Friday, April 11, 2014

Darrell Zwerling obit

 

Darrell Zwerling, Chinatown actor (1928 – 2014)

He was not on the list.

Darrell Zwerling, who portrayed the husband of Faye Dunaway in Roman Polanski’s Chinatown has


died aged 86.

His death has been confirmed to DialMForMovies by The Julliard School in New York of which he was an Augustus society member.

He died in April of this year.

His most famous role is that of Hollis Mulwray, the chief engineer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, who is tailed by Jack Nicholson’s character at the beginning of the film, only to be found drowned later in a freshwater reservoir. Mr Zwerling also appeared in Grease as teacher ‘Mr Lynch’, and as a doctor in Capricorn One.

His most famous role was Hollis Mulwray, the unfortunate Water Authority Commissioner (the husband of Faye Dunaway's character) in Roman Polanski's Chinatown. In 1973, he portrayed Mr. Charney, a voice-over applicant with laryngitis at WJM-TV, in the season four episode, "The Lou and Edie Story" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Irwin and Esther Zwerling, Jewish emigrants from Austria and Romania, respectively, and had one elder sibling, a sister, Bernice. Zwerling died in Hollywood, California on April 11, 2014, aged 85, from undisclosed causes. His death was not disclosed until September 16, 2014, by The Juilliard School in New York.

Filmography

 

Darrell appeared in many movies and on television.[3][4]

Film

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1968      The Secret Life of an American Wife         Fan         Uncredited

1972      Lady Liberty        Stan       Uncredited

1974      Our Time             Dr. Madden       

1974      Chinatown          Hollis Mulwray

1975      Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze Brigadier General Theodore Marley "Ham" Brooks           

1975      The Ultimate Warrior     Silas      

1976      Family Plot          Priest     Uncredited

1977      Capricorn One   Dr. Bergen          

1977      High Anxiety      Dr. Eckhardt      

1978      Grease Mr. Lynch           

1979      The Main Event                 Sheldon               

1979      …And Justice for All         William Zinoff   

1986      Texas Godfather               Professor            

1990      Rush Week          Professor Caldwell          

1990      Joe Versus the Volcano Underwear Salesman    

1990      Wild at Heart     Singer's Manager            

Television

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1973      Miracle on 34th Street   Floorwalker        Uncredited

1973      Mary Tyler Moore            Mr. Charney       1 episode

1973–1975          Kojak     Dr. Agajanian / Medical Examiner              5 episodes

1974      Mannix                 Richard                 1 episode

1974      Columbo              Lewis Lacey / Motel Manager      2 episodes

1974–1977          Police Woman   Harry Kubelski / Wilkes 2 episodes

1975      Sanford and Son               Pediatrician        1 episode

1975      Karen    Brian     1 episode

1975      Judgement: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley           Maj. David           TV movie

1975      Joe and Sons      Doctor 1 episode

1976      Alice      Calvin    1 episode

1976      The Boy in the Plastic Bubble      Mr. Brister          TV movie

1976      The Blue Knight                 Eddie Harris        1 episode

1976      McCoy Phelps   1 episode

1977      Quincy M.E.        Frazier 1 episode

1977      The Red Hand Gang         Jaworski               2 episodes

1977      The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened           Dr. Brimson        TV movie

1977      Little House on the Prairie            Horace Benson 2 episodes

1977–1979          Starsky and Hutch            several roles       5 episodes

1978      With This Ring   Mr. Pheeb           TV movie

1979      Blind Ambition Frederick LaRue                TV mini-series

1979      Buck Rogers in the 25th Century                Macon 1 episode

1979      A Man Called Sloane       Dr. Eckhart          1 episode

1980      Barney Miller     Dorsey 1 episode

1980      Tenspeed and Brown Shoe           Lovell    1 episode

1982      Father Murphy Prosecuting Attorney     1 episode

1982      Best of the West               Fredericks           1 episode

1982      Trapper John, M.D.          Rozar     1 episode

1983      Sunset Limousine             Janczyn                 TV movie

1984      Simon & Simon Akins / H.M. Hadley         2 episodes

1985      Cagney & Lacey                 Manager              1 episode

1986      Matlock                Dr. Farnsworth - Weatherman    1 episode

1986      Hill Street Blues                Teasdale              1 episode

1986      The Young and the Restless         Judge Patrick Sullivan     1 episode

1987      L.A. Law                Jury Foreman     1 episode

1987      Dynasty                Minister               1 episode

1988      Glitz       Bertoia 1 episode

1991      Murder, She Wrote         Doctor 1 episode, (final appearance)

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