Personal Info
Birth date
1926-08-18 (99 Years)
Day of death
2012-07-29
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
J.P. Finnegan
John P. Finnegan
John Finnegan
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.
Filmography
Columbo
8.1
Overview:
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Overview:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.ER
7.827
Overview:
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.Quincy, M.E.
7.504
Overview:
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
7.2
Overview:
Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and incredible occurrences are chronicled during each episode. It is up to the viewer to decide which stories actually happened and which were completely fabricated by the show’s writers. The answer is revealed by Jonathan Frakes at the conclusion of each episode.Bloodbrothers
5.732
Overview:
A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.JFK
7.6
Overview:
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.Banacek
8.6
Overview:
Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several other shows but was the only one to last beyond its first season.Mars Attacks!
6.4
Overview:
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.Gloria
6.89
Overview:
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.Love Streams
7.186
Overview:
Two closely-bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.Come See the Paradise
6.175
Overview:
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.Terror on the 40th Floor
4.2
Overview:
A number of business people, keeping the Christmas Eve office party going longer than was originally intended, are beset by a fire that starts in the basement of their office building and creeps up at them from floor to floor.The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
7
Overview:
Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.Big Man on Campus
6.158
Overview:
In this version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", a hunchback is found living in the bell tower of UCLA. He discovers life as two students bring him out of the tower and into society.Last Action Hero
6.471
Overview:
After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.Street Killing
NYR
Overview:
In this detective drama, a prosecutor investigates a murder and finds that it is connected to a recent mugging. In the end, he is led to convict a high-ranking crime lord.Opening Night
7.6
Overview:
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.Finish Line
4.3
Overview:
In order to get better results, a young athlete starts using steroids and begins his downfall.Capone
5.8
Overview:
Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the ranks of Torrio's gang and eventually takes over. On top, he works to consolidate his power by eliminating his enemies, fixing elections to his advantage and getting rich. In his spare time, Capone courts the principled Iris Crawford.Big Trouble
5.3
Overview:
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making things any easier. Blanche Rickey is also worried about money; her husband is a millionaire with a weak heart, and she worries that he'll blow through all his cash before he finally dies. When Blanche meets Leonard, she devises a murderous plan that she claims will fix both their problems.Heroes
6.185
Overview:
A Vietnam veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder breaks out of a VA hospital and goes on a road trip with a sympathetic traveler to find out what became of the other men in his unit.A Woman Under the Influence
7.8
Overview:
Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happiness, but her extremely volatile behavior convinces Nick that she poses a danger to their family and decides to commit her to an institution for six months. Alone with a trio of kids to raise on his own, he awaits her return, which holds more than a few surprises.An American Tail
6.7
Overview:
A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
NYR
Overview:
When a famous fashion designer is found murdered, Inspector Richard Queen of the NYPD is baffled by her dying clue, prompting him to bring in his son, mystery writer Ellery Queen, to help in the investigation. This was the pilot film for the short-lived TV series.The Last of the Finest
5.878
Overview:
An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly becomes three when one is killed early) band together to fight the drug ring undercover. They gain capital for weapons by ripping off minor drug dealers. Then well-armed they go after the kingpin (Boyd).Acting
2000The Independent as Guard
1997Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1 Episode) as Jerome Metz (segment "The Magic Rose Garden")
1997Vegas Vacation as Hoover Dam Guide
1996Mars Attacks! as Speaker of the House
1994ER (1 Episode) as Mitchell
1993Last Action Hero as Watch Commander
1991JFK as Judge Haggerty
1990Come See the Paradise as Brennan
1990The Knife and Gun Club as Mr. Warshawski
1990The Last of the Finest as Tommy Grogan
1989Big Man on Campus as Judge Ferguson
1989Finish Line as Purdy Hall
1986An American Tail as Warren T. Rat (voice)
1986Big Trouble as Det. Murphy
1986The Deacon Street Deer as Sidney
1985The Journey of Natty Gann as Logging Boss
1984The Hoboken Chicken Emergency as Policeman
1984Murder, She Wrote (1, 1 Episode) as Uncle Charlie, Douglas Foudy
1984The Natural as Sam Simpson
1984Love Streams as Taxi Driver (Animals)
1982Terror at Alcatraz as Murphy
1982Rehearsal for Murder as Damon
1980Gloria as Frank
1980Little Miss Marker as Casino Clerk
1979The In-Laws as Deliveryman #1
1978Bloodbrothers as Bartender
1978The Amazing Spider-Man (1 Episode) as Unknown
1978Nowhere to Run as O'Neil
1977Opening Night as Bobby
1977Heroes as Mr. Munro
1977Lucan as Jess
1976Nickelodeon as Kathleen's Director
1976Quincy, M.E. (1 Episode) as Joe Ives
1976Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1 Episode) as Reporter
1976Street Killing as Alex Lesko
1976The Killing of a Chinese Bookie as Taxi Driver
1976Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence as Deputy Marshal Vieter
1975Capone as N.Y. Police Lt.
1975Conspiracy of Terror as Sgt. Carroll
1975Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects as Matthew Thomas Cleary
1974A Woman Under the Influence as Clancy
1974Terror on the 40th Floor as Stark
1972Play It as It Lays as Frank
1972Banacek (1 Episode) as Lt. Hallohan
1971Columbo (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Guard, Police Chief, Lieutenant Dreyer, Sean Jarvis, Carl, Barney, Sergeant, Quentin Corbett, Workman #1, Assistant Director