John Finnegan

Acting

Born August 18, 1926, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

• 2000The Independent — Guard
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Jerome Metz (segment "The Magic Rose Garden")
• 1997Vegas Vacation — Hoover Dam Guide
• 1996Mars Attacks! — Speaker of the House
• ER — Mitchell
• 1993Last Action Hero — Watch Commander
• 1991JFK — Judge Haggerty
• 1990Come See the Paradise — Brennan
• 1990The Knife and Gun Club — Mr. Warshawski
• 1990The Last of the Finest — Tommy Grogan
• 1989Big Man on Campus — Judge Ferguson
• 1989Finish Line — Purdy Hall
• 1986An American Tail — Warren T. Rat (voice)
• 1986Big Trouble — Det. Murphy
• Matlock — Mr. Gillespie
• 1986The Deacon Street Deer — Sidney
• 1985The Journey of Natty Gann — Logging Boss
• 1984Love Streams — Taxi Driver (Animals)
• Murder, She Wrote — Uncle Charlie, Douglas Foudy
• 1984The Hoboken Chicken Emergency — Policeman
• 1984The Natural — Sam Simpson
• 1982Rehearsal for Murder — Damon
• 1982Terror at Alcatraz — Murphy
• 1980Gloria — Frank
• 1980Little Miss Marker — Casino Clerk
• 1979The In-Laws — Deliveryman #1
• 1978Bloodbrothers — Bartender
• 1978Nowhere to Run — O'Neil
• The Amazing Spider-Man
• 1977Heroes — Mr. Munro
• 1977Lucan — Jess
• 1977Opening Night — Bobby
• 1976Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence — Deputy Marshal Vieter
• 1976Nickelodeon — Kathleen's Director
• Quincy, M.E. — Joe Ives
• Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II — Reporter
• 1976Street Killing — Alex Lesko
• 1976The Killing of a Chinese Bookie — Taxi Driver
• 1975Capone — N.Y. Police Lt.
• 1975Conspiracy of Terror — Sgt. Carroll
• 1975Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects — Matthew Thomas Cleary
• 1974A Woman Under the Influence — Clancy
• 1974Terror on the 40th Floor — Stark
• Banacek — Lt. Hallohan
• 1972Play It as It Lays — Frank
• Columbo — Guard, Police Chief, Lieutenant Dreyer, Sean Jarvis, Carl, Barney, Workman #1, Quentin Corbett, Sergeant, Assistant Director
• McCloud — Doorman, Mounted Sergeant, 1st Sergeant, Detective (uncredited)