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Haurongo: Muldoon, Robert David

With The Rocky horror show cast

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With The Rocky horror show cast

After 1985 court battles with multi-millionaire Bob Jones, in which each sued the other for defamation, Muldoon was left with considerable costs to pay. He raised the money by various activities, including performing in The Rocky horror show in 1986as the narrator. His evident enjoyment of the role, in which he danced the ‘Time Warp’, won him ovations. The production also included Russell Crowe (right), then using the moniker Russ Le Roq. Crowe was later to become an acclaimed film actor.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1986/2402/24-F

Photograph by John Nicholson

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Barry Gustafson. 'Muldoon, Robert David', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28177/with-the-rocky-horror-show-cast (accessed 4 June 2026).