John Heard (actor)

John Heard
Born	John Heard Jr. (1946-03-07)March 7, 1946 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died	July 21, 2017(2017-07-21) (aged 71) Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Heart attack
Resting place	Old South Cemetery, Ipswich, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–2017
Spouse(s)	Margot Kidder (m. 1979; div. 1980) Sharon Heard (m. 1988; div. 1996) Lana Pritchard (m. 2010; div. 2010)
Partner(s)	Melissa Leo
Children	3

John Heard Jr.^[1] (March 7, 1946 – July 21, 2017) was an American film and television actor. He had lead roles in several films, including Deceived, Chilly Scenes of Winter, Heart Beat, Cutter's Way, Cat People, and C.H.U.D., as well as supporting roles in After Hours, Big, Beaches, Awakenings, Rambling Rose, The Pelican Brief, My Fellow Americans, Snake Eyes, and Animal Factory. He also played Peter McCallister in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, as well as George in Sharknado. Heard was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1999 for guest starring on The Sopranos.

Contents

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  1 Early life
  


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  2 Acting career
  
  
  
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    2.1 Home Alone series
    
  
  
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    2.2 Television work
    
  
  
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    2.3 Legacy
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Personal life
  


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  4 Death
  


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  5 Awards and honors
  


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  6 Filmography
  
  
  
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    6.1 Television
    
  
  
  
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

Early life

Heard was born on March 7, 1946 in Washington, D.C.;^[2] he was the son of Helen (Sperling), who was involved in the arts and appeared in community theatre, and John Henry Heard, who worked for the office of the Secretary of Defense.^[2][3][4] Heard was raised as a Catholic.^[5]

Heard attended Gonzaga College High School, Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C.^[2] He grew up with two sisters, one of whom, Cordis, is also an actress, and a brother, Matthew, who died in 1975.^[3]

Acting career

In the 1970s, Heard appeared on the stage and in television and film. He appeared off-Broadway in 1974 in Mark Medoff's play The Wager and in 1975 as Guildenstern in HAMLET at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, where he also understudied Sam Waterston as Hamlet. That fall, the production moved to the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. Heard appeared at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in 1977 in a series of new plays. Heard won Obie Awards for his performances in Othello and Split in 1979–80. He was the male lead in the 1979 film Head Over Heels (which was renamed and re-released as Chilly Scenes of Winter in 1982).

In 1981, he had the starring role of Alex Cutter in the film Cutter's Way. In 1982, he played the lover of Nastassja Kinski, one of the main characters, in the remake of Cat People. He co-starred as photographer George Cooper in C.H.U.D. (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers, 1984) alongside future Home Alone co-star Daniel Stern and in The Trip to Bountiful (1985). In the comedy-drama film Heaven Help Us (aka, Catholic Boys, 1985), Heard played a monk named Brother Timothy. In After Hours (also 1985), Heard was bartender Tom Schorr.

He was seen in the film The Milagro Beanfield War and had a significant role playing Paul, Tom Hanks's adult corporate competitor and jilted boyfriend of Elizabeth Perkins, in Big (both 1988). He co-starred with Bette Midler in Beaches (also 1988). In 1990 Heard starred in the philosophical film Mindwalk, in which three characters from different socialitical and poetical backgrounds express their opinions on the human experience, and around the same time, he was in Awakenings alongside Robert De Niro and Robin Williams. starred in Deceived (1991), with Goldie Hawn, playing Jack Saunders, and had a supporting role in Gladiator (1992), with Cuba Gooding Jr.

He played Daugherty in the film Radio Flyer (1992) and FBI agent Gavin Vereek in The Pelican Brief (1993). He starred with Samuel L. Jackson in 1997's One Eight Seven and was featured in the 2000 miniseries Perfect Murder, Perfect Town.

Home Alone series

In 1990, Heard starred as Peter McCallister in the comedy Home Alone. He played the part of Kevin's father who unwittingly leaves his son at home when making a Christmas trip to France. Heard chose to characterize the role with a combination of concerned dramatic acting of a father missing his son along with more classical comedic tropes.^[6] The film was one of the biggest hits of 1990, and Heard reprised the role of McCallister in the sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.

Television work

Heard featured in a television production of The Scarlet Letter (1979) as Arthur Dimmesdale. He played real-life Ku Klux Klan leader D. C. Stephenson in the TV miniseries Cross of Fire (1989) and played the part of David Manning in the ABC miniseries adaptation of Shirley MacLaine's Out on a Limb, a memoir of her journey toward acceptance of spiritual and extraterrestrial realities. Heard also had roles on The Sopranos as the troubled corrupt detective Vin Makazian for which he received an Emmy nomination as outstanding guest actor;as well as Mr.Detrolio father of Finn Detrolio one of Meadows' boyfriends, and later on Battlestar Galactica as Commander Barry Garner.

He had recurring roles on CSI: Miami (as Kenwall Duquesne, father of Calleigh Duquesne) and Prison Break (as Frank Tancredi, governor of Illinois and father of Sara Tancredi). Among other film and television roles in the 2000s and 2010s, he played the mayor of Chicago on two episodes of the Fox series The Chicago Code.

Legacy

In 2008, Heard was asked about his career and he replied,

“

I guess I went from being a young leading man to being just kind of a hack actor. ... When I came to Hollywood, I was pretty much a stage actor, and I expected everybody to be quiet. And they weren't. They were doing their job, and you're expected to do your job, and you're sort of this ongoing co-existence. I was a little bit of an arrogant jerk. Now, it's a little bit more like, 'Okay, I realize you have to pat me down with powder every three seconds.' And I stand there, and I'm a little more tolerant ... I think I had my time. I dropped the ball, as my father would say. I think I could have done more with my career than I did, and I sort of got sidetracked. But that's OK, that's all right, that's the way it is. No sour grapes. I mean, I don't have any regrets. Except that I could have played some bigger parts.[7]

”

Personal life

Heard married actress Margot Kidder in 1979, but they separated after only six days.^[8] In 1987, he had a son with ex-girlfriend Melissa Leo.^[9] Heard was arrested in 1991 and charged with third-degree assault for allegedly slapping Leo.^[10] In 1997, he was found guilty of trespassing at Leo's home but was acquitted of charges of trespassing at their son's school.^[11]

In addition to Kidder, he was also married to Sharon Heard and Lana Pritchard. Sharon and Heard had two children together.^[2] Heard and Pritchard married on May 24, 2010, in Los Angeles, and divorced about seven months later.^[12] His estranged son Maxwell John Heard died on December 6, 2016, at age 22.

Death

Heard died of a heart attack on July 21, 2017 at the age of 71. His body was found by staff in a Palo Alto, California hotel, where he was reportedly recovering after minor back surgery at Stanford University Hospital. His back surgery did not play a role in his death.^[13][14] His death was confirmed by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner's office. He was buried in South Side Cemetery in Ipswich, Massachusetts.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Awards and honors

Source unless otherwise noted:^[2]

• 1977 Theatre World Award for his performance in G.R. Point
  


• 1976–77 Obie Award, Best Performance, G.R. Point
  


• 1979–80 Obie Award, Best Performance, Othello and Split
  


• 1999 Emmy Award nomination, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (1999)

In 2003, he was inducted into the Gonzaga College High School Theatre Hall of Fame.

Filmography

Over an almost 40-year career, John Heard appeared in at least 105 films and 67 television series.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Between the Lines	Harry Lucas
1977	First Love	David Bonner
1978	Rush It	Byron
1978	On the Yard	Juleson
1979	Chilly Scenes of Winter	Charles
1980	Heart Beat	Jack Kerouac
1981	Cutter's Way	Alex Cutter
1982	Cat People	Oliver Yates
1984	C.H.U.D.	George Cooper
1984	Best Revenge	Charlie
1984	Violated	Skipper
1985	Too Scared to Scream	Sid
1985	Heaven Help Us	Brother Timothy
1985	After Hours	Thomas 'Tom' Schorr
1985	The Trip to Bountiful	Ludie Watts
1987	Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam	Johnny Boy	Voice
1988	The Telephone	Telephone Man
1988	The Milagro Beanfield War	Charlie Bloom
1988	The Seventh Sign	Reverend
1988	Big	Paul Davenport
1988	Betrayed	Michael Carnes
1988	Beaches	John Pierce
1989	The Package	Colonel Glen Whitacre
1990	Blown Away	Charlie
1990	Mindwalk	Thomas Harriman
1990	The End of Innocence	Dean
1990	Home Alone	Peter McCallister
1990	Awakenings	Dr. Kaufman
1991	Rambling Rose	Willcox Hillyer
1991	Deceived	Jack Saunders
1992	Radio Flyer	Daugherty
1992	Gladiator	John Riley
1992	Waterland	Lewis Scott
1992	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	Peter McCallister
1993	In the Line of Fire	Professor Riger
1993	Me and Veronica	Frankie
1993	The Pelican Brief	Gavin Vereek
1996	Before and After	Wendell Bye
1996	My Fellow Americans	Ted Matthews
1997	Silent Cradle	Dr. Brittain
1997	One Eight Seven	Dave Childress
1997	Executive Power	Walker
1997	Men	George Babbington
1998	Snake Eyes	Gilbert Powell
1998	Desert Blue	Professor Lance Davidson
1999	Jazz Night	John Little	Short film
1999	Freak Weather	David
2000	Animal Factory	James Decker
2000	Fish Out of Water	Gregor
2000	The Photographer	Marcello
2000	Pollock	Tony Smith
2001	Dying on the Edge	John Fuller
2001	The Boys of Sunset Ridge	John Burroughs
2001	O	Dean Bob Brable
2001	The Secret Pact	Jerome Carver
2002	Researching Raymond Burke	Raymond Burke	Short film
2002	Fair Play	Owen	Short film
2004	Under the City	Scova
2004	Mind the Gap	Henry Richards
2004	White Chicks	Warren Vandergeld
2004	My Tiny Universe	Bobby
2005	The Chumscrubber	Officer Lou Bratley
2005	The Deal	Professor Roseman
2005	Tracks	Prison Warden
2005	Edison	Captain Brian Tilman	aka Edison Force
2005	Sweet Land	Minister Sorrensen
2006	Steel City	Carl Lee
2006	Gamers: The Movie	Gordon's Dad
2006	The Guardian	Captain Frank Larson
2007	Dead Lenny	Dr. Robert Hooker
2007	Brothers Three: An American Gothic	Father
2007	The Great Debaters	Sheriff Dozier
2008	P.J.	Dr. Alan Shearson
2008	Justice League: The New Frontier	Ace Morgan	Voice
2008	The Lucky Ones	Bob
2009	Red State Blues	Fritz	Short film
2009	Formosa Betrayed	Tom Braxton
2009	Little Hercules in 3-D	Coach Nimms
2010	The Truth	Jonathan Davenport
2010	Ivan's House	Ivan	Short film
2011	Whisper Me a Lullaby	Poppy
2012	Stealing Roses	Walter
2012	The Legends of Nethiah	Nethiah's Father
2012	A Perfect Ending	Mason Westridge
2012	Would You Rather	Conway
2013	The Insomniac	Paul Epstein
2013	Assault on Wall Street	Jeremy Stancroft
2013	Snake and Mongoose	Wally Parks
2013	Runner Runner	Harry Furst
2013	Torn	Detective Kalkowitz
2013	Buoyancy	Frank	Short film
2014	Searching for Fortune	Denton Sr.
2014	Warren	Jack Cavanee
2014	Animals	Albert
2014	Boys of Abu Ghraib	Sam Farmer
2014	The Nurse	Frank
2014	One More Day	Tom	Short film
2015	Boiling Pot	Tim Davis
2015	Counting for Thunder	Garrett Stalworth
2016	Is That a Gun in Your Pocket	Sheriff Parsons
2016	After the Reality	Bob
2016	Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero	JP Monroe
2016	So B. It	Thurman Hil
2017	Last Rampage	Blackwell
2017	Pray for Rain	Markus Gardener
2018	The Tale	Bill - Older	Posthumous
2018	Living Among Us	Andrew	Posthumous

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Valley Forge	Mr. Harvie	TV Movie
1979	The Scarlet Letter	Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale	TV mini-series
1983	Will There Really Be a Morning?	Clifford Odets	TV Movie
1983	Legs	Dan	TV Movie
1984	Kate & Allie	Max McArdle	Episode: "A Weekend to Remember"
1985	Tender is the Night	Abe North	TV mini-series; 3 episodes
1985	Tales from the Darkside	Billy Malone	Episode: "Ring Around the Redhead"
1985	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Bill Callahan	Episode: "Breakdown"
1986	Miami Vice	Laurence Thurmond	Episode: "One Way Ticket"
1987	The Equalizer	Ron Parrish	Episode: "In the Money"
1987	Out on a Limb	David Manning	TV Movie
1988	Necessity	Charlie	TV Movie
1989	Screen Two	Michael Johnson	Episode: "Virtuoso"
1989	Cross of Fire	David Stephenson	TV Movie
1992	Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster	Dan Lawn	TV Movie
1993	There Was a Little Boy	Gregg	TV Movie
1994	In Spite of Love	Andrew	TV Movie
1994	Because Mommy Works	Ted Forman	TV Movie
1994–99	Law & Order	Mitch Burke / Walter Grobman	2 episodes
1995	American Masters	Montresor	Episode: Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul
1995	The Outer Limits	Paul Stein	Episode: "Dark Matters"
1995–96	The Client	Roy Foltrigg	21 episodes
1999–2004	The Sopranos	Detective Vin Makazian	5 episodes
2000	Perfect Murder, Perfect Town	Larry Mason	TV Movie
2000	The Wednesday Woman	Bill Davidson	TV Movie
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Larry Wiegert	Episode: "The Pardoner's Tale"
2001	The Big Heist	Richard Woods	TV Movie
2002	Touched by an Angel	Allen	Episode: "Secrets and Lies"
2002	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Gregory Rossovitch / Peter Sipes	Episode: "Disappearing Acts"
2002	Hack	Paul Ballinger	Episode: "Songs in the Night"
2002	Monday Night Mayhem	Roone Arledge	TV Movie
2002	The Pilot's Wife	Jack Lyons	TV Movie
2003	Word of Honor	Dr. Steven Brandt	TV Movie
2003–05	CSI: Miami	Kenwall Duquesne	4 episodes
2004–05	Jack & Bobby	Dennis Morgenthal	5 episodes
2005	Numb3rs	Peter Houseman	Episode: "Soft Target"
2005	Locusts	Dr. Peter Axelrod	TV Movie
2005–06	Prison Break	Governor Frank Tancredi	10 episodes
2006	Battlestar Galactica	Commander Barry Garner	Episode: "The Captain's Hand"
2006	Twenty Questions	C. Colin Whitworth	TV Movie
2006	The Line-Up	Walter Clark	TV Movie
2007	Cavemen	Tripp	Episode: "Her Embarrassed of Caveman"
2007–10	Entourage	Richard Wimmer	2 episodes
2008	My Own Worst Enemy	Peter	Episode: "Down Rio Way"
2008	Skip Tracer	Con Colbert	TV Movie
2008	Generation Gap	Principal Winters	TV Movie
2009	The Beast	Dr. Blake	Episode: "Mercy"
2009	Southland	Ben Sherman Sr.	2 episodes
2010	Gravity	B.C.	3 episodes
2010	The Quickening	Ed Erlich	TV Movie
2011	The Chicago Code	Mayor McGuinness	2 episodes
2011	Too Big to Fail	Joe Gregory	TV Movie
2013	Perception	Congressman Evan Rickford	2 episodes
2013	Adam DeVine's House Party	Dregory	Episode: "Dregory"
2013	Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories	Lawyer	Episode: "Haunted House"
2013	Sharknado	George	TV Movie
2014	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Roger Ridley	Episode: "Love for Sale"
2014	Modern Family	Gunther Thorpe	Episode: "The Feud"
2014	Person of Interest	Roger McCourt	Episode: "Death Benefit"
2014	Mistresses	Bruce Sappire	Episode: "Coming Clean"
2014	NCIS: Los Angeles	Michael Thomas	3 episodes
2015	The Lizzie Borden Chronicles	William Almy	TV mini-series; 2 episodes
2015	The Murder Pact	John LaSalle	TV Movie
2016	Elementary	Henry Watson	Episode: "Miss Taken"
2017	MacGyver	Arthur Ericson	Episode: "Pilers"
2017	APB	Joe Reeves	Episode: "Daddy's Home"
2017	Outsiders	Lt. Governor of Kentucky	Episode: "What Must Be Done"
2018	The Last Sharknado: It's About Time	George	Archive footage

References

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   ^ "411 Movies Interview: John Heard". 411Mania.com. February 27, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
   


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   ^ Roberts, Chris (April 9, 2005). "No Kidding". The Guardian. London. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
   


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   ^ "Heard Pleads Not Guilty to Harassing Ex-Girlfriend". Associated Press via Spartanburg Herald-Journal. March 20, 1997. p. 13.
   


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    ^ "'Home Alone' Actor Arrested". The Buffalo News. November 6, 1991.
    


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    ^ Tan, Cheryl L. (March 21, 1997). "Home Alone' actor Heard found guilty of trespassing". The Baltimore Sun.
    


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    ^ "Pritchard-Heard". The Monterey County Herald. June 14, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
    


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    ^ "'Home Alone' Dad John Heard Died of Cardiac Arrest".
    


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    ^ "John Heard dead at 71; Home Alone actor death not considered suspicious, says police official". The Financial Express. July 23, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
    


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    ^ Saperstein, Pat (July 22, 2017). "John Heard, 'Home Alone' Dad, Dies at 71".
    


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    ^ AJ Willingham (July 22, 2017). "'Home Alone' actor John Heard dies". CNN. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
    


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    ^ "John Heard: Home Alone actor dies aged 71". BBC. July 22, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
    


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    ^ Jessica Glenza (July 22, 2017). "John Heard, star of Home Alone, Cutter's Way and The Sopranos, dies at 71". The Guardian. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
    

External links

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  John Heard on IMDb


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  John Heard at the TCM Movie Database
  


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  John Heard at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
  


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  John Heard at the Internet Broadway Database
  


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  John Heard at Find a Grave
  

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