Biography for
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Date of Birth

23 August 1925, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Date of Death

20 December 2008, Lyme, Connecticut, USA (heart disease)

Birth Name

Robert Patrick Mulligan

Spouse

Sandy Mulligan	(1971 - 20 December 2008) (his death)
Jane Lee Sutherland	(1951 - April 1968) (divorced) 3 children

Trivia

Older brother of actor Richard Mulligan.

Former brother-in-law of actress Joan Hackett, Lenore Stevens and Rachel Ryan.

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 692-697. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.

Directed 5 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Natalie Wood, Ruth Gordon and Ellen Burstyn. Peck won an Oscar for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).

He studied journalism and literature in college.

His first job in show business was an entry-level position at CBS. He worked his way up in television, and became a director of Emmy-winning TV movies and live dramas. In the late 1950s, he branched out into films.

Uncle of James Mulligan.