Pat Proft
Born: 1947-04-03 in Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Known For: Writing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2013
- Scary Movie 5 ... (Writer)
2008
- Mostly Ghostly ... (Writer)
- Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation ... (Screenplay)
2006
- Scary Movie 4 ... (Screenplay)
2003
- Scary Movie 3 ... (Screenplay)
1998
- Wrongfully Accused as Window Technician
1997
- Mr. Magoo ... (Screenplay)
1996
- High School High ... (Screenplay)
1994
- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult ... (Writer)
- Police Academy: Mission to Moscow ... (Characters)
1993
- Hot Shots! Part Deux ... (Characters)
- Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1992
- Brain Donors ... (Writer)
1991
- Hot Shots! as Lawrence Lipps
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear ... (Writer)
1989
- Police Academy 6: City Under Siege ... (Characters)
1988
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! ... (Writer)
- Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach ... (Characters)
- Lucky Stiff ... (Writer)
1987
- Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol ... (Characters)
1986
- Police Academy 3: Back in Training ... (Characters)
1985
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment ... (Characters)
- Real Genius ... (Screenplay)
- Moving Violations ... (Screenplay)
1984
- Police Academy ... (Screenplay)
- Bachelor Party as Screaming Man
- High School U.S.A. ... (Writer)
1982
- Police Squad! ... (Teleplay)
- Twilight Theatre ... (Producer)
1981
- Modern Problems as Maitre 'd
1980
- Airplane! ... (Thanks)
- All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special as Self
1979
- Detective School
- Fast Friends as Bill Owens
- Psycho Shampoo as Narrator (voice)
1978
- The Star Wars Holiday Special ... (Writer)
- Ringo ... (Writer)
1976
- Tunnel Vision as Skipper
1975
- Welcome Back, Kotter ... (Writer)
- When Things Were Rotten as Peasant
- Van Dyke and Company as Self