
Pat Proft
Writer
Born: April 3, 1947 (79 years old)
Place of birth: 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.
Filmography (33)
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988, ★ 7.3)
- Airplane! (1980, ★ 7.3)
- Police Squad! (1982, ★ 7.9)
- Bachelor Party (1984, ★ 6.3)
- Hot Shots! (1991, ★ 6.6)
- When Things Were Rotten (1975, ★ 7.2)
- Wrongfully Accused (1998, ★ 6)
- Scary Movie 3 (2003, ★ 6)
- Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993, ★ 6.5)
- Police Academy (1984, ★ 6.7)
- Brain Donors (1992, ★ 6.1)
- Real Genius (1985, ★ 6.6)
- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994, ★ 6.5)
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991, ★ 6.8)
- Welcome Back, Kotter (1975, ★ 7.2)
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985, ★ 6.1)
- Tunnel Vision (1976, ★ 4.5)
- Modern Problems (1981, ★ 5.4)
- Scary Movie 4 (2006, ★ 5.5)
- High School High (1996, ★ 5.5)
- Mostly Ghostly (2008, ★ 6.1)
- Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986, ★ 5.8)
- Scary Movie 5 (2013, ★ 4.8)
- Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987, ★ 5.5)
- Mr. Magoo (1997, ★ 4.5)
- Moving Violations (1985, ★ 5.3)
- Lucky Stiff (1988, ★ 4.3)
- Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation (2008, ★ 4.7)
- Ringo (1978, ★ 5)
- Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988, ★ 5.2)