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Acting
Birthday
November 7, 1946
Died
May 16, 2022
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
John Aylward
0.8 Popularity
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 Magnusson 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
6.1
Uncle Pete
The Nowhere Inn
2021
6.7
Father Edward Devine
The Way Back
2020
6.9
Freddie Laffter
Briarpatch
2020
8.3
Father Bob
Yellowstone
2018
4.5
Colin's Father
The Architect
2016
7.1
Bishop Perkins
Impastor
2015
8.2
Uncle Tobin
Scorpion
2014
6.1
Pastor Wilson
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
6.4
Judge Carter
Gangster Squad
2013
7.4
Ted King Sr.
Major Crimes
2012
Credits
The Nowhere Inn
as Uncle Pete
2021
6.1
The Way Back
as Father Edward Devine
2020
6.7
Briarpatch
as Freddie Laffter
2020
6.9
Yellowstone
as Father Bob
2018
8.3
The Architect
as Colin's Father
2016
4.5
Impastor
as Bishop Perkins
2015
7.1
Scorpion
as Uncle Tobin
2014
8.2
A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Pastor Wilson
2014
6.1
Gangster Squad
as Judge Carter
2013
6.4
Major Crimes
as Ted King Sr.
2012
7.4
House of Lies
as K. Warren McDale
2012
6.6
American Horror Story
as Father Malachi
2011
8.1
Water for Elephants
as Mr. Erwin
2011
6.9
Harry's Law
2011
7.3
Norman
as Robert Bessent
2010
6.2
The Crazies
as Mayor Hobbs
2010
6.3
The Mentalist
as Professor Stutzer
2008
8.4
Fringe
as Dr. Owen Frank
2008
8.1
The Gray Man
as Capt. Ayers
2007
5.8
Mad Men
as Geoffrey Atherton
2007
8.1
🎬
Forfeit
2007
5.0
Brothers and Sisters
as Joe Rawling
2006
7.1
The Celestine Prophecy
as Dobson
2006
5.1
Surface
as Government Panel Suit
2005
7.1
Monster-in-Law
as Priest (uncredited)
2005
6.2
North Country
as Judge Halsted
2005
7.3
Boston Legal
as Tom Orchard
2004
7.9
Jack & Bobby
as Victor Sable
2004
7.0
Path to War
as Dean Rusk
2003
6.7
Cold Case
as Norman Campbell
2003
7.8
Carnivàle
as Bishop McNaughton
2003
7.9
Nip/Tuck
2003
7.2
Down with Love
as E.G.
2003
6.1
Without a Trace
as Bernard Fields
2002
7.2
Good Morning, Miami
as Mr. Fowler
2002
6.7
Everwood
as Walter Cunningham
2002
7.5
Bad Company
as Officer Ferren
2002
5.5
Alias
as Jeffrey Davenport
2001
6.8
Just Visiting
as Byron
2001
4.7
Thirteen Days
as Orville Dryfoos
2000
7.0
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Dr. Paul Anton
2000
7.6
The Others
as Albert McGonagle
2000
6.2
The West Wing
as Barry Goodwin
1999
8.3
Family Law
as Judge Lester Burger
1999
8.2
Judging Amy
as Father Jack Monroe
1999
7.5
Instinct
as Warden Keefer
1999
6.5
Swing Vote
as Justice Benjamin 'Rip' Ripley
1999
5.6
Finding Graceland
as Sheriff Haynes
1998
5.7
Armageddon
as Dr. Banks
1998
6.8
Creature
as Ben Madiera
1998
4.8
From the Earth to the Moon
as Dr. Ray Pemberton
1998
8.2
Eden
as Dr. Bryson
1998
4.1
Dharma & Greg
as Kevin Kincaid
1997
6.4
Ally McBeal
as Owen Cobb
1997
6.6
Stargate SG-1
as President Nadal
1997
8.3
Buddy
as Joe Bowman
1997
4.8
The Practice
as Center Panelist in Rydell Hearing
1997
7.7
The Practice
as Chief District Court Judge
1997
7.7
The Practice
as Federal Judge Kendall Marcott
1997
7.7
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Registrar
1996
7.5
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Chancellor
1996
7.5
ER
as Donald Anspaugh
1994
7.8
Diagnosis: Murder
as Captain Woodruff
1993
7.1
The X-Files
as Dr. John Rietz
1993
8.4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
as Niles
1993
5.5
Law & Order
as Harlan Dwyer
1990
7.4
Northern Exposure
as Charles 'Red' Murphy
1990
7.9
Child in the Night
as Dr. Wendt
1990
5.4
Third Degree Burn
as Lomax
1989
4.6
Three Fugitives
as Second Cop
1989
6.7
Stamp of a Killer
1987
7.0
The Secret Life of John Chapman
as Grady
1976
6.5
Final August
as The Man
N/A
0.0