Pat Proft
- Writing
- April 3, 1947 · Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pat Proft (born April 3, 1947) is an American comedy writer and actor. Proft was born in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, the son of Marguerite and Bob Proft. He began his career at Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis. In the mid-1970s, he began writing for television and films. Proft's screenplays usually rely heavily on slapstick action, wisecracks and non-sequitur-laced absurdist dialogue. He has written numerous films, but has only directed one, Wrongfully Accused, which starred Leslie Nielsen. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pat Proft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Scary Movie 5 · Writer
- Mostly Ghostly · Writer
- Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation · Screenplay, Original Film Writer
- Scary Movie 4 · Screenplay
- Scary Movie 3 · Screenplay
- Wrongfully Accused · Window Technician, Director
- Mr. Magoo · Screenplay
- High School High · Screenplay
- Police Academy: Mission to Moscow · Characters
- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult · Writer
- Hot Shots! Part Deux · Screenplay, Executive producer
- Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
- Brain Donors · Writer
- Hot Shots! · Lawrence Lipps, Executive producer
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear · Writer
- Police Academy 6: City Under Siege · Characters
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! · Writer
- Lucky Stiff · Writer, Executive producer
- Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach · Characters
- Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol · Characters
- Police Academy 3: Back in Training · Characters
- Real Genius · Screenplay, Story
- Moving Violations · Screenplay, Executive producer
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment · Characters
- Johnny Dangerously · Medical Consultant
- Bachelor Party · Screaming Man, Screenplay
- High School U.S.A. · Writer
- Police Academy · Screenplay, Story
- Police Squad! · Teleplay, Story
- Twilight Theatre · Producer, Executive producer
- Modern Problems · Maitre 'd
- All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special · Self, Writer
- Airplane! · Thanks
- Detective School
- Fast Friends · Bill Owens
- Psycho Shampoo · Narrator (Voice), Writer
- The Star Wars Holiday Special · Writer
- Ringo · Writer
- Tunnel Vision · Skipper
- Van Dyke and Company · Self, Writer
- When Things Were Rotten · Peasant, Writer
- Welcome Back, Kotter · Writer
- The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour
- Star of Malta · Writer