Born in
Belfast, he had his first film role in
H.M.S. Defiant (1962) 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 (1977). 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 (1967) episode
The Fear Merchants (in the background of the gym scene),
Doctor Who stories
The Sea Devils (1972) and
The Androids of Tara (1978),
The Bill,
The Onedin Line and
Quatermass. Mulholland died of a
heart attack on 29 June 1999, aged 66. == Filmography ==