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Mulligan's best-known roles in television were as Burt Campbell in the sitcom Soap (1977–81), for which he won a Best Actor Emmy Award, and as Dr. Harry Weston in the NBC series Empty Nest, a spin-off of The Golden Girls in which his character had appeared in a couple of episodes.
Mulligan had made numerous guest-starring television appearances, but it was his role as Burt Campbell in Witt-Thomas-Harris' offbeat sitcom Soap (1977) that earned him his first Emmy Award. He also starred in the short-lived sitcom Reggie (1983).
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Mulligan had made numerous guest-starring television appearances, but it was his role as Burt Campbell in Witt-Thomas-Harris' offbeat sitcom Soap (1977) that earned him his first Emmy Award. He also starred in the short-lived sitcom Reggie (1983).
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Richard Mulligan was one of my favorite comics, here he gets a chance to act with himself. In this "Soap" storyline, Burt is kidnapped by small silver aliens who replace him with an alien ...
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Sep 29, 2000 · LOS ANGELES -- Richard Mulligan, 67, a comic actor who won Emmys for his portrayals of fathers in the sitcoms "Soap" and "Empty Nest," died of colon cancer Sept. 26 at his home. From 1977 to...
Sep 28, 2000 · From 1977 to 1981, Mulligan played lovable working-classscrewball Burt Campbell — stepfather to Billy Crystal ’ s character — on the quirky television series Soap. He won an Emmy for therole in 1980.
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Mary is in her second marriage, married to Burt (Richard Mulligan) who actually killed Mary's first husband - but nobody knows, including Mary. Mary's grown children include Danny (who is working for the mafia), and Jody who is gay (this is not a secret).
