John Larroquette
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John Larroquette (born 25 November 1947; age 61) is the American actor who played the Klingon officer Maltz in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. He is perhaps most famous for his role as Assistant District Attorney Reinhold "Dan" Fielding in the NBC sitcom Night Court, for which he won four consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Television
Early in his career, Larroquette was a regular on two series from NBC, Doctor's Hospital and Baa Baa Black Sheep, the latter of which co-starred James Whitmore, Jr. Larroquette landed the role of ADA Dan Fielding on Night Court in 1983, and the series premiered in January the following year. In addition to his Emmy Awards, Larroquette was also nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance on Night Court.
Among the Star Trek alumni who made recurring appearances on Night Court were Karen Austin, Alex Henteloff, Gregory Itzin, George Murdock, Bumper Robinson, Eugene Roche, William Utay, and Star Trek: The Next Generation star Brent Spiner. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Nana Visitor also appeared on the show, as did Larroquette's Search for Spock co-star Robin Curtis.
After Night Court ended its in 1992 after nine seasons, Larroquette starred in his own series, The John Larroquette Show, also on NBC. This series lasted from 1993 through 1996 and earned Larroquette a fifth Emmy nomination – his first for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
Larroquette won his fifth Emmy Award (his sixth nomination) for his 1997 guest appearance as sadistic lawyer Joey Heric on The Practice. He appeared several more times on the series, earning an additional Emmy nomination in 2002. Among the other television programs on which Larroquette has guest-starred are Sanford and Son, Three's Company, Fantasy Island (starring Ricardo Montalban), Remington Steele, The West Wing, House (starring Jennifer Morrison), and Chuck (produced by Robert Duncan McNeill and directed by Allan Kroeker). He also plays lawyer Mike McBride in the multiple McBride made-for-television movies which air on The Hallmark Channel.
In 2007 and 2008, Larroquette starred as Crane, Poole & Schmidt's managing partner Carl Sack on the hit ABC series Boston Legal, opposite his Star Trek III castmate William Shatner. Larroquette replaced former regular Rene Auberjonois on the series, who was among the actors removed from the regular cast to make way for new players like Larroquette. [1] However, Larroquette was able to work with Auberjonois on a few subsequent episodes, notably the last two episodes of the series, which aired together as a two-hour series finale on 8 December 2008.
[edit] Films
Larroquette's first film experience came as the narrator of the popular 1974 horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Nearly three decades later, he returned to narrate the 2003 remake of that film. He also narrated the 2006 prequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.
In addition to Star Trek III, Larroquette had supporting roles in films such as Stripes (1981, co-starring Lance LeGault and William Lucking), Cat People (1982, co-starring Malcolm McDowell and Ed Begley, Jr.), Meatballs Part II (1984, with Hamilton Camp), Summer Rental (1985, with Night Court co-star Karen Austin and Richard Herd), and Blind Date (1987, featuring Armin Shimerman). He was also seen as a Ku Klux Klan member in the first segment on Twilight Zone: The Movie and was the narrator of the 1985 science fiction film Lifeforce, which featured Patrick Stewart.
Following the success of Night Court, he received starring roles in the comic films Second Sight (1989, featuring John Schuck) and Madhouse (1990, co-starring Kirstie Alley). Larroquette then had a supporting role in the 1990 comedy Tune in Tomorrow... (1990, with sometime Boston Legal co-star Henry Gibson) and played the villain in 1994's Richie Rich, based on the comic book character and featuring Rick Worthy.
Larroquette also appears in the Director's Cut of Oliver Stone's Academy Award-winning 1991 film JFK (featuring Tony Plana). In the 1995 Tales from the Crypt film Demon Knight, Larroquette made an uncredited cameo as an actor playing a serial killer, under the direction of the Crypt Keeper (voiced by John Kassir). William Sadler, Tim de Zarn, Dick Miller, and the aforementioned John Schuck were among the stars of this film.
Larroquette's next film was the 2000 comedy Isn't She Great, in which he co-starred with Christopher McDonald. Larroquette then co-starred with Clint Howard and Richard Riehle in the direct-to-video sequel Beethoven's 5th and appeared with John Savage in the 2006 comic drama Kill Your Darlings. He was most recently part of the ensemble cast of the 2006 science fiction black comedy Southland Tales, which also included Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Holmes Osborne and Wallace Shawn.
