John Dullaghan

{{short description|American film, stage and television actor}}

{{Infobox person

|name = John Dullaghan

|birth_name = John Joseph Dullaghan III

|birth_date = {{birth date|1930|11|27}}

|birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2009|01|18|1930|11|27}}

|death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|occupation = Film, stage and television actor

}}

John Joseph Dullaghan III (November 27, 1930{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/john-dullaghan-an69103|title=John Dullaghan|work=AllMovie|access-date=January 20, 2025}} – January 18, 2009) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was known for playing the role of Dr. Wilker in the American science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/181070084/|title="Battlestar Galactica"|work=Clarion-Ledger|location=Jackson, Mississippi|date=January 14, 1979|access-date=November 4, 2021|page=123|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}

Dullaghan was born in Brooklyn, New York.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA211|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|publisher=McFarland|page=211|first=Scott|last=Wilson|date=August 19, 2016|isbn=9781476625997|via=Google Books}} He guest-starred in television programs including Gunsmoke, The Rockford Files, Barnaby Jones, B. J. and the Bear (9 episodes), Night Court, The King of Queens and Cannon, and played the recurring role of Ray Brewer in the sitcom television series Barney Miller. He also appeared in films such as Garden of the Dead, Kalifornia, The Thing with Two Heads, Apollo 13 and Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. On stage, he appeared in repertory theatre as Pablo in the play Get To the Heart.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/606267865/|title=Play gets to heart of the matter|work=News-Pilot|location=San Pedro, California|date=June 4, 1976|access-date=November 4, 2021|page=35|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}

Dullaghan died on January 18, 2009 of lung cancer in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 78. His body was cremated.