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J. Patrick McNamara

Actor

J. Patrick McNamara

Born October 30, 1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USADied January 2, 202321 films

J. Patrick McNamara (1942 - January 2, 2023) was an American actor, known for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) and 1941 (1979).

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind posterFirst watchClose Encounters of the Third Kind19777.4as Project LeaderAfter an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Blow Out poster7.4Blow Out1981Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure poster6.8Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure1989Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey poster6.3Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey1991Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown poster6.5Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown2011Obsession poster6.7Obsession19761941 poster5.819411979Phantasm II poster6.2Phantasm II1988Mardi Gras: Spring Break poster5.7Mardi Gras: Spring Break2011

Filmography

21 films as actor
  1. 2013The Hot FlashesBoard President
  2. 2013From the RoughPGA President
  3. 2011Mardi Gras: Spring BreakProfessor Fleischman
  4. 2011Never Back Down 2: The BeatdownDoctor
  5. 2008Living ProofDr. Rice
  6. 1991Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyMr. Preston
  7. 1991Flight of the IntruderAdmiral
  8. 1991Dead Women in LingerieJim
  9. 1990MomJohn
  10. 1990The First PowerPriest
  11. 1989Gross AnatomyInterviewing Professor
  12. 1989Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventureMr. Preston
  13. 1988Phantasm IIPsychologist
  14. 1985Warning SignConnolly's Aide
  15. 1981Blow OutDetective at Hospital
  16. 1981Remember MeService Manager
  17. 1980Gideon's TrumpetHarris
  18. 19791941Pvt. DuBois
  19. 1979Good Luck, Miss WyckoffChest Rollins
  20. 1977Close Encounters of the Third KindProject Leader
  21. 1976ObsessionThird Kidnapper