Pat Proft

Pat Proft

Born: April 3, 1947
in Columbia Heights, Minnesota
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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.

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Movies for Pat Proft...

Wrongfully Accused
Title: Wrongfully Accused
Character: Window Technician
Released: July 23, 1998
Type: Movie
Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue's husband with her. Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and Ryan suddenly finds himself being the main suspect. After being sentenced to death he manages to flee while being transferred to his execution site. Now, all the world is after him as he stumbles from one unfortunate incident to the next in order to prove himself innocent - by finding a mysterious one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged man...
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Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
Title: Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
Released: May 20, 1993
Type: Movie
Spoof documentary
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Hot Shots!
Title: Hot Shots!
Character: Lawrence Lipps
Released: July 31, 1991
Type: Movie
The gang that created Airplane and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this often hilarious spoof starring Charlie Sheen, who previously only inspired laughs with his personal life. He plays Topper Harley, a fighter pilot with an ax to grind: clearing the family name. He gets involved in a relationship with Valerie Golino, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. But his mission is to avenge his father. Lloyd Bridges, late in his career, revealed an aptitude for this kind of silliness, here as a commander who is both incredibly dim and delightfully accident prone. Directed by Jim Abrahams, the film makes fun of a variety of other films as well, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys. It was so successful that they all returned in the sequel, Hot Shots! Part Deux.
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Bachelor Party
Title: Bachelor Party
Character: Screaming Man
Released: June 29, 1984
Type: Movie
On the eve of his wedding to his longtime girlfriend, unassuming nice guy Rick is dragged out for a night of debauchery by his friends.
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Modern Problems
Title: Modern Problems
Character: Maitre 'd
Released: December 25, 1981
Type: Movie
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses to not only win her back, but to gain a little revenge.
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All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special
Title: All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special
Character: Self
Released: September 30, 1980
Type: Movie
Steve Martin's third NBC special serves as a salute to 1970s television commercials. Taking shots at everything from "Suzy Chapstick" to Palmolive to advertising agencies, this special showcased Martin's genius for physical comedy.
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Title: Detective School
Released: July 31, 1979
Type: TV
Detective School is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC for four months in 1979, for a total of 13 episodes. The show was about an assortment of students who went to night school to learn basic detective skills, but who kept getting caught up in real criminal cases and getting themselves and their teacher into trouble. This show was written, directed, and produced by Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff, the creators of Diff'rent Strokes.
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Fast Friends
Title: Fast Friends
Character: Bill Owens
Released: March 19, 1979
Type: Movie
A young divorcee struggles to provide for her young son and make a new life for herself in the backstage jungle of a TV talk show, becoming fast friends with its head writer whose job it is to see that its host, a woman-chasing egomaniac, stays at the top of the ratings.
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Psycho Shampoo
Title: Psycho Shampoo
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A short parody of the iconic shower murder scene from Hitchcock's "Psycho" framed as a shampoo commercial. This short was produced for the LA-based comedy theater group Our Lady of Laughter and used as part of their show "Rabies!" in 1979.
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Tunnel Vision
Title: Tunnel Vision
Character: Skipper
Released: March 12, 1976
Type: Movie
A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely crack you up! This outrageous and irreverent spoof of television launched the careers of some of the greatest comedians of all time.
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Title: Van Dyke and Company
Character: Self
Released: October 30, 1975
Type: TV
Short-lived variety show starring Dick Van Dyke and assorted guests. The show was best known for Dick's pantomime acting and a recurring skit about the dumbest family in the world, coincidently named "The Bright Family". Van Dyke & Co also featured appearances by the Los Angeles Mime Company.
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Title: The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour
Released: June 30, 1973
Type: TV