John Larroquette
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John Bernard Larroquette (born November 25, 1947) is an American Emmy Award-winning film and television actor. His best known roles include Dan Fielding on the series Night Court and Mike McBride in McBride. He joined the cast of Boston Legal in fall 2007.
BiographyEarly lifeLarroquette was born in New Orleans, Louisiana the son of Bertha Oramous (née Helmstetter), a department store clerk, and John Edgar Larroquette,[1] who was in the U.S. Navy.[2] He played reed instruments as a child and moved to Los Angeles, California in 1973. CareerLarroquette's first role was uncredited, as an Army soldier in Follow Me, Boys! (1966). He also had an uncredited role as the narrator of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). His most memorable non-comedy role was in the 1970s NBC program Baa Baa Black Sheep where he portrayed a WWII U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot named Luke Witkowski. Larroquette first broke into TV on the soap opera Doctors' Hospital, and may be best known for his role as boorish, sex-obsessed Dan Fielding on Night Court, a role for which he won Emmy Awards in 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988. In 1989, he asked not to be considered for an Emmy. His four consecutive wins were, at the time, a record. Night Court ran on NBC from 1984 until 1992. Only Larroquette, Harry Anderson, and Richard Moll (as Bull Shannon) appeared in every episode of the series. Larroquette later starred on The John Larroquette Show as the character John Hemmingway. The show was lauded by critics and enjoyed a loyal cult following. In 1998, he guest-starred on three episodes of the legal drama The Practice. His portrayal of Joey Heric, a wealthy, wisecracking, narcissistic psychopath with a habit of stabbing his gay lovers to death, won him his fifth Emmy Award. He reprised the role for one episode in 2002, for which he was once again Emmy-nominated. His starring roles include the 1989 movie Second Sight, with Bronson Pinchot, and Madhouse, with Kirstie Alley. Other movies Larroquette had significant roles in include: Blind Date, Stripes, Meatballs Part II, Summer Rental, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, JFK, and Richie Rich. During the filming of Stripes, his nose was nearly cut off in an accident. He was running down a hall into a door which was supposed to open, but it didn't, and his head went through the window in the door.[3] In 2003, Larroquette narrated the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, this time fully credited. From 2004 to 2006, he played the title role in the McBride series of American TV movies. In June 2007, The Insider reported that Larroquette was set to join the cast of Boston Legal.[4] Personal lifeLarroquette has three children with his wife, Elizabeth Ann Cookson. He is also a registered member of the Libertarian Party, a fact to which he alluded when he made an appearance on Dennis Miller's CNBC show on the "Varsity Panel". During an appearance on Tom Snyder's show, Larroquette mentioned that he almost quit the party when they nominated Howard Stern to run for governor of New York. Larroquette was born and raised in New Orleans, in the middle ninth ward. He lived in New Orleans until he was 22. He returned there after Hurricane Katrina and found the home in which he lived until age 12. He stated that returning to New Orleans after the hurricane was like returning to a post-apocalyptic world. In the seventies and eighties, Larroquette battled alcoholism. He has jokingly said, "I was known to have a cocktail or 60". He has said that he would black out when he drank, which he stated was horrible. On the Tonight Show he talked about one experience drinking when he woke up a nap and thinking he was cold. He realized he was on a plane and had no idea where it was headed. He said that he was too embarrased to ask where they were headed. (He eventually found out the plane was headed from Los Angeles to his home town of New Orleans.) [5] A rumor circulated on the internet that Larroquette suffered from, and became a spokesman for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS); however, he confirmed on The Bob Rivers Show on KZOK during their January 14, 2008 broadcast that the IBS rumor was completely false. [6] He enjoys collecting rare books. Authors whose works he has focused on include Samuel Beckett, Charles Bukowski, Anthony Burgess, William Burroughs and Robinson Jeffers.[7] He is an avid fan of the New Orleans Saints. Filmography
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Larroquette has appeared on the The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on numerous occasions, as well as several appearances on both David Letterman's shows. He has hosted Saturday Night Live twice. He also won another Emmy Award for his guest spot on "The Practice." References
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