John Ford Noonan
John Ford Noonan (born October 7, 1943 in New York City , New York - † December 16, 2018 ) was an American actor and screenwriter .
Life
Noonan, actor Tom Noonan's older brother , attended Brown University . After a brief activity as a Latin teacher , he turned to acting and was trained at the American Conservatory Theater . In addition to studying at the Carnegie Institute of Technology , he played in several smaller Shakespeare productions . He also worked as a stagehand in the 1960s to make ends meet financially. During this time he discovered his talent as a screenwriter. His breakthrough as a writer came in 1969 when his play The Year Boston Won the Pennant premiered at Lincoln Center in New York. By the late 1980s he had written over 30 plays, including his most financially successful, A Couple White Chicks Sitting Around Talking .
Noonan has made occasional appearances as an actor in film and television, including the two Golden Globe Awards nominated drama A Hair in the Soup with Shelley Winters and Christopher Walken and the comedy Flirting with Disaster, and the comedy Flirting with Disaster seldom comes alone with Ben Stiller and Patricia Arquette . He had a major supporting role as the terrifying auto tow tractor John Pruitt in Chris Columbus ' film debut The Night of Adventure . Occasionally, Noonan also wrote for American television. For his work on an episode script for the doctor series Chief Physician Dr. Westphall , he was awarded the Primetime Emmy in 1984.
Filmography (selection)
play
- 1976: A fly in the ointment ( Next Stop, Greenwich Village )
- 1987: The Night of Adventure ( Adventures in Babysitting )
- 1996: Flirting with Disaster - A disaster of Hazzard ( Flirting with Disaster )
script
- 1983–1984: Chief Physician Dr. Westphall ( St. Elsewhere )
- 1984: Comedy Zone
- 1985: American Playhouse
Theater (selection)
- 1969: Year Boston Won the Pennant
- 1974: Where Do We Go From Here?
- 1980: A Couple White Chicks Sitting Around Talking
- 1982: Some Men Need Help
- 1993: Music from Down Hill
Awards
- 1984: Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series for Chief Physician Dr. West phall
Web links
- John Ford Noonan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- John Ford Noonan in the Internet Off-Broadway Database (English)
- John Ford Noonan in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c A Catcher of the Wry: John Ford Noonan is still fielding emotions to help him develop insight into characters that populate his plays , Los Angeles Times (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Noonan, John Ford |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actor and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 2018 |