John Aylward
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-11-07
Day of Death
2022-05-16 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
John Aylward
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.
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Known For
Acting
Final August
as The Man
(2021)
The Nowhere Inn
as Uncle Pete
(2020)
The Way Back
as Father Edward Devine
(2016)
The Architect
as Colin's Father
(2014)
A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Pastor Wilson
(2013)
Gangster Squad
as Judge Carter
(2011)
Water for Elephants
as Mr. Erwin
(2010)
The Crazies
as Mayor Hobbs
(2010)
Norman
as Robert Bessent
(2007)
The Gray Man
as Capt. Ayers
(2007)
(2006)
The Celestine Prophecy
as Dobson
(2005)
Monster-in-Law
as Priest (uncredited)
(2005)
North Country
as Judge Halsted
(2003)
Down with Love
as E.G.
(2003)
Path to War
as Dean Rusk
(2002)
Bad Company
as Officer Ferren
(2001)
Just Visiting
as Byron
(2000)
Thirteen Days
as Orville Dryfoos
(1999)
Instinct
as Warden Keefer
(1999)
Swing Vote
as Justice Benjamin 'Rip' Ripley
(1998)
Armageddon
as Dr. Banks
(1998)
Eden
as Dr. Bryson
(1998)
Finding Graceland
as Sheriff Haynes
(1997)
Buddy
as Joe Bowman
(1993)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
as Niles
(1990)
Child in the Night
as Dr. Wendt
(1989)
Three Fugitives
as Second Cop
(1989)
Third Degree Burn
as Lomax
(1987)
(1976)
The Secret Life of John Chapman
as Grady
Crew
Final August
Director