Basic Information About John Heard
| Category | Celebrities › Actors |
|---|---|
| Professions | Actor, Film Producer |
| Net worth | $3,500,000 |
| Date of birth | 1945-03-07 |
| Place of birth | Washington, D.C. |
| Date of death | 2017-07-21 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m) |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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John Heard roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| In the Line of Fire | Professor Riger |
| Home Alone | Peter |
| Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Peter |
| White Chicks | Warren Vandergeld |
| Big | Paul |
| The Pelican Brief | Gavin Vereek |
| Would You Rather | Conway |
| After Hours | Tom the Bartender |
| Awakenings | Dr. Kaufman |
| Runner Runner | Harry Furst |
| Beaches | John Pierce |
| The Great Debaters | Sheriff Dozier |
| The Guardian | Capt. Frank Larson |
| The Tale | William P. Allens |
| Cat People | Oliver Yates |
| Snake Eyes | Gilbert Powell |
| The Seventh Sign | Reverend |
| A Perfect Ending | Mason Westridge |
| C.H.U.D. | George Cooper |
| Gladiator | John Riley |
| Pollock | Tony Smith |
| Radio Flyer | Daugherty |
| One Eight Seven | Dave Childress |
| O | Dean Brable |
| Heaven Help Us | Brother Timothy |
| The Package | Col. Glen Whitacre |
| Modern Family | Gunther Thorpe 1 episode, 2014 |
| Prison Break | Governor Frank Tancredi 9 episodes, 2005-2006 |
| Numb3rs | Peter Houseman 1 episode, 2005 |
| The Sopranos | Det. Vin Makazian / ... 5 episodes, 1999-2004 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Peter Sipes 1 episode, 2002 |
| Battlestar Galactica | Commander Barry Garner 1 episode, 2006 |
| CSI: Miami | Kenwall 'Duke' Duquesne 4 episodes, 2003-2005 |
| Law & Order | Mitch Burke / ... 2 episodes, 1994-1999 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Larry Wiegert 1 episode, 2001 |
| Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories | Lawyer 1 episode, 2013 |
| Entourage | Richard Wimmer 2 episodes, 2007-2010 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Bill Callahan 1 episode, 1985 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Roger Ridley 1 episode, 2014 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Special Congressional Investigator Michael Thomas 3 episodes, 2014 |
| Tales from the Darkside | Billy Malone 1 episode, 1985 |
| Cavemen | Tripp 2 episodes, 2007 |
| MacGyver | Arthur Ericson 1 episode, 2016 |
| Gravity | B.C. 3 episodes, 2010 |
| Perception | Congressman Evan Rickford 2 episodes, 2013 |
| The Chicago Code | Mayor McGuinness 2 episodes, 2011 |
| The Outer Limits | Paul Stein 1 episode, 1995 |
| Miami Vice | Laurence Thurmond 1 episode, 1986 |
| Southland | Ben Sherman Sr. 2 episodes, 2009 |
| Screen Two | Michael Johnson 1 episode, 1989 |
John Heard's Quotes
- Television is fast and loose. You have two or three takes to get your part right, and if you have a problem, well by the time you figure it out, everyone's moved on to the next scene. It's good training, keeps you on your toes.
Interesting Facts about John Heard
- Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1977" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 29. [1977]
- Graduated from Clark University, Worcester, MA in 1968.
- Received the 1976-1977 Theatre World award.
- Graduated from Washington, DC's Gonzaga College High School in 1964, and was inducted into the school's theatre hall of fame in the spring of 2003.
- His father worked for the Pentagon.
- Portrayed Matthew in the Word of Promise audio bible.
- Has three children: son, John "Jack" Matthew Heard III (b. 1987), with his ex-girlfriend Melissa Leo; daughter Annika Heard and son Maxwell ''Max'' Heard, both with second wife Sharon. Max died on December 6, 2016, at the age of 22.
- After securing Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern for Home Alone (1990), Chris Columbus felt confident enough to cast actors who were his heroes growing up like Catherine O'Hara after seeing her work on Second City TV (1976), as well as Heard, and then Tim Curry and Rob Schneider on Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) because they were all open to the films.
- His patrilineal "Heard" line settled in the area around Ipswich, Massachusetts, in the 1600s. His maternal grandfather, Harry Louis Sperling, was the son of Jewish emigrants from Poland and Hungary. The rest of John's ancestry was mainly English and Irish. John was raised Catholic.
- He was the son of Helen (Sperling) and John Heard. His father worked at the office of the Secretary of Defense, and his mother was involved in the arts, including acting on stage in community theatre.
- Through John's maternal grandmother, Ebeth A. Burton, John's maternal great-great-uncle was Joseph R. Burton, a politician who was a Republican U.S. Senator from Kansas, from 1901 to 1906.
- Although he notably co-starred with Daniel Stern in Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) (although they didn't share any scenes), he and Stern also co-starred in C.H.U.D. (1984) and The Milagro Beanfield War (1988).
- Younger brother of Cordis Heard.
- Died the day after Linkin Park frontman, Chester Bennington.
- He and [Margot Kidder] separated only six days after marrying, and he and Lana Pritchard divorced after seven months.
- Ex-stepfather of Maggie McGuane.
