Pat Proft
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| Pat Proft | |
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| Born | April 3, 1947 Columbia Heights, Minnesota |
| Spouse | Karen Philipp |
Patrick "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.[1] 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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[edit] Filmography
[edit] As Writer
- The Smothers Brothers Show (1965) (TV)
- The Jim Stafford Show (1975) (TV)
- When Things Were Rotten (1975) (TV)
- Welcome Back, Kotter (1975) (TV)
- Van Dyke and Company (1976) (TV)
- What's New, Mr. Magoo? (1977) (TV)
- The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour (1977) (TV)
- Mary (1978) (TV)
- The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) (TV)
- Detective School (1979) (TV)
- Twilight Theater (1982) (TV)
- Police Squad! (1982) (TV)
- Police Academy (with Neal Israel and Hugh Wilson) (1984)
- Bachelor Party (with Neal Israel) (1984)
- Moving Violations (with Neal Israel) (1985) (TV)
- Real Genius (with Neal Israel and Peter Torokvei) (1985)
- High School USA 2 (1985) (TV)
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (with Jerry Zucker, David Zucker and Jim Abrahams) (1988)
- Lucky Stiff (1988)
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (with Jerry Zucker, David Zucker and Jim Abrahams) (1991)
- Hot Shots! (with Jim Abrahams) (1991)
- Brain Donors (1992)
- Hot Shots! Part Deux (with Jim Abrahams) (1993)
- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (with Jerry Zucker, David Zucker and Jim Abrahams) (1994)
- High School High (with David Zucker and Robert LoCash) (1996)
- Mr. Magoo (with Tom Sherohman) (1997)
- Wrongfully Accused (1998) (also Director)
- Scary Movie 3 (with Craig Mazin) (2003)
- Scary Movie 4 (with Craig Mazin and Jim Abrahams) (2006)
- Mostly Ghostly (with Richard Correll) (2008)
- Super Dave's Spike-Tacular (2009) (TV)
[edit] As Actor
- The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour (1973)
- Tunnel Vision (1976)
- The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
- Fast Friends (1979)
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1996)
- Detective School (1979)
- Modern Problems (1981)
- Bachelor Party (1984)
- Hot Shots! (1991)
- Wrongfully Accused (1998)
[edit] Unproduced screenplays
- Balls of Courage (with Jim Abrahams)
- The Kids On The Hill (with Neal Israel)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Pat Proft at the Internet Movie Database
