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John Matuszak

Actor

John Matuszak

Born October 25, 1950 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USADied June 17, 198913 films

John Daniel Tooz Matuszak was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League and also an actor. Matuszak was born in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Tampa and played for their football team. Matuszak also played for the Houston Oilers of the NFL and joined the Houston Texans of the World Football League, but never played for them. His first major role as an actor was in the 1979 movie "North Dallas Forty" as a football player. He also appeared in the movies "Caveman", "The Ice Pirates", and "One Crazy Summer" but is known for his role in "The Goonies". He also had guest appearances on popular TV shows "Perfect Strangers", "M*A*S*H", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Hunter", "Silver Spoons", "The A-Team", "1st & Ten", "Miami Vice" and "Cheers". He died on June 17, 1989 aged 38 due to a heart failure.

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The Goonies posterFirst watchThe Goonies19857.5as SlothYoung teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure in hopes of saving their homes from demolition.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Caveman poster6.7Caveman1981One Crazy Summer poster6.0One Crazy Summer1986The Ice Pirates poster5.7The Ice Pirates1984North Dallas Forty poster6.7North Dallas Forty1979The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission poster5.2The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission1988

Filmography

13 films as actor
  1. 1990Down the DrainJed Stewart
  2. 1989Ghost WriterChuck Aaron
  3. 1989One Man ForceJake
  4. 1988The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal MissionFred Collins
  5. 1986One Crazy SummerStain
  6. 1986Charlie Barnett's Terms of EnrollmentTV Spokesman
  7. 1986Darlin' ClementineMountain Man
  8. 1985Command 5Kowalski
  9. 1985The GooniesSloth
  10. 1985Half Nelson
  11. 1984The Ice PiratesKilljoy
  12. 1981CavemanTonda
  13. 1979North Dallas FortyO. W. Shaddock