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John Aylward

John Aylward

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 07, 1946
Died May 16, 2022 (75)
Birthplace Seattle, Washington, USA
Popularity 3 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

John Aylward (November 7, 1946 – May 16, 2022) was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the former DNC chairman Barry Goodwin on the NBC television series The West Wing and for playing Dr. Donald Anspaugh on the NBC television series ER. He also supplied his voice for Dr. Arne Ma ... gnusson in Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Aylward was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. He attended St. Joseph's Grade school and went on to Prep High School, but graduated from Garfield High School in 1965. He graduated from the Professional Actor's Training Program at the University of Washington in 1970. He was one of the founders, in 1973, of Seattle's Empty Space Theatre, and he worked regularly as a company member of the Seattle Repertory Theatre for 15 years until he became a television and film actor in the 1990s. Carol Flynt, co-producer of ER, first offered him an audition after seeing him in a 1996 production of "Psychopathia Sexualis" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Aylward, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

The Nowhere Inn

The Nowhere Inn

2021

as Uncle Pete

The Way Back

The Way Back

2020

as Father Edward Devine

The Architect

The Architect

2016

as Colin's Father

A Million Ways to Die in the West

A Million Ways to Die in the West

2014

as Pastor Wilson

Gangster Squad

Gangster Squad

2013

as Judge Carter

Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants

2011

as Mr. Erwin

Norman

Norman

2010

as Robert Bessent

The Crazies

The Crazies

2010

as Mayor Hobbs

The Gray Man

The Gray Man

2007

as Capt. Ayers

The Celestine Prophecy

The Celestine Prophecy

2006

as Dobson

North Country

North Country

2005

as Judge Halsted

Monster-in-Law

Monster-in-Law

2005

as Priest (uncredited)

Down with Love

Down with Love

2003

as E.G.

Path to War

Path to War

2003

as Dean Rusk

Bad Company

Bad Company

2002

as Officer Ferren

Just Visiting

Just Visiting

2001

as Byron

Thirteen Days

Thirteen Days

2000

as Orville Dryfoos

Instinct

Instinct

1999

as Warden Keefer

Swing Vote

Swing Vote

1999

as Justice Benjamin 'Rip' Ripley

Finding Graceland

Finding Graceland

1998

as Sheriff Haynes

Armageddon

Armageddon

1998

as Dr. Banks

Buddy

Buddy

1997

as Joe Bowman

Third Degree Burn

Third Degree Burn

1989

as Lomax

Three Fugitives

Three Fugitives

1989

as Second Cop

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

ER

as Donald Anspaugh

Episodes: 72

First Aired: Sep 19, 1994

The Others

as Albert McGonagle

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Feb 05, 2000

Briarpatch

as Freddie Laffter

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Feb 06, 2020

The West Wing

as Barry Goodwin

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 22, 1999

Family Law

as Judge Lester Burger

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 20, 1999

Carnivàle

as Bishop McNaughton

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 14, 2003

Brothers and Sisters

as Joe Rawling

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 24, 2006

House of Lies

as K. Warren McDale

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 08, 2012

Alias

as Jeffrey Davenport

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 30, 2001

The Practice

as Federal Judge Kendall Marcott

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 04, 1997

Impastor

as Bishop Perkins

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jul 15, 2015

Creature

as Ben Madiera

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 18, 1998

Yellowstone

as Father Bob

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 20, 2018

Mad Men

as Geoffrey Atherton

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jul 19, 2007

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Dr. Paul Anton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 2000

Judging Amy

as Father Jack Monroe

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1999

Cold Case

as Norman Campbell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 2003

Everwood

as Walter Cunningham

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 2002

Dharma & Greg

as Kevin Kincaid

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1997

Surface

as Government Panel Suit

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 2005

Diagnosis: Murder

as Captain Woodruff

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1993

The Practice

as Center Panelist in Rydell Hearing

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 04, 1997

The X-Files

as Dr. John Rietz

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1993

Stargate SG-1

as President Nadal

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 27, 1997

The Mentalist

as Professor Stutzer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2008

Boston Legal

as Tom Orchard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 2004

American Horror Story

as Father Malachi

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 2011

Major Crimes

as Ted King Sr.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 13, 2012

From the Earth to the Moon

as Dr. Ray Pemberton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1998

The Practice

as Chief District Court Judge

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 04, 1997

Jack & Bobby

as Victor Sable

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 2004

Scorpion

as Uncle Tobin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2014

Fringe

as Dr. Owen Frank

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2008

3rd Rock from the Sun

as Registrar

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1996

3rd Rock from the Sun

as Chancellor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1996

Law & Order

as Harlan Dwyer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1990

Without a Trace

as Bernard Fields

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 2002

Good Morning, Miami

as Mr. Fowler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 2002

Ally McBeal

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1997

Nip/Tuck

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 22, 2003

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