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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 18, 1926
Died
July 29, 2012
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- J.P. Finnegan
- John P. Finnegan
John Finnegan
0.5 Popularity
Biography
John P. "J.P." Finnegan was an American film and television actor, mostly known for his recurrent role on the American crime fiction series Columbo. He voiced the villainous character Warren T. Rat in the 1986 Don Bluth film An American Tail.
Known For
5.4
Guard
The Independent
2000
7.2
Jerome Metz (segment "The Magic Rose Garden")
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
6.0
Hoover Dam Guide
Vegas Vacation
1997
6.4
Speaker of the House
Mars Attacks!
1996
7.8
Mitchell
ER
1994
6.5
Watch Commander
Last Action Hero
1993
7.6
Judge Haggerty
JFK
1991
6.2
Brennan
Come See the Paradise
1990
🎬
2.0
Mr. Warshawski
The Knife and Gun Club
1990
5.9
Tommy Grogan
The Last of the Finest
1990
Credits
The Independent
as Guard
2000
5.4
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Jerome Metz (segment "The Magic Rose Garden")
1997
7.2
Vegas Vacation
as Hoover Dam Guide
1997
6.0
Mars Attacks!
as Speaker of the House
1996
6.4
ER
as Mitchell
1994
7.8
Last Action Hero
as Watch Commander
1993
6.5
JFK
as Judge Haggerty
1991
7.6
Come See the Paradise
as Brennan
1990
6.2
🎬
The Knife and Gun Club
as Mr. Warshawski
1990
2.0
The Last of the Finest
as Tommy Grogan
1990
5.9
Big Man on Campus
as Judge Ferguson
1989
6.2
Finish Line
as Purdy Hall
1989
4.3
An American Tail
as Warren T. Rat (voice)
1986
6.7
Big Trouble
as Det. Murphy
1986
5.3
The Deacon Street Deer
as Sidney
1986
0.0
Matlock
as Mr. Gillespie
1986
7.1
The Journey of Natty Gann
as Logging Boss
1985
6.8
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
as Policeman
1984
5.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Uncle Charlie
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Douglas Foudy
1984
7.5
The Natural
as Sam Simpson
1984
6.9
Love Streams
as Taxi Driver (Animals)
1984
7.2
Terror at Alcatraz
as Murphy
1982
0.0
Rehearsal for Murder
as Damon
1982
6.1
Gloria
as Frank
1980
6.9
Little Miss Marker
as Casino Clerk
1980
6.6
The In-Laws
as Deliveryman #1
1979
6.7
Bloodbrothers
as Bartender
1978
5.7
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978
6.2
Nowhere to Run
as O'Neil
1978
7.0
Opening Night
as Bobby
1977
7.6
Heroes
as Mr. Munro
1977
6.2
Lucan
as Jess
1977
0.0
Nickelodeon
as Kathleen's Director
1976
6.1
Quincy, M.E.
as Joe Ives
1976
7.5
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Reporter
1976
8.6
Street Killing
as Alex Lesko
1976
0.0
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Taxi Driver
1976
7.0
Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence
as Deputy Marshal Vieter
1976
0.0
Capone
as N.Y. Police Lt.
1975
5.8
Conspiracy of Terror
as Sgt. Carroll
1975
6.0
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
as Matthew Thomas Cleary
1975
0.0
A Woman Under the Influence
as Clancy
1974
7.8
Terror on the 40th Floor
as Stark
1974
4.2
Play It as It Lays
as Frank
1972
5.9
Banacek
as Lt. Hallohan
1972
8.6
Columbo
as Guard
1971
8.1
Columbo
as Police Chief
1971
8.1
Columbo
as Lieutenant Dreyer
1971
8.1
Columbo
as Sean Jarvis
1971
8.1
Columbo
as Carl
1971
8.1
Columbo
as Barney
1971
8.1
Columbo
as Workman #1
1971
8.1
Columbo
as Quentin Corbett
1971
8.1
Columbo
as Sergeant
1971
8.1
Columbo
as Assistant Director
1971
8.1
McCloud
as Doorman
1970
7.1