Patrick Muldoon Passes On

Patrick Muldoon, who played Richard Hart on the night time soap opera Melrose Place and was a regular on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 57. The cause was a heart attack.

Patrick Muldoon was born on September 27, 1968. He went to Loyola High School in Los Angeles and then the University of Southern California. His major was English and communications, and he graduated in 1991. He played football in both high school and college. He did some modelling.

Patrick Muldoon was discovered by a talent agent, who got him a guest appearance on the sitcom Who's the Boss? in 1990. It was in 1992 that he began his run as Austin Reed on Days of Our Lives. In 1995, he was cast in the recurring role of Richard Hart on Melrose Place. He guest starred on the shows Saved by the Bell and Silk Stalkings. He also appeared in several TV movies. He appeared in the movies Rage and Honor II (1993), Starship Troopers (1997), Wicked (1998), The Second Arrival (1998), Stigmata (1999), Red Team (1999), and Chain of Command (2000).

In the Naughts, he appeared in the movies Blackwoods (2001), Bad Karma (2001), Whacked! (2002), Heart of America (2002), Military Intelligence and You! (2006), Broken Angel (2008), Japan (2009), The Steam Experiment (2009), and Repo (2010). He also appeared in several television movies.

In 2011, he returned to Days of Our Lives as Austin Reed. He appeared on the TV series The Bay and several more TV movies. He appeared in the movies Last Will (2011), Born to Ride (2011), Spiders 3D (2013), The Dog Who Saved Easter (2014), Patient Killer (2014), Christmas in Palm Springs (2014), Badge of Honor (2015), The Dog Who Saved Summer (2015), Robo-Dog (2015), The Wicked Within (2015), Little Dead Rotting Hood (2016), Fishes 'n' Loaves: Heaven Sent (2016), A Horse's Tail (2016), Robo-Dog: Airborne (2017), American Satan (2017), Saving Christmas (2017), A Dog & Pony Show (2016), Runnin' from My Roots (2018), Alpha Wolf (2018), Bernie the Dolphin (2018), My Adventures with Santa (2019), Bernie the Dolphin 2 (2019), The Comeback Trail (2020), and Timecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove (2020).

In the 2020s, he guest starred on the TV show Second Chances and appeared in the TV movie Double Scoop. He appeared in the movies Vanquish (2021), Magic in Mount Holly (2021), Deadlock (2021), Dakota (2022), The Junkyard Dogs (2022), Marlowe (2022), Kids Can (2023), The Quest for Tom Sawyer's Gold (2023), Pray for Me: Key To Freedom (2023), Murder at Hollow Creek (2024), and The Corner (2025).