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Hollywood actor John Heard who played dad in Home Alone movies, Dies at 72
Hollywood actor John Heard, who played dad in ‘Home Alone’ movies, Dies at 72
John Heard, best
known as Peter McAllister in the “Home Alone” movies who appeared in a wide
range of TV and film roles, has died at 72 in Palo Alto, Calif.
He was found dead in a hotel where he was reportedly
recovering after undergoing back surgery. The Santa Clara Medical Examiner’s
office confirmed his death.
In the 1990 “Home Alone,” Heard stars as the father who
forgets his son, played by Macauley Culkin, when making a business trip to
France. After “Home Alone” became a big hit, Heard returned to star in “Home
Alone 2: Lost in New York.”
He also appeared in “Cat People,” “After Hours,” “Big,”
“Beaches,” “Gladiator,” and on TV in “Miami Vice” and “The Sopranos,” for which
he won an Emmy nomination for outstanding guest actor.
Born in Washington, D.C., Heard started out acting off-Broadway. His first
major role came in the romantic comedy “Chilly Scenes of Winter” in 1979.
His memorable roles in the 1980s included starring in
“Cutter’s Way,” playing Nastassja Kinski’s lover in the 1983 remake of “Cat
People,” and starring alongside “Home Alone” actor Daniel Stern in 1984’s
“C.H.U.D.” In Martin Scorsese’s “After Hours,” he played the bartender Tom
Schorr. His other films during that period included “The Trip to Bountiful,”
“Heaven Help Us” and “The Milagro Beanfield War.”
In 1988, he starred as Elizabeth Perkins’ jilted
boyfriend in “Big” and co-starred with Bette Midler in “Beaches.”
His other roles included “Gladiator,” “Awakenings,”
“Radio Flyer,” and “The Pelican Brief,” in which he played an FBI agent.
On television, he played Commander Barry Garner on
“Battlestar Galactica” and had recurring roles on “CSI: Miami” and “Prison
Break.” More recently he had numerous guest roles on shows including “Modern
Family,” “NCIS: Los Angeles” and “MacGuyver.”
Heard was married to actress Margot Kidder – for just six
days — and had a son from a relationship with actress Melissa Leo. He is also
survived by a daughter from a later marriage.
Monday, July 17, 2017
Living Dead movie franchise director George A Romero dies at 77
Living
Dead movie franchise director George A Romero dies at 77
The American-born filmmaker George A Romero, who created
the genre-defining Living Dead movie franchise, has died at the age of 77, his
manager has said.
Romero died in his sleep on Sunday after a
"brief but aggressive battle" with lung cancer, his manager told
Variety.
Romero co-wrote and directed the film that
started the zombie series Night of the Living Dead in 1968.
It led to a number of sequels - and a slew of
imitators.
Manager Chris Roe said Mr Romero died with
his wife and daughter by his side, listening to the score of The Quiet Man,
"one of his all-time favourite films".
At the time of its release, Night of the
Living Dead was criticised for being gory but it went on to be a cult classic
and shape horror and zombie films for decades.
While it did not use the word zombies, it was
the first film to depict cannibalistic reanimated corpses.
Previous films had shown zombies as being
living people who had been bewitched through voodoo.
Despite having a budget of just $114,000, the film made
$30m at the box office and was followed by five sequels and two remakes.
Mr Romero had a non-starring and uncredited
role in the film as a news reporter.
He went on to direct other films including
the 1971 romantic comedy There's Always Vanilla, the 1978 vampire film Martin,
and the 1982 Stephen King adaptation Creepshow.
His only work to top the box office success
enjoyed by Night of the Living Dead was Dawn of the Dead, released in 1978,
which earned more than $40m.
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