[1] His first major television role was wealthy playboy Schuyler Whitney (and his impostor) on the ABC daytime soap opera The Edge of Night from 1980 to 1984.

[2][3] Malloy next played businessman Kyle Sampson opposite Kim Zimmer on the CBS soap Guiding Light from 1984 to 1987.

His longest running role was Travis Montgomery, opposite Susan Lucci, on the ABC soap All My Children, which he played on and off from 1987 to 2001.

[4] While on The Edge of Night, Malloy was hit by a car on Park Avenue in New York City.

[5] Malloy died on September 29, 2016, in New York City,[4][6] from complications of a heart attack he suffered on his 62nd birthday.