He wrote, "When I got my first film movie, Breaking Away, the only thing I really knew about film acting was what I had learned from watching John do it. In the letter, Stern says he felt as if he was Heard's "kid brother" and that the actor "was the coolest cat in New York City for about about a straight decade, 1974-1984." Stern also says that the Awakenings actor was the one that inspired him, a high school drop-out, to pursue acting. These former co-stars' friendship first began in the '70s. It turns out that the two knew each other long before the Wet Bandits ever tried to break their way into Kevin McCallister's Chicago home. Soon after news broke, Heard's Home Alone co-star Daniel Stern took to social media to pen a touching and lengthy tribute to his longtime friend. While the actor has appeared in dozens upon dozens of films, he's best known for playing Macaulay Culkin's character's father in the first two Home Alone movies. Heard had been staying at the hotel while he was recovering from recent back surgery, Varietyreported. His son Max died in December 2016.Earlier today, E! News reported that actor John Heard had passed away in a Palo Alto, California hotel room on Friday at the age of 71. Nothing was more intense than John’s performance.
He is also survived by a daughter from a later marriage. Heard’s Home Alone costar and longtime friend Daniel Stern paid tribute to the late actor in an emotional letter shared on Twitter in July. Heard was married to actress Margot Kidder - for just six days - and had a son from a relationship with actress Melissa Leo. On television, he played Commander Barry Garner on “Battlestar Galactica” and had recurring roles on “CSI: Miami” and “Prison Break.” More recently he had numerous guest roles on shows including “Modern Family,” “NCIS: Los Angeles” and “MacGuyver.” His other roles included “Gladiator,” “Awakenings,” “Radio Flyer,” and “The Pelican Brief,” in which he played an FBI agent. : Home Alone (Feature) 4K UHD : Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Roberts Blossom, Catherine O'Hara, Angela Goethals, Devin Ratray. In 1988, he starred as Elizabeth Perkins’ jilted boyfriend in “Big” and co-starred with Bette Midler in “Beaches.” His other films during that period included “The Trip to Bountiful,” “Heaven Help Us” and “The Milagro Beanfield War.” His memorable roles in the 1980s included starring in “Cutter’s Way,” playing Nastassja Kinski’s lover in the 1983 remake of “Cat People,” and starring alongside “Home Alone” actor Daniel Stern in 1984’s “C.H.U.D.” In Martin Scorsese’s “After Hours,” he played the bartender Tom Schorr. His first major role came in the romantic comedy “Chilly Scenes of Winter” in 1979.
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He also appeared in “Cat People,” “After Hours,” “Big,” “Beaches,” 1992 boxing film “Gladiator,” and on TV in “Miami Vice” and “The Sopranos,” for which he won an Emmy nomination for outstanding guest actor.īorn in Washington, D.C., Heard started out acting off-Broadway. After “Home Alone” became a big hit, Heard returned to star in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.” In the 1990 “Home Alone,” Heard stars as the father who forgets his son, played by Macauley Culkin, when making a business trip to France. Heard’s body was found in a Palo Alto, California hotel room where he was recovering from a recent surgery, according to TMZ, which was first to report the news.
The Santa Clara Medical Examiner’s office confirmed his death. John Heard, best known for his role as the father to the oft-forgotten Kevin McCallister in the original Home Alone movies, has died, multiple outlets report. He was found dead in a hotel where he was reportedly recovering after undergoing back surgery. LOS ANGELES - John Heard, best known as Peter McAllister in the “Home Alone” movies who appeared in a wide range of TV and film roles, has died at 71 in Palo Alto, Calif.
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Heard, best known for playing the father in the “Home Alone” movie series, has died. Actor John Heard rehearses for Steppenwolf Theatre's production of Don DeLillo's play, "Love-Lies-Bleeding," in Chicago, April 5, 2006.
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