John McConnell

John McConnell

Born: November 13, 1958
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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John McConnell (born November 13, 1958), aka John "Spud" McConnell, is an American actor and radio personality based in New Orleans, Louisiana. McConnell is a character actor who has appeared in more than 40 films, ranging from obscure independent films (mostly filmed locally in New Orleans, or elsewhere set in the Gulf Coast region) to major cinematic release movies (such as the Coen Brothers production O Brother, Where Art Thou?). McConnell has also appeared in numerous plays, including an off-Broadway run in the one-man show The Kingfish, wherein he portrays colorful Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long. He is perhaps best-known for having portrayed Ignatius J. Reilly from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces, and in that role was the model for a life-sized bronze statue of the fictitious character on historic Canal Street in downtown New Orleans. On television, McConnell made appearances over three seasons of Roseanne, with good friend and colleague John Goodman. Most recently, McConnell is featured in a recurring role on the FX series The Riches, starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver. McConnell is a conservative afternoon radio personality, hosting a daily call-in talk show, "The Spud Show", on WWL 870 AM and 105.3 FM.

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Darlin'
Title: Darlin'
Character: Dr. Grant
Released: September 11, 2019
Type: Movie
Found at a Catholic hospital filthy and ferocious, feral teenager Darlin’ is whisked off to a care home run by The Bishop and his obedient nuns, where she’s to be rehabilitated into a "good girl" as an example of the miraculous work of the church. But Darlin’ holds a secret darker than the "sins" she is threatened with, and she is not traveling alone. The Woman who raised her, equally fierce and feral, is ever present in the shadows of Darlin’s psyche and is determined to come for her no matter who tries to get in her way.
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Our Friend
Title: Our Friend
Character: Glenn Hattaway
Released: September 4, 2019
Type: Movie
After learning that his terminally ill wife has six months to live, a man welcomes the support of his best friend who moves into their home to help out.
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Instant Family
Title: Instant Family
Character: Mr. Muskie
Released: November 16, 2018
Type: Movie
When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.
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Sasq-Watch!
Title: Sasq-Watch!
Character: Chuck
Released: December 12, 2017
Type: Movie
Amateur crypto-zoologists Nigel and Oscar want nothing more than to capture definitive evidence of a Sasquatch. When their guide bails on them, they must resort to using a mis-matched group of outdoor enthusiasts. Meanwhile, their rival Claus, also on the hunt for the 'Squatch,' races to beat them to the prize in this coming of age comedy about brotherhood.
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Abattoir
Title: Abattoir
Character: Sheriff McDermott
Released: November 24, 2016
Type: Movie
A reporter unearths an urban legend about a home being constructed from rooms where horrific tragedies have occurred.
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The Duel
Title: The Duel
Character: Saul
Released: June 24, 2016
Type: Movie
A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.
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Return to Sender
Title: Return to Sender
Character: Choking Man
Released: May 31, 2015
Type: Movie
A nurse living in a small town goes on a blind date with a man who is not the person he says he is.
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Black or White
Title: Black or White
Character: Vertell
Released: September 6, 2014
Type: Movie
A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.
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Cat Run 2
Title: Cat Run 2
Character: Guy Mancini
Released: August 19, 2014
Type: Movie
A couple of fumbling best friends run a private detective agency and find themselves solving their next case in New Orleans, becoming embroiled in a web of sexy female spies and government conspiracy in the lively and character-filled backdrops of the Big Easy
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13 Sins
Title: 13 Sins
Character: Detective
Released: April 11, 2014
Type: Movie
Drowning in debt as he's about to get married, a bright but meek salesman receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden-camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.
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Elsa & Fred
Title: Elsa & Fred
Character: Man in Window
Released: March 7, 2014
Type: Movie
After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa, who convinces him it's never too late to keep enjoying life. Although he seemed resigned to a miserable bedridden existence, Fred embraces Elsa's youthful enthusiasm as she introduces him to the path of life and entertains him with outlandish stories about her past life. But when he discovers Elsa's terminally ill, Fred decides to accompany her on the trip of her dreams to the eternal city of Rome to help her fulfil a lifelong ambition.
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12 Years a Slave
Title: 12 Years a Slave
Character: Jonus Ray
Released: October 18, 2013
Type: Movie
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
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2 Guns
Title: 2 Guns
Character: Officer Dave
Released: August 2, 2013
Type: Movie
A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
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Django Unchained
Title: Django Unchained
Released: December 25, 2012
Type: Movie
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
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Stolen
Title: Stolen
Character: Drunk Businessman
Released: September 6, 2012
Type: Movie
Master thief Will Montgomery is just released from the State penitentiary after serving a 10 year sentence, is contacted by Vincent, his ex comrade in crime, who is holding Will’s teenage daughter ransom in a hijacked taxi cab. Vincent will only surrender her when Will reveals the whereabouts of the 20 million dollars he contrived to conceal from their last robbery.
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The Baytown Outlaws
Title: The Baytown Outlaws
Character: Representative Hawkins
Released: August 27, 2012
Type: Movie
When three redneck brothers agree to help a woman save her son from an abusive father, they become targets on the run from an odd cast of characters.
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Killing Them Softly
Title: Killing Them Softly
Character: Bartender #2
Released: July 30, 2012
Type: Movie
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
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The Courier
Title: The Courier
Character: Detective
Released: March 29, 2012
Type: Movie
A shady FBI agent recruits a courier to deliver a mysterious package to a vengeful master criminal who has recently resurfaced with a diabolical plan.
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Seeking Justice
Title: Seeking Justice
Character: Liquor Store Clerk
Released: September 2, 2011
Type: Movie
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
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The Mechanic
Title: The Mechanic
Character: Vaughn
Released: January 13, 2011
Type: Movie
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business - with a unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. When Harry McKenna, his close friend and mentor, is murdered, Harry's son comes to him with vengeance in his heart and a desire to learn Bishop's trade, signaling the birth of a deadly partnership.
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Jonah Hex
Title: Jonah Hex
Character: Stunk Crick Sheriff
Released: June 18, 2010
Type: Movie
Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull, a former Confederate officer determined on unleashing hell on earth. Jonah not only secures freedom by accepting this task, he also gets revenge on the man who slayed his wife and child.
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Alabama Moon
Title: Alabama Moon
Character: Mr. Mitchell
Released: October 25, 2009
Type: Movie
After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven year old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.
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Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou
Title: Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou
Character: Oscar
Released: March 28, 2009
Type: Movie
The new owner of a supposedly haunted New Orleans plantation manor uncovers a shocking secret that has been hidden for over 100 years.
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Title: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Character: Vernon Green
Released: February 5, 2009
Type: Movie
Remake of a 1956 Fritz Lang film in which a novelist's investigation of a dirty district attorney leads to a setup within the courtroom.
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Ruffian
Title: Ruffian
Character: Tony Pappas
Released: June 9, 2007
Type: Movie
Ruffian is an American made-for-television movie that tells the story of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Champion thoroughbred filly Ruffian who went undefeated until her death after breaking down in a nationally televised match race at Belmont Park on July 6, 1975 against the Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure. Made by ESPN Original Entertainment, the film is directed by Yves Simoneau and stars Sam Shepard as Ruffian's trainer, Frank Whiteley. The producers used four different geldings in the role of Ruffian. Locations for the 2007 film included Louisiana Downs in Shreveport, Louisiana and Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.
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The Reaping
Title: The Reaping
Character: Mayor Brooks
Released: April 5, 2007
Type: Movie
Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to prove that a supernatural force is not behind the occurrences, but soon finds that science cannot explain what is happening. Instead, she must regain her faith to combat the evil that waits in a Louisiana swamp.
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Déjà Vu
Title: Déjà Vu
Character: Sheriff Reed / Police Chief at Disaster
Released: November 22, 2006
Type: Movie
Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.
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Crossroads
Title: Crossroads
Character: Luther
Released: September 30, 2006
Type: Movie
The life of a young Jesuit seminarian is turned upside down when he falls in love with a young woman while working as a volunteer at a soup kitchen.
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Because of Winn-Dixie
Title: Because of Winn-Dixie
Character: Store Manager
Released: February 18, 2005
Type: Movie
A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small Florida town and heals her own troubled relationship with her father.
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Miracle Run
Title: Miracle Run
Released: August 9, 2004
Type: Movie
Corinne is a single mother of twin 5-year-old boys, Steven and Phillip, who are diagnosed with autism. Public school officials threaten to remove them from school due to their behavior, but through therapy, the boys are able to make major strides in their capabilities. A decade later, teens Steven and Phillip seek to prove they can handle high school while still struggling with their disorder.
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The Ladykillers
Title: The Ladykillers
Character: Deputy Sheriff
Released: March 25, 2004
Type: Movie
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.
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Love Liza
Title: Love Liza
Character: High School Principal #1
Released: December 30, 2002
Type: Movie
Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to huffing gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law.
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The Badge
Title: The Badge
Character: Ornell
Released: September 7, 2002
Type: Movie
A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help from the people he once despised.
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Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
Title: Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
Character: Detective Dave Loomis
Released: March 31, 2002
Type: Movie
Fuad Ramses III (J.P. Delahoussaye) returns to Miami to reopen his grandfather's defunct catering company. This arouses the interest of the local sheriff (Mark McLachlan), who holds Fuad's family reputation in ill favor. Fuad is soon, however, asked to cater the sheriff's wedding by his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lamply (Melissa Morgan), and fiancee, Tiffani (Toni Winne). After finding his grandfather's statue of Ishtar, an Egyptian goddess, in a utility closet, he becomes possessed by her evil spirit. He then goes on to create the 'blood feast' his grandfather failed to do, by killing young women in the area and making them into party food for the wedding.
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Monster's Ball
Title: Monster's Ball
Character: Harvey Shoonmaker
Released: June 7, 2001
Type: Movie
A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
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Malpractice
Title: Malpractice
Character: Walter
Released: May 25, 2001
Type: Movie
A lawyer turns private investigator when her doctor-husband holds himself responsible for the death of a patient.
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Title: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Character: Woolworths Manager
Released: August 30, 2000
Type: Movie
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's 'Odyssey'.
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Title: The Big Easy
Character: Skank
Released: August 11, 1996
Type: TV
The Big Easy television series was inspired by the film of the same name from 1987. The show premiered on the USA Cable Network August 11, 1996. Tony Crane played New Orleans police lieutenant/detective Remy McSwain, Susan Walters played state district attorney Anne Osbourne and Barry Corbin played police chief C.D. LeBlanc. Daniel Petrie Jr. was the executive producer of the series. 35 episodes were broadcast over two seasons. The series takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana and was shot on location.
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Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Title: Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Character: 'Battlin' Bozman
Released: March 18, 1995
Type: Movie
A Louisiana governor becomes a controversial political kingpin during the Depression.
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Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou
Title: Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou
Character: Remmy
Released: January 9, 1995
Type: Movie
Gerald McRaney stars as Jake Lassiter, a colorful ex-football player turned top defense attorney who is hired to defend Dr. Roger Salisbury, a surgeon charged with malpractice in the mysterious death of a wealthy patient, Phillip Corrigan.
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Running Wild
Title: Running Wild
Character: Sheriff
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A troubled woman has an affair with her fiance's son.
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Interview with the Vampire
Title: Interview with the Vampire
Character: Gambler
Released: November 11, 1994
Type: Movie
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
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King of the Hill
Title: King of the Hill
Character: Patrolman Burns
Released: August 20, 1993
Type: Movie
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
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Delta Heat
Title: Delta Heat
Character: LaSalle
Released: December 30, 1992
Type: Movie
An L.A. cop investigates the death of his partner in the swamps of Louisiana. Enlisting the help of an ex-cop who lost his hand to an alligator many years before.
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This Gun for Hire
Title: This Gun for Hire
Character: Lt. Leoville
Released: January 9, 1991
Type: Movie
A killer for hire named Raven kills his target. However, he believes that he was just killing an ordinary person, but before he knows it, there's a massive manhunt for him. It seems that the man he killed is a senator. While trying to evade the police, he takes a woman, Anne hostage. Though he eventually lets her go. She develops some kind of fascination for him, which doesn't please her boyfriend, who just happens to be the one who tracking Raven. At the same time Raven tries to find out who set him up and why.
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Miller's Crossing
Title: Miller's Crossing
Character: Cop - Brian
Released: September 21, 1990
Type: Movie
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.