Jim McMullan

Jim McMullan was an American actor who went to Hollywood in 1961, met the playwright William Inge by chance, and was handed a screen test that Sam Peckinpah directed for Ride the High Country; Universal Pictures then signed him, and he worked in film and television for about thirty years. Born on Long Island, he studied industrial design and architecture before heading west, and he became familiar to viewers as Dr. Terry McDaniel in the 1960s medical series Ben Casey and as Senator Andrew Dowling in Dallas. He starred in Beyond Westworld and Chopper One and made guest appearances in more than 150 shows, among them The Virginian, The Rockford Files and Baywatch. His films included Shenandoah (1965), The Happiest Millionaire (1967), Downhill Racer (1969), The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981), Assassination (1987) and Strategic Command (1997).