Darrell Zwerling

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| name = Darrell Zwerling

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| birth_date = September 9, 1928

| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = April 11, 2014 (aged 85)

| death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1968–1991}}

Darrell Zwerling (September 9, 1928 – April 11, 2014) was an American character actor in film and television. 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.[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQW8-63N Family infosite], familysearch.org; accessed September 18, 2014. 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.[http://dialmformovies.net/2014/09/16/darrell-zwerling-chinatown-actor-1928-2014 Notice of death], dialmformovies.net; accessed September 17, 2014.

Filmography

Darrell appeared in many movies and on television.{{cite web|title=Darrell Zwerling|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0959022/|website=Internet Movie Database|publisher=Amazon|accessdate=14 July 2015}}{{cite web|title=Darrell Zwerling|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/p78748|website=AllMovie|publisher=All Media Network, LLC}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" \| 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 \|
colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" \| 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)

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"

! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | 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

colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | 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)

References

External links

{{IMDb name|0959022}}
[http://www.juilliard.edu/journal/1405/recent-deaths-juilliard-community-24 Juilliard School - In Memoriam]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20140916150249/http://dialmformovies.net/2014/09/16/darrell-zwerling-chinatown-actor-1928-2014/ Notice of death]
[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=136036559&PIpi=113401987 Picture of gravestone]

Category:1928 births

Category:2014 deaths

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:American male film actors

Category:American male television actors

Category:American people of Austrian-Jewish descent

Category:American people of Romanian-Jewish descent

Category:Jewish American male actors

Category:Male actors from Pittsburgh

Category:Doc Savage

Category:Burials at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery