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Pat Proft

Screenwriter / Film Producer / Film Director | * 04/03/1947 (76) | Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Pat Proft is an American comedy writer, actor, and director. Born in Minnesota in 1947, Proft began his career at Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis in the mid-1960s. He went on to perform as a one-man comedy act in the late 1960s. In 1972, Proft began working at The Comedy Store in Hollywood which led to work in television and film writing for the Smothers Brothers and Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker. Of the many feature films Proft has written, Wrongfully Accused is the only one he also directed. It was released in 1998. Proft continued to work with David Zucker, and in 2013 announced he was working on a parody film with Zucker involving the Jason Bourne and Mission: Impossible series. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Crime | Kids & Family

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Movies with Pat Proft as Actor(8)

as Window Technician1998 Wrongfully Accused
as Lawrence Lipps1991 Hot Shots!
as Screaming Man1984 Bachelor Party
as Narrator (voice)1979 Psycho Shampoo
as Bill Owens1979 Fast Friends
as Skipper1976 Tunnel Vision

TV Shows/Series with Pat Proft as Actor(1)

as himself1975 Van Dyke and Company

Movies with Pat Proft as Crew(42)

Writing/Writer2023 Star of Malta
Writing/Writer2013 Scary Movie 5
Writing/Original Film Writer2008 Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation
Writing/Writer2008 Mostly Ghostly
Writing/Screenplay2006 Scary Movie 4
Writing/Screenplay2003 Scary Movie 3
Directing/Director1998 Wrongfully Accused
Production/Producer1998 Wrongfully Accused
Writing/Writer1998 Wrongfully Accused
Writing/Screenplay1997 Mr. Magoo
Writing/Screenplay1996 High School High
Writing/Screenplay1994 Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Production/Executive Producer1993 Hot Shots! Part Deux
Writing/Characters1993 Hot Shots! Part Deux
Writing/Screenplay1993 Hot Shots! Part Deux
Writing/Writer1992 Brain Donors
Production/Executive Producer1991 Hot Shots!
Writing/Writer1991 Hot Shots!
Writing/Characters1989 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Production/Executive Producer1988 Lucky Stiff
Writing/Writer1988 Lucky Stiff
Writing/Characters1986 Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Writing/Story1985 Real Genius
Writing/Screenplay1985 Real Genius
Production/Executive Producer1985 Moving Violations
Writing/Screenplay1985 Moving Violations
Writing/Writer1984 High School U.S.A.
Writing/Screenplay1984 Police Academy
Writing/Story1984 Police Academy
Writing/Screenplay1984 Bachelor Party
Production/Producer1982 Twilight Theater
Crew/Thanks1980 Airplane!
Writing/Writer1979 Psycho Shampoo
Writing/Writer1978 Ringo

TV Shows/Series with Pat Proft as Crew(4)

Writing/Writer1982 Police Squad!
Writing/Writer1975 Van Dyke and Company
Writing/Writer1975 Welcome Back, Kotter
Writing/Writer1975 When Things Were Rotten

Full Name: Pat Proft
Born: Thursday, 04/03 1947 (April) in Columbia Heights, Minnesota (current age: 76 years + 361 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Spouses (current/former): Karen Philipp
Pat Proft frequently works together with these people:
David Zucker (27x, Crew)
Neal Israel (25x, Crew)
Jim Abrahams (20x, Crew)
Jerry Zucker (12x, Crew)
Bob Israel (10x, Crew)
Leslie Nielsen (8x, Actor)
Robert Folk (8x, Crew)
David Graf (7x, Actor)
Michael Winslow (7x, Actor)
Paul Maslansky (7x, Crew)
Pamela Basker (7x, Crew)
Bob Einstein (3x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3718, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 02/29/2024