{"id":620295,"date":"2026-04-21T00:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620295\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T00:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:50:11","slug":"cant-believe-hes-gone-nineties-tv-star-patrick-muldoon-dies-suddenly-aged-57-while-executive-producing-chris-hemsworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620295\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Can&#8217;t believe he&#8217;s gone&#8217;: Nineties TV star Patrick Muldoon dies suddenly aged 57 while executive producing Chris Hemsworth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US actor Patrick Muldoon, famous for his roles in Days of Our Lives and Starship Troopers, has died aged 57.<\/p>\n<p>Muldoon died at home of a heart attack on Sunday, his manager confirmed to <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/04\/patrick-muldoon-dead-days-of-our-lives-melrose-place-1236865474\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 90s TV star played Austin Reed in NBC daytime soap Days of Our Lives from 1992 to 1995 before briefly returning to the show in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>He also starred in hit US TV show Melrose Place, for three seasons, between 1995 to 1996, and in Paul Verhoeven&#8217;s sci-fi action film Starship Troopers in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Before his death, he was executive producing Kockroach, starring Chris Hemsworth, Taron Egerton and Alec Baldwin.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the William Lasner novel, the film began production in Australia last week.<\/p>\n<p>In his final Instagram post, Muldoon wrote: &#8220;So excited to be a part of this amazing project.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna shared a throwback picture of herself with the late actor in a 90s promo for Days of Our Lives alongside a heartbreak emoji.<\/p>\n<p>Alison Sweeney, who starred alongside Muldoon on Days Of Our Lives, said she was heartbroken in a touching tribute to the actor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is such heartbreaking news. Pat was a rare kind of person &#8211; brilliantly talented, endlessly kind and generous in spirit,\u201d she wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8220;I was so lucky to have worked with him when I first started at Days, he made me feel at ease right away. He brought his unique charm and humour to work every day. A truly gifted guy, and one who will be profoundly missed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dian Meyer, who starred alongside him on Starship Troopers, wrote: &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe he&#8217;s gone. Pat was one of the kindest people I&#8217;ve ever known and was like a brother to me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was such a light&#8230; always making us laugh. My sincere condolences to his family, and everyone who loved him. He will be missed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Born in San Pedro, California, Muldoon began his acting career while studying at the University of Southern California.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He landed a role as Jeffrey Hunter on Saved By the Bell, after graduating in 1991, before his breakthrough role on Days of Our Lives and later Melrose Place.<\/p>\n<p>Muldoon worked on several productions behind the scenes, producing films such as The Tribes of Palos Verdes and Marlowe.<\/p>\n<p>He also had a band called The Sleeping Masses.<\/p>\n<p>Muldoon is survived by his partner Miriam Rothbart, parents Deanna and Patrick Muldoon Sr, his sister and brother-in-law Shana and Ahmet Zappa, niece Halo and nephew Arrow Zappa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US actor Patrick Muldoon, famous for his roles in Days of Our Lives and Starship Troopers, has died&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,2021,7647,134,300011],"class_list":{"0":"post-620295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-chris-hemsworth","12":"tag-days-of-our-lives","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-patrick-muldoon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}