Saturday, July 22, 2017

John Heard, R. I. P.

ABC News: Actor John Heard, whose many roles included the father in the "Home Alone" series and a corrupt detective in "The Sopranos," has died. He was 71.  

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

7 comments:

Don Coffin said...

I saw this, and a lot of the reports said he was best known for his role in the "Home Alone" movies. I hope that's not accurate. (But a review of his acting credits--179 of them, over a 42 year period--suggests that, yeah, maybe he is best known for the "Hone Alone" movies.)

Rick said...

His finest hour was as the one-legged, one-eyed bitter Viet Nam War vet, Cutter, in the amazing film "Cutter's Way"; based on the novel "Cutter And Bone". Jeff Bridges played Bone.
Highly recommended. But not available on Amazon in U.S. format.
(Rick Libott)

Janis Gore said...

Well, easy come, easy go.

No, I didn't really do that, but I do have to keep up my reputation.

Steve Oerkfitz said...

Loved him in Cutter's Way. It shows up on cable a lot.

Mike Stamm said...

"Cutter's Way"...yeah. First place I saw him, with Jeff Bridges and Lisa Eichhorn, and he was truly memorable. Also admired him in Paul Schrader's "Cat People." He did everything he did very well; he will be missed.

Bud said...

He was good in "Cutter's Way", but I best remember his early role in a now forgotten gem "Between the Lines" and his smaller role in "The Milagro Beanfield War". From his early work, the critic John Simon thought he would be a star and so did I. He never made that, but he did a lot of good solid acting work.

CNM said...

And who could forget his tortured Reverend against Meg Foster's Hester in PBS' "Scarlet Letter?"