Larkin Malloy

{{Infobox person

| name = Larkin Malloy

| image = Larkin Malloy.jpg

| birth_name = Thomas Larkin Malloy

| birth_date = {{birth date|1954|09|24}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|09|29|1954|09|24}}

| death_place = New York City, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| known for = Daytime soap operas

| notable_works = {{ubl|The Edge of Night|Guiding Light|All My Children}}

}}

Thomas Larkin Malloy (September 24, 1954 – September 29, 2016) was an American soap opera actor, voice-over artist and acting teacher.

Early life

Malloy was born in New York City, the third child of John and Theresa (née Larkin) Malloy, both Irish immigrants. He had one older brother, Patrick Malloy, and one older sister, Maureen Malloy.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Career

Malloy began his acting career in 1974 while he attended Iona College and acted in Off-Off-Broadway plays.{{cite news|last1=Craven|first1=Jo|title=Actor talks about career, show|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/anonymous-celebrity-clipping-may-03-1988-392300|accessdate=October 12, 2017|publisher=Burlington Daily Times News|date=May 3, 1988}}

His first major television role was wealthy playboy Schuyler Whitney (and his impostor) on the ABC daytime soap opera The Edge of Night from 1980 to 1984.{{cite book |last=Schemering |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Schemering |title=The Soap Opera Encyclopedia |chapter=The Edge of Night|publisher=Ballantine Books |date=September 1985 |pages=85–92|isbn=0-345-32459-5}}{{cite book|last=Waggett|first=Gerard J.|title=The Soap Opera Encyclopedia|publisher=Harper Paperbacks|date=November 1997|pages=254–266 |chapter=The Edge of Night|isbn=0-061-01157-6}} Malloy next played businessman Kyle Sampson opposite Kim Zimmer on the CBS soap Guiding Light from 1984 to 1987. His longest running role was Travis Montgomery, opposite Susan Lucci, on the ABC soap All My Children, which he played on and off from 1987 to 2001.{{cite web|url=http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/09/30/veteran-soap-actor-larkin-malloy-dead-at-62|title=Veteran Soap Actor Larkin Malloy Dead At 62|publisher=CBS Los Angeles|date=September 30, 2016|accessdate=October 1, 2016}}

While on The Edge of Night, Malloy was hit by a car on Park Avenue in New York City. He was temporarily replaced by James Horan, who Malloy would later replace as Clay Alden on Loving in 1992.

In later years, Larkin worked as a voice-over artist and acting teacher.{{cite web|last1=Lincoln|first1=Ross A.|title=Larkin Malloy Dies: All My Children Alum & Acting Teacher Was 62|url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/soap-actor-acting-teacher-larkin-malloy-dies-at-62-1201828792/|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=October 12, 2017|date=September 30, 2016}}

Personal life

Malloy died on September 29, 2016, in New York City,{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=LARKIN-MALLOY&pid=181813733|date=October 9, 2016|accessdate=March 22, 2021|title=Larkin Malloy Obituary|work=The New York Times|via=Legacy.com}} from complications of a heart attack he suffered on his 62nd birthday.{{cite web|url=http://soaphub.com/general-soap-news/soap-opera-world-suffers-another-loss-larkin-malloy-passes-away|title=Soap Opera World Suffers Another Loss as Larkin Malloy Passes Away|accessdate=September 29, 2016|work=Soap Hub|first=Diane|last=Brounstein|date=September 29, 2016}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

1999

|Big Daddy

|Restaurant Owner

2016

|Trivia Night

|The Producer

2016

|Good Bones

|Charles Schuyler

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1980–1984

1984–1987

1987–91, 1997–98, 2001

|All My Children

|Travis Montgomery

1992

|Loving

|Clay Alden #2

2002, 2006

|As the World Turns

|Radio Announcer / Dr. Weston

|4 episodes

2003

|Law & Order

|Doug Barsky

|Episode: "House Calls"

2014–2017

|Tainted Dreams

|Henry Steinman

|11 episodes

References

External links

[http://www.soapcentral.com/amc/whoswho/travis.php Travis Montgomery profile from SoapCentral]
[http://www.soapcentral.com/gl/whoswho/kyle.php Kyle Sampson profile from SoapCentral]

Category:1954 births

Category:2016 deaths

Category:American male soap opera actors

Category:American male stage actors

Category:American male television actors

Category:American male voice actors

Category:American people of Irish descent

Category:Male actors from New York City

Category:Place of death missing