Darrell Zwerling (September 9, 1928 – April 11, 2014) was an American
character actor
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in film and television. His most famous role was Hollis Mulwray, the unfortunate Water Authority Commissioner (the husband of
Faye Dunaway
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's character) in
Roman Polanski
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's ''
Chinatown
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''. 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
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''.
He was born in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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to Irwin and Esther Zwerling, Jewish emigrants from
Austria
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and
Romania
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, respectively, and had one elder sibling, a sister, Bernice. Zwerling died in
Hollywood, California
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on April 11, 2014, aged 85, from undisclosed causes. His death was not disclosed until September 16, 2014, by The
Juilliard School
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in New York.
Filmography
Darrell appeared in many movies and on television.
References
External links
Juilliard School - In MemoriamNotice of deathPicture of gravestone
1928 births
2014 deaths
20th-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
American people of Austrian-Jewish descent
American people of Romanian-Jewish descent
Jewish American male actors
Male actors from Pittsburgh
Doc Savage
Burials at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
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