“Home Alone” Dad Actor John Heard Dead At 72! (Photos)
Beloved actor John Heard has died at 72. The actor was found in a hotel and was pronounced dead on the scene Friday night, TMZ is reporting. He was one of my favorite “old school” actor. He been in many classics and hit movies.
The “Sopranos” actor, began his career in the 1970s, had “minor back surgery” this week and was recovering at the hotel in Palo Alto, Calif. His cause of death was still unclear.
A spokesperson for local police stated “I can confirm that our officers responded with the Fire Department to a hotel in our city yesterday on a report of a person in need of medical aid,” “The person was determined to be deceased. While still under investigation, the death is not considered suspicious at this time.”
Heard’s most famous roles include Peter McCallister Macaulay Culkin’s dad in the hit “Home Alone” movies in the 1990s:
The “Home Alone” movie franchise grossed nearly a half-billion dollars worldwide and was the No. 1 film of the year domestically, and 1992’s Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, which banked $358M globally and was No. 2 behind Aladdin that year.
He also stared in “Big” in 1988 with Tom Hanks and one of my all time favorites tearjerkers “Beaches” with Bette Midler.
He was nominated for an Emmy for his role on HBO series The Sopranos for the role of Vin Makazian, a corrupt New Jersey detective with a penchant for hookers and gambling who did favors for Tony Soprano.
John was a Washington, D.C. native.
He followed the path of most great actors, starting his career in plays and in the theater, then segued to television, playing the role of Arthur Dimmesdale in a production of The Scarlet Letter.
He mainly turned to film in the 1980s, going on to land several leading roles in features including Chilly Scenes of Winter, Heart Beat, Cutter’s Way, Cat People, and C.H.U.D., as well as supporting roles in After Hours, Big, Beaches, Awakenings, Rambling Rose, The Pelican Brief, My Fellow Americans, Snake Eyes and Animal Factory.
He also earned a CableACE nomination for the 1985 miniseries Tender Is the Night, played the series-regular role of Roy Foltrigg in 1990s drama The Client and appeared in the original Sharknado in 2013. He had numerous key recurring/guest roles in series including CSI: Miami, the original Prison Break, Entourage, CSI and more recently Elementary, MacGyver, APB and Modern Family. He was most recently seen in a guest role in an April episode of The Outsiders.
Hate to see one of the great one go. RIP John Heard…you will be missed!
