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Patrick Culliton

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Patrick Culliton in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
Frank Cannon is an overweight, balding ex-cop with a deep voice and expensive tastes in culinary pleasures; he becomes a high-priced private investigator.
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Patrick Culliton was born in Los Angeles in 1944. He spent his early years in Massachusetts, then, moved to Hollywood, California with his family in 1953. He grew up around the motion picture industry. The actor Wallace Ford was an uncle as was Ted Haworth, the Oscar-winning art director. Rita Hayworth was a cousin. He graduated from Hollywood High in 1963. A year later, Patrick got his SAG card acting on an episode of "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" for producer Irwin Allen. The role got him other jobs from Irwin Allen, and Patrick became a member of the Irwin Allen "stock company." He was attending UCLA in 1968, when his reserve unit was called to active duty. He served with the 9th Infantry Division in the Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam, from November, 1968 to September, 1969. For his service, he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. Returning to civilian life, Patrick acted both on stage and on screen for the next thirty years. At the same time, Patrick established himself as the leading authority on mystery man Harry Houdini and has worked or consulted on many media projects about him. Patrick has always been grateful to have had the support of Irwin Allen, who went out of his way to put him back to work after his tour in Vietnam. He is also very proud to have been a friend and a student of pioneer African/American actor James Edwards. Patrick has one child, Kieran Culliton, born in 1991. Patrick is fondly remembered by fans of the Starman TV series for his portrayal of Federal Agent Ben Wylie. Had Wylie not been George Fox's (Michael Cavanaugh's) assistant, Fox would have rounded up the Starman (Robert Hays) and his son (Christopher Daniel Barnes) by the Christmas episode.
BornSeptember 18, 1944
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Telly Savalas, Patrick Culliton, Dean Raphael Ferrandini, and Paul Picerni in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)

Known for

Fred Astaire, William Holden, Paul Newman, Richard Chamberlain, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Blakely, and Jennifer Jones in The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Towering Inferno
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  • Technician
  • 1974
David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, and Michael Berryman in Armed Response (1986)
Armed Response
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  • Patrolman(as Pat Culliton)
  • 1986
Natalie Gregory in Alice in Wonderland (1985)
Alice in Wonderland
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  • The Red King
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
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  • 1979

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  • Mata Hari
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  • Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993)
    Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
  • The Golden Palace (1992)
    The Golden Palace
  • Marked for Murder (1993)
    Marked for Murder
  • Nightmare in the Daylight (1992)
    Nightmare in the Daylight
  • Danger Team (1991)
    Danger Team
  • Bad Attitudes (1991)
    Bad Attitudes
  • Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor (1991)
    Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor
    • (uncredited)
  • Carroll O'Connor and Howard E. Rollins Jr. in In the Heat of the Night (1988)
    In the Heat of the Night
    • (uncredited)
  • Future Zone (1990)
    Future Zone
  • Night Children (1989)
    Night Children
  • David Carradine in Future Force (1989)
    Future Force
  • The Judge (1986)
    The Judge
  • Superior Court (1986)
    Superior Court
  • Martha Smith and William B. Keene in Divorce Court (1984)
    Divorce Court
  • Robert Hays in Starman (1986)
    Starman

Additional Crew

  • They Are Here: The Real World of the Poltergeists
  • Rosanna Arquette and David Bowie in The Linguini Incident (1991)
    The Linguini Incident

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  • Houdini (1996)
    Houdini

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Personal details

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    • September 18, 1944
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • December 25, 1979 - November 16, 1984 (divorced)
  • Other works
    Played a balladeer in a1973 production of Shakespeare's "Two Gentleman of Verona" at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego.
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    Pat first appeared in Irwin Allen's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (episode No Way Out) when he was 20 years old. He played a seaman who guarded a door on the Seaview and he is required to refuse entry to the episode trouble maker. It was a well acted scene that looked great on film and the quality of the moment made Irwin Allen cast Pat in other projects.
  • Quotes
    (on acting on the stage) "It's a great opportunity when you can afford to work for the low salaries in the live theater. Because in that two and a half hours you can give that courageous small audience who comes out to see a play a wonderful experience."

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