John Larroquette made his film debut by providing the opening narration of the horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, following which he appeared in films such as Stripes, Meatballs Part II, Richie Rich, and the Hallmark Channel mystery series McBride.
21 Facts About John Larroquette
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John Larroquette discovered acting in his senior year at Francis T Nicholls High School.
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John Larroquette moved to Hollywood in 1973 after working in radio as a DJ during the early days of underground radio, when each disc jockey was free to play what they wished.
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John Larroquette's first acting role in Hollywood was providing the opening voiceover narration for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
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John Larroquette did this as a favor for the film's director Tobe Hooper.
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John Larroquette ran down a hall into a door that was supposed to open but did not, and his head went through the window in the door.
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John Larroquette played Dan Fielding on Night Court; the character was initially rather conservative, but changed after the sitcom's creator Reinhold Weege came to learn more about John Larroquette's sense of humor.
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Rather, John Larroquette ended up on the 2023 series continuation as the only regular character from the original in the revival.
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The John Larroquette Show, named by the insistence of NBC, starred Larroquette as the character John Hemingway.
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John Larroquette appeared in an episode of The West Wing as Lionel Tribbey, White House Counsel.
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In 2003, John Larroquette reprised his narration for the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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John Larroquette guest-starred in the drama House where he played a previously catatonic father awakened to try to save his son, and on Chuck as veteran spy Roan Montgomery.
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John Larroquette had voice roles in Phineas and Ferb as Bob Weber, as a lifeguard, and as a man about to marry the boys' aunt, Tiana Weber.
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From 2014 to 2018, John Larroquette was a regular on The Librarians as Jenkins, who provides support to the Librarians as a researcher and caretaker.
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John Larroquette's starring roles include the 1989 film Second Sight with Bronson Pinchot, and Madhouse with Kirstie Alley.
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John Larroquette starred in Demon Knight at the beginning, as a hackman; he received no credit.
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John Larroquette made his Broadway debut in the 2011 revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as J B Biggley alongside Daniel Radcliffe.
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John Larroquette won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in the show.
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John Larroquette met his wife Elizabeth Ann Cookson in 1974 while working in the play Enter Laughing.
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Cookson brought her daughter Lisa from a previous relationship into the marriage, and she and John Larroquette would have two sons together, Jonathan and Benjamin.
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John Larroquette battled alcoholism from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s.