Gordon Mulholland

Gordon Mulholland (30 April 1921, Cape Town, South Africa – 30 June 2010, East London, South Africa) was a South African actor best known for his performances in the TV soap opera The Villagers and the movie Jock of the Bushveld.

Early life He was born in Cape Town in 1921 to parents Sam Mulholland and Nell. When television arrived in South Africa in 1976, he starred in The Villagers as mining boss Hilton McRae.

Death Mulholland suffered a stroke in 2009, leaving his left side paralyzed, and after spending a year in a nursing home, he was brought back to East London and died at his son's home.

Selected filmography Film Treasure Island (1950) – Durgin The Lady Craved Excitement (1950) – A Lunatic Cheer the Brave (1951) Hands of Space (1961) Coast of Skeletons (1965) – Mr. Spyker Der Rivonia-Prozess (1966) – Farmer (uncredited) Kruger Miljoene (1967) – Balloon observer (voice, uncredited) The Cape Town Affair (1967) – Warrant Officer du Plessis The Professor and the Beauty Queen (1967) – Joe Stop Exchange (1970) Vengeance Cops (1971) – Capt. Venter (voice, uncredited) Z.E.B.R.A. (1971) – Charles Lester (English version) (voice, uncredited) One Away (1976) – Detective, 'Big man' Mister Deathman (1977) – Dr. Halstead Jock of the Bushveld (1986) – Tom Barnett Act of Piracy (1988) – Captain Jenkins Headhunter (1988) – Prof. Robert Sinclair Rising Storm (1989) – Whitefish Aldana River of Death (1989) – Fanjul The Evil Below (1989) – Max Cash Senior Accidents (1989) – Tom Black Act of Piracy (1990) – Loring Traitor's Heart (1999) – Donald Brody

Television The Villagers (1976-1978) Westgate (1981) – Warren Bartlett