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J. Patrick McNamara
Acting
30 Oct 1942
† 02 Jan 2023
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Biography
J. Patrick McNamara (October 30, 1942 – January 2, 2023) was an American character actor born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He played the project leader in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Private DuBois in Spielberg's 1941, and appeared in two Brian De Palma films, Obsession and Blow Out. He was also known as Mr. Preston, the father of Bill, in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. His other credits include Gideon's Trumpet, Phantasm II, Gross A...
Also Known As
Patrick John McNamara
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J. Patrick McNamara's Movies
74%
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
14 Dec 1977
68%
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
17 Feb 1989
73%
Blow Out
24 Jul 1981
63%
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
19 Jul 1991
58%
1941
14 Dec 1979
65%
Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown
13 Sept 2011
62%
Phantasm II
08 Jul 1988
67%
Obsession
01 Aug 1976
57%
Mardi Gras: Spring Break
23 Sept 2011
58%
Flight of the Intruder
18 Jan 1991
57%
The First Power
06 Apr 1990
60%
Warning Sign
23 Aug 1985
57%
Gross Anatomy
20 Oct 1989
46%
The Hot Flashes
12 Jul 2013
54%
Mom
19 Jun 1990
53%
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
13 Apr 1979
61%
From the Rough
08 Jun 2013
65%
Living Proof
18 Oct 2008
65%
Gideon's Trumpet
30 Apr 1980
34%
Dead Women in Lingerie
01 Jan 1991
