Jack Mullaney (September 18, 1929 – June 27, 1982) was an American actor. He appeared on Broadway in The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker from 1953 to 1954.[1] Mullaney acted in several television series and films throughout his career.
In the 1958 film South Pacific, based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit musical, he played a character affectionately known as the "Professor." He appeared as murderer Bert Rockwood on episode #227 of Lee Marvin's M Squad, titled "The Vanishing Lady," which first aired April 3, 1959, and also had a small, but important, role in the 1964 political thriller Seven Days in May. He worked in two Elvis Presley features late in the rock singers film career, 1965's Tickle Me and Spinout in 1966.
Death
Mullaney's death, from a stroke, occurred in Hollywood, June 27, 1982, at age 52.[2] His sister was the heir to his estate.[4]
He is buried near his parents in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Montgomery, Ohio.[citation needed]
^ abTerrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 309. ISBN978-0-7864-6477-7.
^John Willis Screen World, vol. 34, Crown Publishers NY (1983), p. 236
