Pat Proft

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-04-03 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Columbia Heights, Minnesota

Pat Proft

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 o...

Acting

1984

Bachelor Party

as Screaming Man

1991

Hot Shots!

as Lawrence Lipps

1979

Psycho Shampoo

as Narrator (voice)

1976

Tunnel Vision

as Skipper

1981

Modern Problems

as Maitre 'd

1998

Wrongfully Accused

as Window Technician

1979

Fast Friends

as Bill Owens

Production

2003

Scary Movie 3

as Screenplay

2006

Scary Movie 4

as Screenplay

2013

Scary Movie 5

as Writer

1984

Bachelor Party

as Screenplay

1993

1993

Hot Shots! Part Deux

as Executive Producer

1993

1996

High School High

as Screenplay

1984

Police Academy

as Screenplay

1998

1997

Mr. Magoo

as Screenplay

1992

Brain Donors

as Writer

1991

Hot Shots!

as Executive Producer

1985

Real Genius

as Screenplay

1985

Real Genius

as Story

1980

Airplane!

as Thanks

1982

Twilight Theatre

as Producer

2008

1988

Lucky Stiff

as Writer

1979

1982

Twilight Theatre

as Executive Producer

1985

Moving Violations

as Screenplay

1991

Hot Shots!

as Writer

1998

1998

1984

1988

Lucky Stiff

as Executive Producer

1978

Ringo

as Writer

-

Star of Malta

as Writer

2008

1984

1985

Moving Violations

as Executive Producer

2025

The Kashyyyk Life Day Carol

as Original Film Writer

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