John Pleshette (July 27, 1942) is an American actor and writer best known for The Truman Show (1998), Knots Landing (1979-1987), and Rocky II (1979).
He is married to to Lynn Pleshette and they have one child, Sophie. His cousin was Suzanne Pleshette.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1970: End Of The Road as Finkle
- 1972: Parades as Murray
- 1972: Irish Whiskey Rebellion as Kinch
- 1976: Bell, Book and Candle as Nicky
- 1977: The Trial Of Lee Harvey Oswald as Lee Harvey Oswald
- 1978: House Calls as Theatrical Agent
- 1978: The Users as Kip Nathan
- 1979: Rocky II as Director
- 1980: Once Upon A Family as Willie Hedges
- 1981: S.O.B. as Capitol Studios Vice-President
- 1982: The Kid With The Broken Halo as Jeff McNulty
- 1984: Burning Rage as Frank Vandenberg
- 1984: Micki & Maude as Hap Ludlow
- 1985: Stormin Home as Al Singer
- 1985: Malice In Wonderland as Tommy Gallep
- 1986: Welcome Home Bobby as John Hammill
- 1986: Mrs Delafield Wants To Marry as David Elias
- 1988: Shattered Innocence as Mel Erman
- 1988: Paramedics as Dr. Lido
- 1990: Murder In Paradise as Wagner Thorne
- 1990: Vietnam Texas as Harold
- 1991: Deadly Game as Charley Sloan
- 1993: Bloodlines Murder In The Family as Neil Woodman
- 1993: Eye Of The Stranger as Joe
- 1993: Percy And Thunder as Bill Slocum
- 1995: Born To Be Wild as Donald Carr
- 1997: The Curse Of Inferno as Mr. Wizzard
- 1998: The Day Lincoln Was Shot as Secretary of State William Henry Seward
- 1998: The Truman Show as Network Executive
- 2001: James Dean as Billy Rose
- 2003: Detonator as Stuart Newman
- 2003: The Failures as Principal Holbrook
- 2004: Helter Skelter as Mr. Krenwikle
- 2005: Sex And Breakfast as Older Man in Elevator
- 2009: Gentlemen Broncos as Merve
Television Roles
- 1964: The Patty Duke Show as Pete
- 1967: Coronet Blue as Dan
- 1973: The Doctors as Joe Hilligan
- 1974: Kojak as Resident
- 1975-1976: Doctors Hospital as Dr. Danvers (6 episodes)
- 1976: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman as Hugh Boswell
- 1977: Seventh Avenue as Marty Cass
- 1977: The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries as Carl Fry
- 1977: The Feather And Father Gang as Schecter
- 1978: The Rockford Files as Danny Green/Julius 'Jay' Rockfelt (2 episodes)
- 1979-1987: Knots Landing as Richard Avery (77 episodes)
- 1980: Tenspeed and Brown Shoe as Bill Kingman
- 1983: Whiz Kids as Richard Chapman
- 1984-1986: Simon & Simon as Dr. John Ashfield/Atty. Dorsey Pender (2 episodes)
- 1985: Mac Gruder And Loud as Malcolm Skeat
- 1985: Magnum, P.I. as Steve Elliott
- 1986: Murder, She Wrote as Nicky Saperstein
- 1987: MacGyver as Lancer/Benson
- 1987-1988: Highway to Heaven as Stanley/Charley Trapola (2 episodes)
- 1988: Windmills Of The Gods as Eddie
- 1990: Hunter as Ron Nieman
- 1990: Beauty and the Beast as Jimmy Faber
- 1990-1991: L.A. Law as Mark Kumpel (2 episodes)
- 1991-1993: Civil Wars as Al Noonan (4 episodes)
- 1992: The Wonder Years as Charlie Barrett
- 1993: The Larry Sanders Show as Leo
- 1994: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Det. Simpson
- 1994-1995: Lois & Clark as Dr. Emil Hamilton (2 episodes)
- 1995-1997: Murder One as Gary Blondo (15 episodes)
- 1997: Murder One Diary Of A Serial Killer as Gary Blondo
- 1996: Diagnosis: Murder as Dr. John Foster
- 1996: The Sentinel as Brother Christopher
- 1997: Party of Five as Prof. Conklin
- 1997: ER as Stuart
- 1998: The Pretender as Sean Flanagan
- 1998: The Practice as Atty. Nick Jamison
- 1998: Arli SS as Orson
- 1998: Mike Hammer Private Eye as Augustus 'Auggie' Hancock Sterling II
- 1999: Good Vs Evil as Wallace Augur
- 2001: NYPD Blue as Gerald Holzman Esq.
- 2001: Curb Your Enthusiasm as Therapist
- 2002: For the People as Dr. Goodwin
- 2004: The Sopranos as Dr. Ira Fried
- 2004: JAG as Prosecutor Joe Wilson
- 2005: NCIS as Tom Crawley
- 2006-2007: The Nine as Mr. Kates (2 episodes)
- 2008: Eli Stone as Judge Nettles
- 2011: Law & Order: LA as Judge
- 2012: American Horror Story
- 2012: American Horror Story: Asylum as Committee Chairman
- 2013: Happily Divorced as Rabbi
- 2013: Mistresses as Judge Kavanaugh
Shorts
- 1967: Her Name Was Ellie His Name Was Lyle as Bruce
- 2010: Kosher Pig as Paul Cohen
- 2016: The Wandering Day as C.S. Longacre
Writer
- 1976: The Million Dollar Rip Off
- 1980-1982: Knots Landing (8 episodes)
- 1985: Dynasty
Director
- 1983-1991: Knots Landing (5 episodes)
- 1997: The Presto Brothers
