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{{Short description|Canadian actor (1926–1968)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name        = Al Mulock
| image       = Al Mulock in Once Upon a Time in the West.gif
| caption     = Al Mulock as "Knuckles" in ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]'', 1968.
| birth_name  = Alfred Mulock Rogers
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1926|6|30}}
| birth_place = [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date  = May 1968 (aged 41)
| death_place = [[Guadix]], Granada, Spain
| yearsactive = 1955–1968
| spouse      = Steffi Henderson (? – 1967; her death)
| children    = 1
| relatives   = [[Sir William Mulock]] (great grandfather)
| occupation  = [[Actor]]
| known_for   = "One-armed bounty hunter" in ''[[The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly]]''<br/>"Knuckles" in ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]''
}}
'''Alfred Mulock Rogers''' (June 30, 1926 – May 1968), better known as '''Al Mulock''' or '''Al Mulloch''', was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[character actor]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Al Mulock |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1038914/Al-Mulloch/biography |access-date=March 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325000112/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1038914/Al-Mulloch/biography |archive-date=March 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2014  }}</ref>
==Early life==
Alfred Mulock Rogers was born on June 30, 1926, in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], Canada. He was the only child of Adèle Cawthra Mulock and Alfred Rogers. Maternally he was descended from the Mulock family, headed by Sir [[William Mulock]] KCMG, the former Postmaster-General of Canada and one of the wealthiest families in Canada.
==Career==
He attended the [[Lee Strasberg]]'s [[Actors Studio]] in [[New York City]], United States. Then, with [[David de Keyser]], he started The London Studio, which taught [[method acting]] to British actors. Mulock became active in the British film industry in the 1950s and early 1960s, making numerous appearances in various British television series and films.
He is best known for his roles in [[Spaghetti Western]] films, most notably in his two collaborations with [[Sergio Leone]], ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'' and ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]''.  He appears, and is memorably shot in each film: by Eli Wallach's character, Tuco, in the former and by Charles Bronson's character (in a shoot out along with two others) in the opening scene of the latter.
==Death==
Mulock died by [[suicide by jumping]] from his hotel room in [[Guadix]], Granada, Spain, in May 1968, while filming for ''Once Upon a Time in the West''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/ocio/anos-rodaje-llego-hora-Almeria_0_1245475574.html |title=50 años del rodaje de 'Hasta que llegó su hora' en Almería |first=D. |last=Martínez |location=Almería |date=May 15, 2018 |access-date=March 3, 2019 |newspaper=Diario de Sevilla |language=es |publisher=[[Joly Digital]]}}</ref> He was wearing his cowboy-style costume at the time of his fall.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20160417/libro-ilustrado-marilyn-once-dedos-pies-maria-herreros-5044697 |title=El 'voyeur' Hitchcock y los once dedos de Marilyn |first=Anna |last=Abella |date=April 17, 2016 |access-date=March 3, 2019 |newspaper=[[El Periódico (Spain)|El Periódico]] |language=es |publisher=Grupo Zeta}}</ref> [[Mickey Knox]], screenwriter for the film, and production manager [[Claudio Mancini]] witnessed Mulock's suicide as his body passed their hotel window near the end of the shoot. Mulock survived the fall, but suffered a pierced lung from a broken rib during the bumpy ride to the hospital. Before being taken away in the ambulance, director [[Sergio Leone]] shouted, "Get the costume, we need the costume."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Frayling |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Frayling |title=Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death |date=2012 |publisher=[[University of Minnesota Press]] |isbn=978-0-8166-4683-8 |page=294 |language=en}}</ref>
==Family==
Al Mulock was the great-grandson of Sir [[William Mulock]], the former Canadian Postmaster-General. He was married to actress Steffi Henderson; she died in 1967. They had one child named Robin Mulock - now named Eclipse Neilson who is a screenwriter and artist.
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Joe MacBeth]]'' (1955) – First Assassin
* ''[[Wicked as They Come]]'' (1956) – Supporting Role (uncredited)
* ''[[Interpol (1957 film)|Interpol]]'' (1957) – Interrogator
* ''[[Kill Me Tomorrow]]'' (1957) – Rod
* ''[[The One That Got Away (1957 film)|The One That Got Away]]'' (1957) – US Patrolman at Ogdensburg (uncredited)
* ''[[High Hell]]'' (1958) – Frank Davidson
* ''[[Death Over My Shoulder]]'' (1958) – Brainy Peterson
* ''[[Dial 999 (TV series)]]'' ('Commando Crook', episode) (1958) - Kendall
* ''[[The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw]]'' (1958) – Henchman (uncredited)
* ''[[Tarzan's Greatest Adventure]]'' (1959) – Dino
* ''[[Jazz Boat]]'' (1960) – The Dancer
* ''[[In the Nick]]'' (1960) – Dancer
* ''[[Tarzan the Magnificent]]'' (1960) – Martin Banton
* ''[[The Mark (1961 film)|The Mark]]'' (1961) – Convict
* ''[[The Hellions (film)|The Hellions]]'' (1961) – Mark Billings
* ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]'' (1962) – Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''[[The Small World of Sammy Lee]]'' (1963) – Dealer
* ''[[Call Me Bwana]]'' (1963) – Second Henchman
* ''[[Game for Three Losers]]'' (''[[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]'') (1965) – Nick
* ''[[Dr. Terror's House of Horrors]]'' (1965) – Detective (segment "Vampire")
* ''[[Lost Command]]'' (1966) – Mugnier
* ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'' (1966) – One-Armed Bounty Hunter
* ''Huyendo del halcón'' (1966) (released in 1973)
* ''[[The Hellbenders]]''  (1967) – The Beggar
* ''[[The Treasure of Makuba]]'' (1967) – Pat
* ''[[Battle Beneath the Earth]]'' (1967) – Sergeant Marvin Mulberry
* ''[[Reflections in a Golden Eye (film)|Reflections in a Golden Eye]]'' (1967) – Private (uncredited)
* ''[[Day of Anger]]''  (1967) – Wild Jack (uncredited in Italian version)
* ''[[Shoot Twice]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]'' (1968) – Knuckles, Member of Frank's Gang (uncredited) (final film role)
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0612468|Al Mulock}}
* [http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=12531 Al Mulock](Aveleyman)
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