Mullinar appeared in theatre productions, firstly with the
Australian Theatre for Young People and then with the
Independent Theatre troupe in mid-1968 with whom he performed in the plays
Wait Until Dark,
Uncle Vanya, and
Tango. He also had a major role in the controversial 1970 film
The Set in which he plays Tony Brown, who has an affair with the film's protagonist, Paul, played by Sean McEuan. During the making of
The Set, Mullinar, who was union shop steward for the film, was punched by another actor when Mullinar demanded to see his union card. The
Sydney Morning Herald identified this actor as the female impersonator 'Kandy' Johnson, who was not a union member. Mullinar took the leading role in Australian espionage drama
Hunter late in the show's run in 1968, however he appeared in just eight episodes due to the cancellation of the series. He subsequently played the title role in television series
Ryan (1973). Mullinar's second wife was actress
Penny Ramsey. During publicity for
Ryan, Mullinar and Ramsey chose to make their relationship public - they had a young daughter at this stage but were not yet married - under threat of exposure by persons unspecified. An article in the
Sydney Morning Herald in 1969 claimed that, before migrating to Australia, Mullinar had a small role in the 1965
James Bond film
Thunderball as well as appearing in the British TV series
Z Cars and
No Hiding Place. An article in the Melbourne
Age in June 1972 also claimed that Mullinar was a graduate of London's
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and had appeared in the film
Wake in Fright, the aforementioned
Z Cars and
Thunderball as well as
Softly, Softly: Task Force (as this show began in 1969, this seems unlikely, but he may have been involved in its predecessor,
Softly, Softly). It stated that Mullinar had been shortlisted for the role of Frank Banner in
Division 4, which was ultimately given to
Gerard Kennedy. Mullinar's other credits include:
Cop Shop,
Bellbird,
Homicide,
Division 4,
Matlock Police,
Against the Wind,
Breaker Morant,
Prisoner,
Five Mile Creek,
All Saints,
Stingers,
Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback,
Reef Doctors, The Lost World, and
The Doctor Blake Mysteries. ==Filmography==