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John Boylan is a Actor American born on 31 january 1912 at Canton (USA)
John J. Boylan (January 31, 1912 – November 16, 1994) was an American film, television, and theatrical actor. One of three children born in Canton, Ohio to an Irish-American immigrant family, he began acting in 1932 when he helped found the Players' Guild for a local community theater. His working life was spent in the Ohio and Pennsylvania steel industries, but he continued acting whenever the opportunity arose, often travelling to Greenwich Village in New York City the 1930s and 1940s when regular employment was scarce. It was during these periods spent in New York that he performed on Broadway, becoming acquainted with fellow actors Burgess Meredith and John Ireland while there.
After over 40 years working in the steel industry, he retired in 1975, with his last job being the works manager at the Milton Manufacturing Company in Pennsylvania. Three years later he moved to Washington state, where he quickly established himself in the local repertory circuit, acting with the Seattle Repertory Theatre, the Bathhouse Theater, The Empty Space, and the Tacoma Actors Guild.
With more time to devote to his craft Boylan's acting career enjoyed an Indian summer, as he began carving out a successful niche in film and television with his silver-haired, moustached appearance. He played opposite John Travolta in The Experts (1989), opposite Jeff Bridges in American Heart (1992), and most notably in Twin Peaks, where he was cast as the mayor of the titular town in David Lynch's award-winning television series. He had been working in a repertory production of Much Ado About Nothing when he was spotted for the role, but was unwilling to quit just for the show. Instead, the 79-year-old Boylan would fly to Los Angeles every Sunday night after the final stage performance of the evening, spend all day Monday filming his part, before returning to Seattle in time for the Tuesday matinee, as if he had never been away.
His final film role was in 1993's Sleepless in Seattle, as an elevator operator at the Empire State Building, a role that took his life full circle; it was at the Empire State Building sixty years before that he had met his wife Jeanne.
A lifelong smoker, he died of lung cancer and pneumonia in Bellevue, Washington, leaving behind his wife, son John, daughter Kathy, and two grandchildren. Ironically, his "signature" performance, for which he had won a Best of Festival award at New City Theater's annual directors' festival in 1986, was in Anton Chekhov's one-man comedy On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco. His son later admitted that even while performing in this play, he had been "smoking on the sly".
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Birth name John J. Boylan
Nationality USA
Birth 31 january 1912 at Canton (USA)
Death 16 november 1994 (at 82 years) at Bellevue (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 31 january 1912 at Canton (USA)
Death 16 november 1994 (at 82 years) at Bellevue (USA)
After over 40 years working in the steel industry, he retired in 1975, with his last job being the works manager at the Milton Manufacturing Company in Pennsylvania. Three years later he moved to Washington state, where he quickly established himself in the local repertory circuit, acting with the Seattle Repertory Theatre, the Bathhouse Theater, The Empty Space, and the Tacoma Actors Guild.
With more time to devote to his craft Boylan's acting career enjoyed an Indian summer, as he began carving out a successful niche in film and television with his silver-haired, moustached appearance. He played opposite John Travolta in The Experts (1989), opposite Jeff Bridges in American Heart (1992), and most notably in Twin Peaks, where he was cast as the mayor of the titular town in David Lynch's award-winning television series. He had been working in a repertory production of Much Ado About Nothing when he was spotted for the role, but was unwilling to quit just for the show. Instead, the 79-year-old Boylan would fly to Los Angeles every Sunday night after the final stage performance of the evening, spend all day Monday filming his part, before returning to Seattle in time for the Tuesday matinee, as if he had never been away.
His final film role was in 1993's Sleepless in Seattle, as an elevator operator at the Empire State Building, a role that took his life full circle; it was at the Empire State Building sixty years before that he had met his wife Jeanne.
A lifelong smoker, he died of lung cancer and pneumonia in Bellevue, Washington, leaving behind his wife, son John, daughter Kathy, and two grandchildren. Ironically, his "signature" performance, for which he had won a Best of Festival award at New City Theater's annual directors' festival in 1986, was in Anton Chekhov's one-man comedy On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco. His son later admitted that even while performing in this play, he had been "smoking on the sly".
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Fever Pitch (2005)
, 1h43Directed by Frères Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about education, Sports films, Baseball films, Children's films
Actors Drew Barrymore, JoBeth Williams, Jimmy Fallon, KaDee Strickland-Behr, Jason Spevack, Jack Kehler
Rating61%
Ben Wrightman, a 7-year-old boy, is going to a Red Sox game with his Uncle Carl. His uncle, who had not children of his own, treated Ben like a son. A narration explains that on that day, Ben became a die-hard Red Sox fan. Just about everything he owns bears the Red Sox name, emblem, or image of a Red Sox player (with the exception of his toilet paper, which bears the New York Yankees insignia). Ben inherited his uncle's season tickets when Carl died. The story picks up 23 years later with Ben (Jimmy Fallon) as a school teacher who is immature for his age. He meets Lindsey Meeks (Drew Barrymore), a professionally successful workaholic executive. When Ben first asks her out, Lindsey rejects him, but she later changes her mind and agrees to go out with him.
Escape Clause (1996)
, 1h43Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Andrew McCarthy, Paul Sorvino, Connie Britton, Kenneth Welsh, Kate McNeil, Peter Donaldson
Roles Pathologist
Rating55%
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
, 1h45Directed by Nora Ephron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about families, Films about journalists, Radio
Actors Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Rosie O'Donnell, Rob Reiner, Ross Malinger
Roles Elevator Man
Rating67%
Sam Baldwin, a Chicago architect, loses his wife Maggie to cancer. He and his 8-year old son Jonah start anew in Seattle, Washington, but Sam continues to grieve.
American Heart (1992)
, 1h53Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jeff Bridges, Edward Furlong, Lucinda Jenney, John Boylan, Donald Patrick Harvey II, John Boylan
Roles Janitor
Rating66%
American Heart tells the story of a recently released convict (Jeff Bridges) pursued by his 12-year-old son (Edward Furlong), who hungers for a father and insists on joining him on Seattle's skid row.
Waiting for the Light (1990)
, 1h34Directed by Christopher Monger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Teri Garr, Vincent Schiavelli, Shirley MacLaine, Clancy Brown, Jack McGee, Hillary Wolf
Roles Old Man at Diner
Rating60%
Zena, une ancienne illusionniste, s’installe avec sa nièce Kay, mère célibataire avec deux enfants, dans une petite ville de l’État de Washington pour y gérer un modeste commerce. Suite à des chamailleries avec leur voisin auquel les gamins ont chapardé des légumes, la tante Zena fait à celui-ci un de ses tours de magie pour l’effrayer. Convaincu d’avoir assisté à une manifestation surnaturelle, le voisin met toute la ville en émoi. Les médias s’emparent de l’évènement et attirent une foule de curieux…
The Experts (1989)
, 1h34Directed by Dave Thomas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Political films
Actors John Travolta, Arye Gross, Kelly Preston, James Keach, Deborah Foreman, Jan Rubes
Roles Old Timer
Rating49%
Two hip nightclub owners from New York City, Travis (John Travolta) and Wendell (Arye Gross) are drugged and kidnapped while on their way to opening a nightclub in rural Nebraska. The KGB spy Cameron Smith (Charles Martin Smith) takes them to the Soviet Union, as "experts" on the "American lifestyle" with the intention of teaching KGB agents to be hip like Americans - and under the influence of drugs they think they have arrived in "Nebraska" to open the nightclub. Travis and Wendell are relocated to the phony burg of "Indian Springs", Nebraska which is actually located in the southeastern edge of the USSR near the Sea of Japan populated by Russians who "speak and act American", and where KGB trainees go to practice, but is mired in the 1950s. The KGB spy Smith is in charge of the "typical American town" constructed in the middle of the Soviet Union for espionage-training purposes and hopes that his fellow agents will learn real US culture. But things get out of control when Travis and Wendell immediately begin indoctrinating their fellow "American" neighbors in all the guilty pleasures of Yankee hedonism, turn a tiki lounge into a rock club, teach the townsfolk to dance, and introduce current pop culture. Both also flirt with local beauties. Things get dangerous when the townsfolk taste freedom, and the KGB decides to stop the experiment and get rid of the American "guests".
Kidco (1984)
, 1h44Directed by Ronald F. Maxwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Scott Schwartz, Charles Hallahan, Clifton James, Vincent Schiavelli, Tristine Skyler, Margaret Blye
Rating61%
A boy who lives at a country club where his father works decides to make some extra money by selling composted horse manure as fertilizer, and has his three sisters (two of which are older) join him in the enterprise. As their sales increase, they draw increased scrutiny from the IRS and state tax board, as well as the large scale competitor who seeks to put them out of business at any cost.
St. Helens (1981)
, 1h30Directed by Ernest Pintoff
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Art Carney, David Huffman, Albert Salmi, Ron O'Neal, Tim Thomerson, Bill McKinney
Roles Reporter #2
Rating60%
The film opens up with an image of Central Oregon's Mount Bachelor and the Central Oregon Cascades, which is the fictional setting for Mount St. Helens itself. On March 20, 1980 an earthquake of 4.1 on the Richter Scale strikes Mount St. Helens, signalling the first signs of volcanic activity in 123 years.
King Solomon's Treasure (1979)
, 1h28Directed by Alvin Rakoff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques
Actors John Colicos, David McCallum, Patrick Macnee, Véronique Béliveau, Britt Ekland, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Roles Club member
Rating38%
Two Solitudes (1978)
, 1h57Directed by Lionel Chetwynd
Origin Canada
Actors Jean-Pierre Aumont, Stacy Keach, Chris Wiggins, Claude Jutra, John Boylan, Raymond Cloutier
Rating60%
A big-budget tax shelter film of Hugh MacLennan’s famous novel about French-English relations in Quebec during the 1920s and ‘30s directed by screenwriter Lionel Chetwynd, coming off his Oscar nomination for The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz.