John Heard
Acting • Born 1946-03-07 – Died 2017-07-21
Biography
John Heard Jr. (March 7, 1946 – July 21, 2017) was an American actor. Heard made his debut appearance in film with the ensemble Between the Lines (1977). He appeared in a number of successful films, including Heart Beat (1980), Cutter's Way (1981), Cat People (1982), Beaches (1988), and Deceived (1991), and was perhaps best known for his role of Peter McCallister in the first two Home Alone films (1990–1992). He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1999 for guest-starring as Vin Makazian on The Sopranos (1999–2004).
Filmography
166 credits
Home Alone
Movie • 1990
Peter
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Movie • 1992
Peter
Big
Movie • 1988
Paul
Edison
Movie • 2005
Tilman
The Deal
Movie • 2005
Professor Roseman
After Hours
Movie • 1985
Tom the Bartender
Awakenings
Movie • 1990
Dr. Kaufman
Radio Flyer
Movie • 1992
Daugherty
Sweet Land
Movie • 2005
Minister Sorrensen
Mind the Gap
Movie • 2004
Henry Richards
One Eight Seven
Movie • 1997
Dave Childress
Cat People
Movie • 1982
Oliver Yates
Cutter's Way
Movie • 1981
Alex Cutter
The Package
Movie • 1989
Col. Glen Whitacre
Betrayed
Movie • 1988
Michael Carnes
C.H.U.D.
Movie • 1984
George Cooper
Snake Eyes
Movie • 1998
Gilbert Powell
White Chicks
Movie • 2004
Warren Vandergeld
Rambling Rose
Movie • 1991
Older Willcox "Buddy" Hillyer
Animal Factory
Movie • 2000
James Decker
The Pelican Brief
Movie • 1993
Gavin Vereek
Pollock
Movie • 2000
Tony Smith
The Milagro Beanfield War
Movie • 1988
Charlie Bloom
Heaven Help Us
Movie • 1985
Brother Timothy
Deceived
Movie • 1991
Jack
The Chumscrubber
Movie • 2005
Officer Lou Bratley
Formosa Betrayed
Movie • 2010
Tom Braxton
Chilly Scenes of Winter
Movie • 1979
Charles
Desert Blue
Movie • 1999
Prof. Lance Davidson
Gamers
Movie • 2006
Gordon's Dad
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Movie • 1987
Johnny Boy (voice)
Beaches
Movie • 1988
John Pierce
The Lucky Ones
Movie • 2008
Bob
The Truth
Movie • 2010
Jonathan Davenport
The Trip to Bountiful
Movie • 1985
Ludie Watts
My Fellow Americans
Movie • 1996
Vice President Ted Matthews
Mindwalk
Movie • 1991
Thomas Harriman
The Big Heist
Movie • 2001
Richard Woods
Locusts
Movie • 2005
Peter Axelrod
The Telephone
Movie • 1988
Telephone Man
Too Scared to Scream
Movie • 1984
Sid
Whisper Me a Lullaby
Movie • 2013
Would You Rather
Movie • 2013
Conway
Best Revenge
Movie • 1984
Charlie
A Perfect Ending
Movie • 2012
Mason Westridge
Men
Movie • 1997
George
First Love
Movie • 1977
David Bonner
The Pilot's Wife
Movie • 2002
Jack Lyons
There Was a Little Boy
Movie • 1993
Gregg
Runner Runner
Movie • 2013
Harry Furst
Brothers Three: An American Gothic
Movie • 2007
Father
The Photographer
Movie • 2000
Marcello
Assault on Wall Street
Movie • 2013
Jeremy Stancroft
On the Yard
Movie • 1978
Juleson
Monday Night Mayhem
Movie • 2002
Roone Arledge
Sharknado
Movie • 2013
George
Between the Lines
Movie • 1977
Harry
Dead Lenny
Movie • 2007
Dr. Robert Hooker
Torn
Movie • 2013
Detective Kalkowitz
Snake & Mongoose
Movie • 2013
Wally Parks
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Movie • 1983
Clifford Odets
Animals
Movie • 2014
Albert
The Boys of Sunset Ridge
Movie • 2001
John Burroughs
Silent Cradle
Movie • 1997
Dr. Britain
Boys of Abu Ghraib
Movie • 2014
Sam Farmer
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Movie • 2000
Larry Mason
Heart Beat
Movie • 1980
Jack Kerouac
Virtuoso
Movie • 1989
Michael Johnson
Executive Power
Movie • 1997
Walker
Stealing Roses
Movie • 2012
Walter
Witches Blood
Movie • 2014
Himself
Steel City
Movie • 2006
Carl Lee
Me and Veronica
Movie • 1993
Frankie
The Insomniac
Movie • 2013
Paul Epstein
The Great Debaters
Movie • 2007
Sheriff Dozier
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Movie • 2007
Commander Barry Garner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Warren
Movie • 2014
Jack Cavanee
Sister
Movie • 2014
O
Movie • 2001
Dean Brable
The End of Innocence
Movie • 1990
Dean
The Nurse
Movie • 2014
Frank
Imprisoned
Movie • 2019
So B. It
Movie • 2016
Thurman
The Murder Pact
Movie • 2015
John LaSalle
Before and After
Movie • 1996
Wendell Bye
In the Line of Fire
Movie • 1993
Professor Riger
Generation Gap
Movie • 2008
Principal Winters
The Witness
Movie • 2000
Gregor
Too Big to Fail
Movie • 2011
Joe Gregory
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
Movie • 2016
JP Monroe
Necessity
Movie • 1988
Charlie
Legs
Movie • 1983
Dan Foster
Violated
Movie • 1984
Skipper
Word of Honor
Movie • 2003
Dr. Steven Brandt
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
Movie • 2016
Sheriff Parsons
After the Reality
Movie • 2016
Bob
Last Rampage
Movie • 2017
Blackwell
P.J.
Movie • 2008
Dr. Alan Shearson
The Wednesday Woman
Movie • 2000
Bill Davidson
The Seventh Sign
Movie • 1988
Reverend
Freak Weather
Movie • 2005
David
Rush It
Movie • 1978
Byron
The Tale
Movie • 2018
William P. Allens
The Legends of Nethiah
Movie • 2012
Nethiah's Father
Living Among Us
Movie • 2018
Andrew
Counting for Thunder
Movie • 2015
Garrett Stalworth
Searching for Fortune
Movie • 2017
Michael Denton Sr.
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
Movie • 2018
George (archive footage)
Because Mommy Works
Movie • 1994
Ted Forman
The Pact
Movie • 1999
Jerome Carver
My Tiny Universe
Movie • 2004
Bobby
Justice League: The New Frontier
Movie • 2008
Ace Morgan (voice)
The Guardian
Movie • 2006
Capt. Frank Larson
Gladiator
Movie • 1992
John Riley
Pray for Rain
Movie • 2017
Markus Gardner
Valley Forge
Movie • 1975
Buoyancy
Movie • 2018
Frank
Waterland
Movie • 1992
Lewis Scott
Spoils of War
Movie • 1994
Andrew
Tracks
Movie • 2005
Prison Warden
Little Hercules
Movie • 2009
Coach Nimms
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Movie • 1992
Dan Lawn
Boiling Pot
Movie • 2015
Tim Davis
Dying on the Edge
Movie • 2001
John Fuller
Rock and Roll: The Early Days
Movie • 1984
Narrator
Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes
Movie • 1999
Peter
Kate & Allie
TV • 1984
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Peter Houseman
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Kenwall 'Duke' Duquesne
Jack & Bobby
TV • 2004
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Laurence Thurmond
Battlestar Galactica
TV • 2004
Commander Barry Garner
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Peter Sipes
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Bill Callahan
Cavemen
TV • 2007
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Ron Parrish
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Harvie
Hack
TV • 2002
Paul 'Webster' Ballinger
20 Questions
TV
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Paul Stein
Southland
TV • 2009
Ben Sherman Sr.
The Client
TV • 1995
Roy Foltrigg
Gravity
TV • 2010
B.C.
Tales from the Darkside
TV • 1984
Billy Malone
Person of Interest
TV • 2011
Roger McCourt
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Roger Ridley
Perception
TV • 2012
Congressman Evan Rickford
The Sopranos
TV • 1999
Vin Makazian
APB
TV • 2017
Joe
MacGyver
TV • 2016
Arthur Ericson
Out on a Limb
TV • 1987
David Manning
The Scarlet Letter
TV • 1979
Arthur Dimmesdale
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Mitch Burke
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Walter Grobman
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV • 2009
Michael Thomas
Prison Break
TV • 2005
Frank Tancredi
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Larry Wiegert
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
TV • 2000
Larry Mason
Elementary
TV • 2012
Henry Watson
Modern Family
TV • 2009
Gunther Thorpe
Cross of Fire
TV • 1989
David 'D.C.' Stephenson
Adam Devine's House Party
TV • 2013
Dregory
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Allen Lowry
The Movies That Made Us
TV • 2019
Self (figure)
Entourage
TV • 2004
Richard Wimmer
Tender Is the Night
TV • 1985
Abe North