Pat Proft
April 3, 1947 (77 years old) in Columbia Heights, Minnesota
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pat Proft (born April 3, 1947) is an American comedy writer and actor. Proft was born in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, the son of Marguerite and Bob Proft. He began his career at Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis. In the mid-1970s, he began writing for television and films. Proft's screenplays usually rely heavily on slapstick action, wisecracks and non-sequitur-laced absurdist dialogue. He has written numerous films, but has only directed one, Wrongfully Accused, which starred Leslie Nielsen. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pat Proft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 1998 ·Wrongfully Accusedas Window Technician
- 1993 ·Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apologyas
- 1991 ·Hot Shots!as Lawrence Lipps
- 1984 ·Bachelor Partyas Screaming Man
- 1981 ·Modern Problemsas Maitre 'd
- 1980 ·All Commercials... A Steve Martin Specialas Self
- 1979 ·Detective Schoolas
- 1979 ·Fast Friendsas Bill Owens
- 1979 ·Psycho Shampooas Narrator (voice)
- 1976 ·Tunnel Visionas Skipper
- 1975 ·Van Dyke and Companyas Self
- 1973 ·The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Houras