John Aylward
John Aylward
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Aylward, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted Movies
Director: Jonathan Segal
Writers: Talton Wingate,
Cast: Adam Goldberg, Billy Lush, Camille Mana, Dan Byrd, Emily VanCamp, Jeff Rosick, Jesse Head, John Aylward, Richard Jenkins, Sewell Whitney,
Director: Peyton Reed
Writers: Dennis Drake,
Cast: David Hyde Pierce, Ewan McGregor, Jack Plotnick, John Aylward, Matt Ross, Michael Ensign, Rachel Dratch, Renée Zellweger, Sarah Paulson, Tony Randall,
Director: Jean-Marie Poiré
Writers: John Hughes,
Cast: Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Christian Clavier, Christina Applegate, George Plimpton, Jean Reno, John Aylward, Malcolm McDowell, Matt Ross, Sarah Badel, Tara Reid,