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- Birth nameThomas Declan Mulholland
- He began acting in a small theatre called Unity Theatre, Mornington Crescent, London from the late 1950's - 1960's.
He died in Regents Park Road outside sheltered accommodation where he had been staying after suffering a heart attack a few years previously.
He had been invited to speak to a Star Wars fan club in Woverhampton on his role as Jabba the Hutt. It was an extremely hot day when he got off the train and made his way home. His body lay in the morgue at The Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London, for four days until his friend Michael McKevitt, also an actor, began to wonder why he wasn't answering the phone or why he wasn't at his sheltered accommodation home.
- IMDb mini biography by: Wilson John Haire
- Was known for carrying his umbrella
- Found dead on a train. Was identified by Michael Sheard at the police mortuary.
- He was the original Jabba the Hutt stand-in for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). George Lucas had planned to replace him with a stop-motion character, but budget constraints forced the production crew to scrap the scene altogether. His scenes were later added to the 1997 Special Edition of the film, with a CGI version of Jabba replacing him. A brief clip of the original scene was shown in the TV special From 'Star Wars' to 'Jedi': The Making of a Saga (1983).
- Studied acting in London in 1959.
- His wardrobe from Time Bandits is similar, if not identical to the one he wore as a stand-in for Jabba the Hutt in Star Wars Episode IV.
- [on filming his scenes as Jabba in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)] The sets were terrific. Harrison Ford was pleasant and got on with the job. He was just one of the lads really.
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