Celebrity Biographies
Jim mcmullan
He stood out above all in series such as “Dallas” and “Special Patrol”, although he also participated as a secondary in titles such as “The Valley of Violence”, “The Descent of Death”, “Batman and Robin” or “Austin Powers: Mysterious international agent”. Jim McMullan had one of those faces that moviegoers and TV viewers are familiar with. The actor died at the age of 82, on May 31, 2019, after years suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, at his residence in Wofford Heights, California, as Helene McMullan, his wife of four decades, has made public.
Born on October 13, 1936 in Long Beach, New York, James P. McMullan (his full name) studied architecture. He wasn’t even thinking about acting, but he happened to be in Hollywood to visit a friend when he met playwright William Inge , who suggested that he take a screen test that he was handling in order to find actors for Duel in the High Sierra , by Sam Peckinpah . Despite the fact that he would not finally participate in said film, Universal liked the test, which offered him a seven-year contract. The company initially cast him in numerous television series, and gave him the role of Buffalo Bill, in Texas Renaissance, a B-series western directed by the unknown Herschel Daugherty .
In another western film, The Valley of Violence , he played one of the six children of the protagonist, played by James Stewart . He next became the fictional American skier Johnny Creech, in The Descent of Death (1969), starring Robert Redford . He became popular with American viewers with Patrol Special , a series in which he starred with Dirk Benedict . Both were two California police officers who fought crime by piloting a helicopter. He also rose to prominence as a senator in the Dallas series . In the last leg of his career, Jim McMullanhe appeared in feature films such as The First Lady’s Bodyguard , Batman & Robin , and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery .
Parallel to his career as an actor, he exhibited his works as an artist, composed with recycled material, under the pseudonym Harry Covair. The McMullan couple had two children, Sky and Tysun McMullan, a film editor and photographer.