Patrick Muldoon, the actor best known for starring as a hunky boxer on the soap opera \u201cDays of Our Lives\u201d and for playing a villainous fashion designer on the 1990s prime-time drama \u201cMelrose Place,\u201d died on Sunday in his Beverly Hills home. He was 57.<\/p>\n
His sister, Shana Muldoon Zappa, said the cause was a heart attack.<\/p>\n
Mr. Muldoon rose to fame in 1992 when he landed the role of the handsome Austin Reed on \u201cDays of Our Lives,\u201d which premiered in 1965 on NBC and follows various characters from families in the fictional Midwestern town of Salem.<\/p>\n
Mr. Muldoon\u2019s character was known for being in the middle of a love triangle<\/a> between the sweet, good-hearted Carrie Brady (who was played by Tracy Middendorf and also Christie Clark), and her devious sister, Sami Brady, played by Alison Sweeney. <\/p>\n For his work, Mr. Muldoon won the Soap Opera Digest<\/a> Award for outstanding male newcomer in 1994.<\/p>\n He portrayed the character until 1995 and later reprised the role in 2011 and 2012. In all, he appeared in nearly 500 episodes of the series.<\/p>\n William Patrick Muldoon III was born in the Los Angeles waterfront neighborhood of San Pedro, Calif., to Patrick Muldoon Sr., a maritime lawyer, and Deanna Petrov, an artist, according to his sister.<\/p>\n He is survived by his partner, Miriam Rothbart, his parents and his sister. <\/p>\n He attended Loyola High School, an all-boys Catholic school, according to his sister, and then went on to the University of Southern California where he played football, according to the university.<\/p>\n While at the university, he became a model for the Wilhelmina Agency.<\/p>\n In the early 1990s as he transitioned into acting, he found small roles on ABC\u2019s \u201cWho\u2019s the Boss?\u201d and the NBC Saturday morning high school series \u201cSaved by the Bell.\u201d<\/p>\n After \u201cDays of Our Lives,\u201d Mr. Muldoon played the wicked fashion designer Richard Hart on the popular Aaron Spelling nighttime soap \u201cMelrose Place.\u201d<\/p>\n One of his story lines involved being a love interest to Jane Andrews Mancini (Josie Bissett), a fellow designer whom he betrayed<\/a> professionally by stealing her clients and whom he sexually assaulted<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mr. Muldoon appeared on the show in 1995 and 1996.<\/p>\n Science-fiction fans became familiar with Mr. Muldoon after he played Zander Barcalow in the 1997 campy space-alien invasion film \u201cStarship Troopers,\u201d<\/a> with Denise Richards and Casper Van Dien.<\/p>\n In the following years, Mr. Muldoon had various parts in television and films, including romantic and holiday movies on the Hallmark and Lifetime networks.<\/p>\n He also worked as a producer in several features, including \u201cThe Card Counter\u201d (2021), \u201cMarlowe\u201d (2022) and \u201cRiff Raff\u201d (2024).<\/p>\n \u201cI like to think of myself as a guy who doesn\u2019t take himself too seriously but always takes the fun seriously,\u201d Mr. Muldoon said of himself<\/a> on his website. \u201cWhether I\u2019m dodging explosions, saving Christmas or just popping up in unexpected places, I\u2019m here to entertain, surprise and maybe make you laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n Last year, he appeared on the Bravo reality series \u201cDenise Richards and Her Wild Things,\u201d<\/a> where they reminisced about their previous romance, their longtime friendship and their work on \u201cStarship Troopers.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Muldoon, who was also a musician, featured Ms. Richards as the love interest in a music video.<\/p>\n His latest acting credit was for the crime thriller film \u201cDirty Hands\u201d with Ms. Richards and Michael Beach. The film was expected to be released this month.<\/p>\n Two days before he died, Mr. Muldoon said on social media<\/a> that he was \u201cso excited to be a part of this amazing project,\u201d referring to an upcoming film, \u201cKockroach,\u201d starring Chris Hemsworth and Alec Baldwin.<\/p>\n Alain Delaqu\u00e9ri\u00e8re contributed research.<\/p>\n