{"id":388415,"date":"2026-04-20T08:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/388415\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T08:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:05:08","slug":"days-of-our-lives-starship-troopers-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/388415\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Days Of Our Lives’, ‘Starship Troopers’ Actor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tActor and producer Patrick Muldoon<\/a>, known for his roles in the daytime drama Days of Our Lives, primetime soap Melrose Place and movie Starship Troopers, died suddenly this morning, April 19, following a heart attack. He was 57.<\/p>\n

\n\tBorn in San Pedro, California, Muldoon graduated from USC where he played on the Trojans\u00a0football team. <\/p>\n

\n\tHe started his acting career while still in college with a two-episode arc on the sitcom Who\u2019s the Boss? Shortly after his 1991 graduation, he landed a three-episode recurring role on Saved By the Bell. <\/p>\n

\n\tMuldoon originated the role of Austin Reed on Days of Our Lives, which he played from 1992-95 and again from 2011-12. He also recurred on Melrose Place as the villainous Richard Hart from Season 3-5 and starred in a slew of TV movies in the late 1990s and 2000s.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn the big screen, Muldoon played Zander Barcalow in the 1997 film Starship Troopers, directed by Paul Verhoeven. His latest movie, crime thriller Dirty Hands, is slated to be released later this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tMuldoon also executive produced a number of features, including The Tribes of Palos Verdes, Arkansas, Marlowe, The Card Counter, The Dreadful, Riff Raff, and, most recently, Kockroach, starring Chris Hemsworth, Taron Egerton and Zazie Beetz, which is currently filming.<\/p>\n

\n\tMuldoon loved music. Always the life of the party, he could often be seen with his guitar and was lead singer for The Sleeping Masses. <\/p>\n

\n\tDescribed by those close to him as \u201cendlessly generous \u2014 with his poetry, his humor, and his unmistakable presence,\u201d Muldoon \u201cloved animals and people alike, gave unforgettable hugs, and possessed a rare quality of making others feel safe and seen,\u201d his friends said. \u201cStylish, charismatic, and full of life, he embraced each day with a full-tilt, rock \u2019n\u2019 roll spirit.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tMuldoon, known as \u201cBobo\u201d to his love ones, is survived by his partner, Miriam Rothbart; his parents, Deanna and Patrick Muldoon Sr.; his sister and brother-in-law, Shana and Ahmet Zappa; and their children, Muldoon\u2019s beloved niece Halo and nephew Arrow Zappa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor and producer Patrick Muldoon, known for his roles in the daytime drama Days of Our Lives, primetime…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69,201084],"class_list":{"0":"post-388415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-patrick-muldoon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}