John Larroquette
John Larroquette in 1988
Birth name	John Bernard Larroquette
Born	November 25 1947 (1947--) (age 59) New Orleans, Louisiana
Awards Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor - Comedy Series 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Night Court Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama Series 1998 The Practice

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.

Biography

Early life

Larroquette was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to 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.

Career

Larroquette'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 to not 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.

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 life

Larroquette 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.

In the seventies and eighties, Larroquette battled alcoholism and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), for which he would later become a spokesman. Larroquette was devastated after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans; he was born and raised there.

He enjoys collecting rare books. Authors whose works he has focused on include Samuel Beckett, Charles Bukowski, Anthony Burgess, William Burroughs and Robinson Jeffers.^[5]

Filmography

• Wedding Daze (2004)
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
• The Heart Department (2001)
• The 10th Kingdom (2000)
• Walter and Henry (1999)
• Richie Rich(1994)
• Tune in Tomorrow (1990)
• Madhouse (1990)
• Second Sight (1989)
• Blind Date (1987)
• Summer Rental (1985)
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
• Choose Me (1984)
• Meatballs II (1984)
• Hysterical (1983)
• Cat People (1982)
• Green Ice (1981)
• Stripes (1981)
• Altered States (1980)
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
• Follow Me, Boys! (1966) (uncredited)

Television

Starring roles

• Doctors' Hospital
• Baa Baa Black Sheep
• Night Court
• The John Larroquette Show
• Payne
• The 10th Kingdom
• The Incurable Collector
• Happy Family
• McBride
• Boston Legal

Guest roles

• Celebrity Bull Riding - Brian Kirchberg
• House - Vegetative State Guy (Gabriel Wozniak)
• The Practice - Joey Heric
• The West Wing- Lionel Tribbey, White House Counsel
• Dave's World
• Dallas
• Mork & Mindy
• Three's Company
• Kojak
• Sanford and Son
• Arrested Development (cameo, as himself)
• Joey
• Kitchen Confidential

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."

"Guest Reference"

On the Futurama episode The Luck of the Fryrish, the group indulge in a spot of graverobbing. Bender takes a detour and digs up a grave not on their schedule. When his absence is noted, he holds up some skeletal remains from an open grave claiming "Now nobody can say I don't own John Larroquette's spine". It is interesting to note that the cemetery is an orbiting facility holding the remains of Earth's greatest heroes.

References

External links

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• John Larroquette at the Internet Movie Database

• John Larroquette article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki

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