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Pat Proft

Writing · Born April 3, 1947 · Columbia Heights, Minnesota

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Pat Proft (born April 3, 1947) is an American comedy writer and actor. Proft was born in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, the son of Marguerite and Bob Proft. He began his career at Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis. In the mid-1970s, he began writing for television and films. Proft's screenplays usually rely heavily on slapstick action, wisecracks and non-sequitur-laced absurdist dialogue. He has written numerous films, but has only directed one, Wrongfully Accused, which starred Leslie Nielsen. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pat Proft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Pat Proft movies and shows

  • Airplane!1980
  • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!1988
  • Scary Movie 32003
  • Scary Movie 52013
  • Welcome Back, Kotter1975
  • Police Academy1984
  • Scary Movie 42006
  • Hot Shots!1991
  • Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult1994
  • The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear1991
  • Hot Shots! Part Deux1993
  • Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment1985
  • Police Squad!1982
  • Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach1988
  • Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol1987
  • Police Academy 3: Back in Training1986
  • Van Dyke and Company1975
  • Police Academy: Mission to Moscow1994
  • When Things Were Rotten1975
  • Police Academy 6: City Under Siege1989
  • Detective School1979
  • Bachelor Party1984
  • Real Genius1985
  • Wrongfully Accused1998