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