Declan Mulholland was born in Belfast  Northern Ireland in 1932.   His film debut was in H.M.S. Defiant” in 1962.   His other films include “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, “Guns in the Heather”, “Time Bandits” and the Star War movies.   He played Father Michael in the “Fr Ted” series.   Declan Mulholland died in London in 1999.