John Finnegan

Born: 1926-08-18 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 2012-07-29

Known For: Acting

Biography

John P. "J.P." Finnegan was an American film and television actor, mostly known for his recurrent role on the American crime fiction series Columbo. He voiced the villainous character Warren T. Rat in the 1986 Don Bluth film An American Tail.

Filmography

2000

The Independent as Guard

1997

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Jerome Metz (segment "The Magic Rose Garden")
Vegas Vacation as Hoover Dam Guide

1996

Mars Attacks! as Speaker of the House

1994

ER as Mitchell

1993

Last Action Hero as Watch Commander

1991

JFK as Judge Haggerty

1990

Come See the Paradise as Brennan
The Last of the Finest as Tommy Grogan
The Knife and Gun Club as Mr. Warshawski

1989

Big Man on Campus as Judge Ferguson
Finish Line as Purdy Hall

1986

Matlock as Mr. Gillespie
An American Tail as Warren T. Rat (voice)
Big Trouble as Det. Murphy
The Deacon Street Deer as Sidney

1985

The Journey of Natty Gann as Logging Boss

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Uncle Charlie
The Natural as Sam Simpson
Love Streams as Taxi Driver (Animals)
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency as Policeman

1982

Rehearsal for Murder as Damon
Terror at Alcatraz as Murphy

1980

Gloria as Frank
Little Miss Marker as Casino Clerk

1979

The In-Laws as Deliveryman #1

1978

1977

Heroes as Mr. Munro
Opening Night as Bobby
Lucan as Jess

1976

Quincy, M.E. as Joe Ives
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II as Reporter
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie as Taxi Driver
Nickelodeon as Kathleen's Director
Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence as Deputy Marshal Vieter
Street Killing as Alex Lesko

1975

Capone as N.Y. Police Lt.
Conspiracy of Terror as Sgt. Carroll
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects as Matthew Thomas Cleary

1974

A Woman Under the Influence as Clancy
Terror on the 40th Floor as Stark

1972

Banacek as Lt. Hallohan
Play It as It Lays as Frank

1971

Columbo as Guard

1970

McCloud as Doorman