Declan Mulholland


Thomas Declan Mulholland was a character actor of film and television from Northern Ireland. He is known for his multiple appearances in Doctor Who and for his deleted portrayal of Jabba the Hutt in Star Wars.
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Career

Born in Belfast, he had his first film role in H.M.S. Defiant as Morrison. He had a substantial part in the 1974 Amicus Productions film The Land That Time Forgot. He also played a human version of Jabba the Hutt in a deleted scene of the original Star Wars. The scene was reinserted for the film's twentieth anniversary re-release in 1997, with Mulholland replaced by a CGI Jabba as he appears in Return of the Jedi.
His many TV appearances included The Avengers episode The Fear Merchants, Doctor Who stories The Sea Devils and The Androids of Tara, The Bill, The Onedin Line and Quatermass.
Mulholland died of a heart attack on 29 June 1999, aged 66.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1962H.M.S. DefiantMorrison
1963Mystery SubmarineDuty chief
196830 Is a Dangerous Age, CynthiaStoryteller's aideUncredited
1968The Charge of the Light BrigadeFarrier
1968Great CatherineCount Tokhtamysh
1969Guns in the HeatherRetchick
1971Naughty!Policeman
1972The Ruling ClassPoacher
1973Theater of BloodMeths drinker
1974On the Game2nd Jailer
1974The Land That Time ForgotOlson
1975BranniganNeighbourUncredited
1977Joseph AndrewsResurrectionist
1977Double ExposureKidnapper Joe
1977Star WarsJabba the HuttScene deleted from final cut of original version and re-inserted in the 1997 Special Edition, with Mulholland replaced by a CGI Jabba and his voice re-dubbed in Huttese
1980High Rise DonkeyCrook
1980Hawk the SlayerSpedThe hunchback leader of the slavers.
1981Time Bandits3rd Robber
1989The Tall GuyRubberface Doorman
1990The Rainbow ThiefPug
1993The Princess and the CobblerBrigandVoice
1994War of the ButtonsPriest
1995The Run of the CountryFarmer
1997The Pig's FamilyTimShort