JOHN HEARD
March 7, 1946 – July 21, 2017 (age 71)
Cause of Death: Found dead in hotel after “minor back surgery”
Best known for his role as Macaulay Culkin‘s on-screen dad, Peter McCallister from Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, actor John Heard got his start over twenty years before that. With several films under his belt, the first one I recognize is Martin Scorsese’s 1985 film After Hours. He would go on to star in wider known films like Big and Beaches before he would reach the Home Alone portion of his career. Some other appearances would include Gladiator, Pollock, Snake Eyes, and Runner Runner. Heard also had a pretty significant run on television, capped off with an appearance in the television film Sharknado.
JOHN HEARD’S FILMOGRAPHY
| 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 | Waterworld | 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 (short) |
John Little |
| 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 (short) | Raymond Burke |
| 2002 | Fair Play (short) | Owen |
| 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 |
| 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 (short) | Fritz |
| 2009 | Formosa Betrayed |
Tom Braxton |
| 2009 | Little Hercules in 3-D |
Coach Nimms |
| 2010 | The Truth |
Jonathan Davenport |
| 2010 | Ivan’s House (short) |
Ivan |
| 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 (short) | Frank |
| 2014 | Searching for Fortune | Denton Sr. |
| 2014 | Warren | Jack Cavanee |
| 2014 | Animals | Albert |
| 2014 | The Boys of Abu Ghraib | Sam Farmer |
| 2014 | The Nurse |
Frank |
| 2014 | One More Day (short) | Tom |
| 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 | Living Among Us |
Andrew |
JOHN HEARD’S TELEVISION APPEARANCES
| 1975 | Valley Forge |
Mr. Harvie | Television movie |
| 1979 | The Scarlet Letter |
Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale | Television mini-series |
| 1983 | Will There Really Be a Morning? | Clifford Odets | Television movie |
| 1983 | Legs | Dan | Television movie |
| 1984 | Kate & Allie |
Max McArdle | Episode: “A Weekend to Remember” |
| 1985 | Tender Is The Night |
Abe North | Television 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 | Television movie |
| 1988 | Necessity | Charlie | Television movie |
| 1989 | Screen Two |
Michael Johnson | Episode: “Virtuoso” |
| 1989 | Cross Of Fire |
David Stephenson | Television movie |
| 1992 | Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster | Dan Lawn | Television movie |
| 1993 | There Was a Little Boy | Gregg | Television movie |
| 1994 | In Spite of Love | Andrew | Television movie |
| 1994 | Because Mommy Works |
Ted Forman | Television movie |
| 1994-1999 | 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” |
| 1995-1996 | The Client |
Roy Foltrigg | 21 Episodes |
| 1999-2004 | The Sopranos |
Detective Vin Makazian | 5 Episodes |
| 2000 | Perfect Murder, Perfect Town | Larry Mason | Television movie |
| 2000 | The Wednesday Woman |
Bill Davidson | Television movie |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent |
Larry Wiegert | 13 Episodes |
| 2001 | The Big Heist |
Richard Woods | Television 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 | Television movie |
| 2002 | The Pilot’s Wife |
Jack Lyons | Television movie |
| 2003 | Word Of Honor |
Dr. Steven Brandt | Television movie |
| 2003-2005 | CSI: Miami |
Kenwall Duquesne | 4 Episodes |
| 2004-2005 | Jack & Bobby |
Dennis Morgenthal | 5 Episodes |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Peter Houseman | Episode: “Soft Target” |
| 2005 | Locusts | Dr. Peter Axelrod | Television movie |
| 2005-2006 | Prison Break | Governor Frank Tancredi | 10 Episodes |
| 2006 | Battlestar Gallactica |
Commander Barry Garner | Episode: “The Captain’s Hand” |
| 2006 | Twenty Questions |
C. Colin Whitworth | Television movie |
| 2006 | The Line-Up |
Walter Clark | Television movie |
| 2007 | Cavemen | Tripp | Episode: “Her Embarrassed of Caveman” |
| 2007-2010 | Entourage | Richard Wimmer | 2 Episodes |
| 2008 | My Own Worst Enemy | Peter | Episode: “Down Rio Way” |
| 2008 | Skip Tracer |
Con Colbert | Television movie |
| 2008 | Generation Gap |
Principal Winters | Television 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 | Television movie |
| 2011 | The Chicago Code |
Mayor McGuinness | 2 Episodes |
| 2011 | Too Big To Fail |
Joe Gregory | Television 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 | Television 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 | True Blood | Michael Thomas | 3 Episodes |
| 2015 | The Lizzie Borden Chronicles |
William Almy | Television mini-series (2 Episodes) |
| 2015 | The Murder Pact |
John LaSalle | Television 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” |
