{{short description|American film and television actor (born 1939)}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Greg Mullavey | image = Greg Mullavey "BJ and the Bear" (1981 NBC press photo).JPG | caption = Mullavey in ''B. J. and the Bear'', 1981 | birth_name = Gregory Thomas Mulleavy Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1939|9|10}} | birth_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1963–present | education = | alma_mater = Hobart College | spouse = {{marriage|Meredith MacRae|1969|1987|end=div}} | partner = Ariana Johns (1999–present) | children = 1 | parents = Greg Mulleavy (father) }} '''Greg Mullavey''' (born '''Gregory Thomas Mulleavy Jr.'''; September 10, 1939<ref name=nowlin>{{cite journal| title=Greg Mulleavy| url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/c6855584| last=Nowlin| first=Bill| journal=Society for American Baseball Research| access-date=June 11, 2020}}</ref>) is an American film and television actor who has had roles as Tom Hartman in the television series ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'' and Carly and Spencer's grandfather in ''iCarly''. He has appeared on and off Broadway, and continues to act on stage, having appeared in over a hundred theatre productions across North America.
==Career== [[File:Greg Mullavey and Louise Lasser.jpg|thumb|Mullavey with costar Louise Lasser in a 1976 press photo for ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'']]Mullavey was born in Buffalo, New York, and changed the spelling of his surname from Mulleavy to avoid confusion with his father, who also had the same name. He appeared on television series including ''Storefront Lawyers'', ''Blue Light'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''M*A*S*H'', ''All in the Family'', ''Bonanza'', ''Family'', ''Combat!'', ''The Virginian'', and ''Hawaii Five-O''. He played Eddie Gallagher on ''Rituals'', as well as Carly and Spencer's grandfather on ''iCarly''. Mullavey played Tom Hartman on the iconic 1970s comedy ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,'' and Mule Canby in the TV miniseries ''Centennial''. He played Biff in the ''Tales from the Darkside'' episode (2/12) "Monsters in my Room" (1985).
His movie credits include ''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice'' (1969), ''C.C. and Company'' (1970), ''Raid on Rommel'' (1971), ''The Birdmen'' (1971), ''The Love Machine'' (1971), ''The Christian Licorice Store'' (1971), ''I Dismember Mama'' (1972), ''Stand Up and Be Counted'' (1972), ''The Single Girls'' (1974), ''The Disappearance of Flight 412'' (1974), ''The Hindenburg'' (1975, as Herbert Morrison), and ''The Census Taker'' (1984).{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
Onstage, he appeared opposite Marlo Thomas in the 2015 New York debut of Joe DiPietro's play ''Clever Little Lies'' at the Westside Theatre.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://observer.com/2015/10/marlo-thomas-stars-in-off-broadway-marriage-comedy-clever-little-lies/| title=Marlo Thomas Stars in Off-Broadway Marriage Comedy ''Clever Little Lies''| first=Harry| last=Haun| newspaper=The New York Observer| date=1 October 2015}}</ref>
==Personal life== His father, Greg Mulleavy, played major league baseball for the White Sox and Red Sox and was a third base coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers and L.A. Dodgers.<ref name=nowlin/> Note that father and son spelled their last name differently.
Mullavey was married to actress Meredith MacRae from 1969 until 1987, when they divorced; they had one child, daughter Allison Mullavey (b. 1974). He never remarried but has lived with actor/writer Ariana Johns since 1999.<ref>{{cite web| title=Ariana Johns| url=http://www.actorsart.com/johns.html| website=Actors' Art Theatre| access-date=June 11, 2020}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0611976|Greg Mullavey}} * {{IBDB name|92464}} * {{iobdb name|38778}} * [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010155035212 Facebook page (official)]
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