene.

He joined the South African Army at the outbreak of the Second World War. His natural talent for the stage landed him in the Union Defence Force Entertainment Unit in 1940 and he was sent to Egypt, Persia and Italy. This laid the foundation for his future in the world of performance. At the end of the war in 1945 he went to London where he joined several theatre companies. In 1947 he signed a contract and played in two of Jack Hylton's West End productions - the juvenile lead in High Button Shoes and one of the gangsters in Kiss Me, Kate at the Colosseum in 1951. He also did a Mass Empire tour, doing his own variety act. He made numerous TV appearances both in plays and revues. He also spent three months in Paris recording a series called Cafes of Peace for NBC in the United States. He had his first film role in the Disney film Treasure Island in 1950 in which he played Durgin, one of Long John's pirates. He also appeared in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, PC 49, Cheer the Brave, and numerous documentary films.

He returned to South Africa and worked in radio and later television.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Margaret Inglis directed him in The Philadelphia Story for the Munro-Inglis Company in 1945. He starred in George Washington Slept Here in 1946 with Wensley Pithey and Taubie Kushlick.

In 1956 he took part in Stanley Nathan's musical variety show Bottoms Up which was staged at the Feather Market Hall, Port Elizabeth, in aid of the South African Nurses Trust Fund.

He had roles in Janus (the Brooke Theatre, 1958), he played the part of Jack Worthing in Half in Earnest (1959), he starred in The Marriage-Go-Round, which was directed by Taubie Kushlick and staged at the Intimate Theatre in September 1959, in Neil Simon’s Come Blow your Horn (Johannesburg REPS, 1962), John Steinbeck’s Burning Bright, and Saul Levitt’s The Andersonville Trial, also starring Joe Stewardson for the Reps in 1962.

He starred in Feydeau’s farce A Flea in Her Ear which was staged at the Alexander Theatre for the Reps in 1967, in Uproar in the House which was staged at The Academy Theatre of Laughter in July 1967, in Noël Coward’s Present Laughter, directed by Charles Hickman as the final production for the Reps in 1969.

He starred in Taubie Kushlick’s production of Forty Carats at the Alexander Theatre in 1971. He performed in Adam Leslie's production of Hair, Hair in 1972. He was in The Tender Trap, The Flip Side and Forty Carats.

He starred in the Ben Travers farce, The Bed Before Yesterday presented by Pieter Toerien in 1976.

He starred in Oliver! at the Civic in 1978, Fiddler on the Roof (Tevye) in 1979 and 1985, Pieter Toerien’s production of John Chapman and Dave Freeman’s Key for Two at the Alhambra Theatre in 1982, A.R.Gurney Jr’s The Dining Room at the Baxter Theatre circa 1983 and the Alhambra Theatre in 1983.

He is best known for his roles in The Villagers and Westgate on television and the film Jock of the Bushveld (1986).

He starred in The Marriage-Go-Round for Pieter Toerien in 1985 and in Move Over Mrs. Markham at the Alhambra Theatre in 1990. He starred in Grin and Bare It at the Victory Theatre in 1990.

He starred in Gordon Bleu at the Richard Haines in 1992. He starred in Ray Cooney’s It Runs in the Family in 1993. Also in Macbeth.

Canterbury Tales (NAPAC). He presented Melody Market.

Musicals: My Fair Lady (Doolittle); Oliver (Fagin); Die Fledermaus for NAPAC; Peter and the Wolf.

Radio work

33 Half Moon Street,

Awards, etc

Vita Lifetime Achievement Award, 2002.

Sources

Bottoms Up theatre programme, 1956.

Theatre Programme of Hair, Hair in 1972.

What About Luv? programme notes in 1993.

Tucker, 1997.

Die Burger, 8 July 2010.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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Return to ESAT Personalities M

Return to South African Theatre Personalities

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