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Terry David Mulligan (born June 30, 1942) is a
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actor and radio and television personality based in
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,
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.


Life and career

Born in
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,
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, Mulligan worked as a
Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal and national police service of Canada. As poli ...
(RCMP) officer in
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, and
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, from 1960 through 1964. After leaving the Mounties, Mulligan worked as a radio disc jockey for 20 years, he hosted a TV show on
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called '' The New Quiz Kids'', and then joined
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as host of the
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series ''
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'' (simultaneously, he was also a regular on the children's TV series ''
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'', produced by BCTV). He left the CBC in 1985 to become a VJ and producer for
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West – a show he created, covering primarily the West Coast music scene as host of the long-running '' Much West'' series. At the same time he also hosted ''
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'' for
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. His stories and ''MT'' provided years of support for the Canadian TV and film industry. He was a program host and producer for the Canadian entertainment channel
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. He also hosts two weekly radio programs on
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public radio station
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: ''Mulligan Stew'', a long-running two-hour music program, and ''Tasting Room Radio'', a one-hour weekly food and wine radio program about food, wine and winemakers, and with a rock and roll attitude.Terry David Mulligan at CKUA.
Accessed November 11, 2011. ''Tasting Room Radio'' is also broadcast on
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AM 1150 in
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, and CKST AM 1040 in Vancouver. Mulligan is a prolific character actor who has been featured in supporting and small roles in many movies and television series including, notably, ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and the 2005 ''
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'' movie. Most films and TV shows in which he appears are filmed in the Vancouver area. For his work in arts and entertainment broadcasting Mulligan has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the West Coast Awards show The Leos. He's also been inducted into the
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. Mulligan was named "Broadcaster of the Year" for 2011 by the British Columbia Association of Broadcasters. He has four children, Mindy, Sean, Fynn, and Kate; and three grandchildren, Kyle, Taleigha, and Avelyn. He has been married since 1977 to Meg Mulligan. Their children sometimes appear on ''Mulligan Stew''. In an August 2007 radio interview on ''Sounds like Canada'', Kate and her father discussed an article by Kate, published in
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, called "Growing up Mulligan", a humorous account of life with Mulligan. Mulligan also co-hosts a show about wine called ''Hollywood & Vines'' with fellow actor
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which is filmed at wine vineyards around the world. The show is seen in 180 countries via Travel Channel UK (London) and Super Channel in Canada. The third year of the series is now in production. Mulligan has published his autobiography (co-written by Vancouverite Glen Schaefer) called ''Mulligan's Stew''. The book covers his life from growing up in North Vancouver to the present day.


Filmography


References


External links

*
Tasting Room Radio Homepage

Hollywood & Vines

CKUA Radio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulligan, Terry David 1942 births Living people Male actors from British Columbia Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian radio hosts Much (TV channel) personalities People from New Westminster Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers CBC Television people Canadian VJs (media personalities)