John Heffernan

John Heffernan

Born: May 30, 1934
Died: December 3, 2018
in New York City, New York, USA
John Heffernan (May 30, 1934 – December 3, 2018) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was perhaps best known for playing Eddie Niles in the 1973 film The Sting.

Movies for John Heffernan...

Draft Day
Title: Draft Day
Character: Self
Released: April 11, 2014
Type: Movie
At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.
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Bringing Out the Dead
Title: Bringing Out the Dead
Character: Mr. Oh
Released: October 22, 1999
Type: Movie
Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.
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Gloria
Title: Gloria
Character: Hotel Clerk
Released: January 22, 1999
Type: Movie
After serving a prison term for her boyfriend, a streetwise, middle-aged moll named Gloria stands up against the mobs, which is complicated by a six-year-old urchin with a will of his own, whom she reluctantly takes under her wing after his family has been gunned down.
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Extreme Measures
Title: Extreme Measures
Character: Cartman
Released: September 27, 1996
Type: Movie
Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.
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1492: Conquest of Paradise
Title: 1492: Conquest of Paradise
Character: Brother Buyl
Released: October 9, 1992
Type: Movie
1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
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The Fisher King
Title: The Fisher King
Character: Stockbroker Bum
Released: September 20, 1991
Type: Movie
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Welch
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Marvin Warner
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
Title: Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
Character: Christopher Martin
Released: November 21, 1979
Type: Movie
In 1620, the Assembly of the Pilgrims decides to emigrate to the young America because of the persecution they suffer by the English crown. The film tells the adventurous journey of the Pilgrims to an unknown land and future.
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God Told Me To
Title: God Told Me To
Character: Bramwell
Released: October 22, 1976
Type: Movie
A repressed Catholic NYPD detective uncovers a netherworld of deranged faith, alien insemination and his own unholy connection to a homicidal messiah with a perverse plan for the soul of mankind.
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92 in the Shade
Title: 92 in the Shade
Released: August 22, 1975
Type: Movie
A young drifter returns to his home in Key West, Florida and attempts to open a fishing charter business, provoking a dangerous feud with a rival fishing sea captain.
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A Touch of the Poet
Title: A Touch of the Poet
Character: Paddy O'Dowd
Released: January 2, 1974
Type: Movie
Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his former days as a nobleman and decorated officer in the British army during the Napoleonic wars. Impoverished now, he struts about in his uniform and plots to make money by manipulating the love of his daughter for the son of a wealthy manufacturer. His daughter sees through his façade and his chicanery and begins to plot for herself.
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The Sting
Title: The Sting
Character: Eddie Niles
Released: December 25, 1973
Type: Movie
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
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Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Title: Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Character: Dr. Sherman
Released: December 16, 1970
Type: Movie
Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressfull workdays, her affair with Mark, an advertising executive, her friendship with photographer Aaron, and her downward spiral into ruin.
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Barefoot in Athens
Title: Barefoot in Athens
Character: Anytas
Released: November 11, 1966
Type: Movie
The last few days in the life of Socrates, including his trial.
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The American Way
Title: The American Way
Character: Man in the Park
Released: April 12, 1962
Type: Movie
A comedy short which pokes merry anarchistic fun at such quintessential American institutions as mom, baseball, and apple pie. It features an early appearance from actor John Cazale.
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Time of the Heathen
Title: Time of the Heathen
Character: Gaunt
Released: March 5, 1962
Type: Movie
A wandering drifter, religious fanatic Gaunt, accidentally sees the rape/murder of a black woman, Marie, by farm boy Ted. The boy's father, Link accuses Gaunt of committing the crime and attempts to get his son to kill both Gaunt and another witness, Marie's mute son. The two victims escape, pursued by father, son and town sheriff Cal into the woods where Gaunt kills Ted and is wounded by Link. With an infected wound, the delirious Gaunt relives his past in flashback, revealing that he was one of the Enola Gay crew members responsible for dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima.