John Lawlor | |
---|---|
Born | Boulder, Colorado, U.S. | June 5, 1941
Spouse | |
Children | 6 |
John Lawlor (born June 5, 1941) is an American actor and assistant director.
Born Johnathan H. Lawlor, on June 5, 1941, he spent much of his early life in Boulder, Colorado, [1] where his mother was a teacher of special needs children at Casey Jr. High School. In the late-1960s, he worked as a AmeriCorps Seniors volunteer trainer in Denver.[ citation needed ]
His best known roles are Supervisor Leonard Marsh on the television series Phyllis from 1976 to 1977, [2] and later of Headmaster Steven Bradley on the television series The Facts of Life from 1979 to 1980. [3] The name Steven Bradley was likely meant as a tribute to Steve Bradley in Boulder, a friend and one-time manager of the Winter Park ski area.[ citation needed ]
He also guest-starred in L.A. Law , Knots Landing , Mr. Belvedere , Barney Miller , The Rockford Files , Ellery Queen , Baa Baa Black Sheep , and Alice . He played the locksmith exhorted by Skylar White in Breaking Bad .
He appeared in the movies National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982), S.O.B. (1981), Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977), The Gumball Rally (1976), Wyatt Earp (1994) and Mr. Fixit (1988).
In a 1980s TV commercial for Malt-O-Meal hot cereal, he played a father telling his son's invisible friend that Malt-O-Meal was, "Good stuff, Maynard!" a line which became a popular phrase.[ citation needed ]
He is divorced from Tantoo Cardinal, with whom he has two children. He also has four other children. [4]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1976 | Jackson County Jail | Deputy Burt | |
1976 | The Gumball Rally | Jake | |
1977 | Billy Jack Goes to Washington | Dan McArthur | |
1981 | S.O.B. | Capitol Studios Manager | |
1982 | National Lampoon's Movie Madness | Mr. Haggis | |
1994 | Wyatt Earp | Judge Spicer | |
2011 | Naked Run | Max Siegel | |
2011 | The Reunion | Lenny Cleary | |
2016 | Gold | Mining Expert |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1975 | The Rockford Files | Dave Kruger | Episode: "Resurrection in Black & White" |
1975 | Ellery Queen | Director / Radio Technician | 2 episodes |
1976 | The Bureau | Agent Butterfield | Television film |
1976 | Baa Baa Black Sheep | Dr. Jim Reese | Episode: "Flying Misfits" |
1976–1977 | Phyllis | Leonard Marsh / Officer Hale | 25 episodes |
1977 | Relentless | Walker | Television film |
1977 | Alice | Henderson | Episode: "The Sixty Minutes Man" |
1978 | Outside Chance | Bill Hill | Television film |
1978 | Barney Miller | Morris the Dogcatcher | Episode: "Dog Days" |
1979 | A New Kind of Family | Tom | Episode: "Are You Sure Barnum and Bailey Started Like This?" |
1979–1980 | The Facts of Life | Steven Bradley | 13 episodes |
1980 | United States | Josh | Episode: "Josh" |
1981 | A Matter of Life and Death | Bud Coggins | Television film |
1981 | Here's Boomer | John Hawthorne | Episode: "Boomer in the Pound" |
1981 | Why Us? | Jules Sanborn | Television film |
1982 | Cassie & Co. | Merritt | Episode: "Dark Side of the Moon" |
1982 | Newhart | Director of Vermont Today | Episode: "Vermont Today" |
1984 | T. J. Hooker | Charles Bowers | Episode: "Pursuit" |
1984 | Simon & Simon | Scott Banfield | Episode: "Almost Completely Out of Circulation" |
1984 | ABC Weekend Special | Paul Landry | Episode: "Henry Hamilton Graduate Ghost" |
1985 | The Best Times | Willis Troutman | Episode: "Snake Meat" |
1985, 1987 | Highway to Heaven | Brad / Earl | 2 episodes |
1986 | Stingray | Dr. Jimmy Monroe | Episode: "That Terrible Swift Sword" |
1986 | Sledge Hammer! | Chief Reisner | Episode: "Under the Gun" |
1987 | She's the Sheriff | Diamond | Episode: "Max Moves In" |
1988–1989 | The Bold and the Beautiful | Walter Talbert | 4 episodes |
1989 | Mr. Belvedere | Dr. Peterson | Episode: "Fear of Flying" |
1990 | After the Shock | Fireman | Television film |
1991 | The New Lassie | Jim Berger | Episode: "Kitty Saver" |
1992 | FBI: The Untold Stories | Steve Gates | Episode: "Millionaire Murderer" |
1992–1993 | Knots Landing | Larry Lambert | 4 episodes |
1993 | L.A. Law | Howard Bowling | Episode: "Bourbon County" |
1999 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Horatius | Episode: "Stranger and Stranger" |
2003 | The Lyon's Den | Mr. Dilby | Episode: "Privileged" |
2004 | Cold Case | Father Declan | Episode: "Glued" |
2005 | McBride: Tune in for Murder | Don | Television film |
2008 | The Roaring Twenties | Gary | Miniseries |
2009 | In Plain Sight | Judge John Metcalf | Episode: "Who's Bugging Mary?" |
2010 | Scoundrels | Herbert West | 3 episodes |
2011 | Breaking Bad | Locksmith | Episode: "Box Cutter" |
2014 | Killer Women | Judge Walter Garrity | Episode: "Some Men Need Killing" |
2014 | Longmire | Oren Mallory | Episode: "Miss Cheyenne" |
2014 | Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs | Judge Shumate | Television film |
2016 | Graves | Dr. Mirsky | Episode: "A Tincture of Madness" |
2017 | Godless | Elmer Knowland | 4 episodes |
John Arthur Kennedy was an American stage and film actor known for his versatility in supporting film roles and his ability to create "an exceptional honesty and naturalness on stage", especially in the original casts of Arthur Miller plays on Broadway. He won the 1949 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Miller's Death of a Salesman. He also won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for the 1955 film Trial, and was a five-time Academy Award nominee.
Andrew Vabre Devine was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy, crackly voice and roles in Western films, including his role as Cookie, the sidekick of Roy Rogers in 10 feature films. He also appeared alongside John Wayne in films such as Stagecoach (1939), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and How the West Was Won. He is also remembered as Jingles on the TV series The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok from 1951 to 1958, as Danny McGuire in A Star Is Born (1937), and as the voice of Friar Tuck in the Disney Animation Studio film Robin Hood (1973).
Stephen Joseph Cannell was an American television producer, writer, novelist, occasional actor, and founder of Cannell Entertainment and The Cannell Studios.
Roy Mitchell Kinnear was an English character actor and comedian. He was known for his acting roles in movies such as Henry Salt in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Algernon in The Beatles' Help! (1965), Clapper in How I Won the War (1967), and Planchet in The Three Musketeers (1973). He reprised the role of Planchet in the 1974 and 1989 sequels, and died following an accident during filming of the latter.
Emanuel Hirsch Cohen, better known by the stage name John Randolph, was an American film, television and stage actor.
Hans Georg Conried Jr. was an American actor and comedian. He was known for providing the voices of George Darling and Captain Hook in Walt Disney's Peter Pan (1953), Snidely Whiplash in Jay Ward's Dudley Do-Right cartoons, Professor Waldo P. Wigglesworth in Ward's Hoppity Hooper cartoons, was host of Ward's live-action "Fractured Flickers" show and Professor Kropotkin on the radio and film versions of My Friend Irma. He also appeared as Uncle Tonoose on Danny Thomas' sitcom Make Room for Daddy, and twice on I Love Lucy.
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV, better known as Desi Arnaz Jr., is an American retired actor and musician. He is the son of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
Robert Conrad was an American film and television actor, singer, and stuntman. He is best known for his role in the 1965–1969 television series The Wild Wild West, playing the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West. He portrayed World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep. In addition to acting, he was a singer and recorded several pop/rock songs in the late 1950s and early 1960s as Bob Conrad. He hosted a weekly two-hour national radio show on CRN Digital Talk Radio beginning in 2008.
Gordon Cameron Jackson, was a Scottish actor best remembered for his roles as the butler Angus Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs and as George Cowley, the head of CI5, in The Professionals. He also portrayed Capt Jimmy Cairns in Tunes of Glory, and Flt. Lt. Andrew MacDonald, "Intelligence", in The Great Escape.
Edward Dean Winter was an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role, Colonel Samuel Flagg, in the television series M*A*S*H from 1973 to 1979.
Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. was an American character actor famed for his work in films noir. According to Bill Georgaris of They Shoot Pictures, Don't They, Cook appeared in a total of 21 films noir, more than any other actor or actress. He played cheerful, brainy collegiates until he was cast against type as the bug-eyed baby-faced psychopathic killer Wilmer Cook in the 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon. He went on to play deceptively mild-mannered villains. Cook's acting career spanned more than 60 years, with roles in productions including The Big Sleep, Shane, The Killing, House on Haunted Hill, and Rosemary's Baby.
Craig Stevens was an American film and television actor, best known for his starring role on television as private detective Peter Gunn from 1958 to 1961.
Douglas Fowley was an American movie and television actor in more than 240 films and dozens of television programs, He is probably best remembered for his role as the frustrated movie director Roscoe Dexter in Singin' in the Rain (1952), and for his regular supporting role as Doc Holliday in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. He was the father of rock and roll musician and record producer Kim Fowley.
Jack Shepherd is an English actor, playwright and theatre director. He is known for his television roles, most notably the title role in Trevor Griffiths' series about a young Labour MP Bill Brand (1976), and the detective drama Wycliffe (1993–1998). His film appearances include All Neat in Black Stockings (1969), Wonderland (1999) and The Golden Compass (2007). He won the 1983 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a New Play for the original production of Glengarry Glen Ross.
Albert Salmi was an American actor of stage, film, and television. Best known for his work as a character actor, he appeared in over 150 film and television productions.
Jeff Corey was an American stage and screen actor who became a well-respected acting teacher after being blacklisted in the 1950s.
Neil Richard Flynn is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles as Janitor on Scrubs and Clone High, and Mike Heck in the ABC comedy series The Middle. He has had notable appearances in television series, such as That '70s Show, CSI, and Smallville, and the television films It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie and Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie.
Baa Baa Black Sheep is an American television series that aired on NBC from September 23, 1976, until April 6, 1978. It was part period military drama, part comedy. In the final seven episodes, the character list was revamped, dropping some squadron pilots, adding a 16-year-old pilot and four nurses.
Peter Donat was a Canadian-American actor.
Walter Brooke was an American actor.