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Pat Proft

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pat Proft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Apr 3, 1947 In Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Movie/TV Credits:
11
First Appeared:
In the series The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour 1973-06-30
Latest Project:
Movie Wrongfully Accused 1998-07-23
Known For
Poster of Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
Poster of All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special
Poster of Psycho Shampoo
Poster of The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour
Filmography
Movie Wrongfully Accused Window Technician 1998-07-23
Movie Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology 1993-05-20
Movie Hot Shots! Lawrence Lipps 1991-07-31
Movie Bachelor Party Screaming Man 1984-06-29
Movie Modern Problems Maitre 'd 1981-12-25
Movie All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special Self 1980-09-30
Movie Psycho Shampoo Narrator (voice) 1979-01-01
Series Detective School 1979-07-31
Movie Tunnel Vision Skipper 1976-03-12
Series Van Dyke and Company Self 1975-10-30
Series The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour 1973-06-30