John Matuszak
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 25, 1950
- Died
- June 17, 1989 (aged 38)
- Birthplace
- Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
Biography
John Daniel Tooz Matuszak was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League and also an actor. Matuszak was born in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Tampa and played for their football team. Matuszak also played for the Houston Oilers of the NFL and joined the Houston Texans of the World Football League, but never played for them. His first major role as an actor was in the 1979 movie "North Dallas Forty" as a football player. He also appeared in the movies "Caveman", "The Ice Pirates", and "One Crazy Summer" but is known for his role in "The Goonies". He also had guest appearances on popular TV shows "Perfect Strangers", "M*A*S*H", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Hunter", "Silver Spoons", "The A-Team", "1st & Ten", "Miami Vice" and "Cheers". He died on June 17, 1989 aged 38 due to a heart failure.
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Filmography
Rescue The Job Application
Movie · as Rieckenstein
Down the Drain
Movie · as Jed Stewart
One Man Force
Movie · as Jake
Ghost Writer
Movie · as Chuck Aaron
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Movie · as Fred Collins
Superboy
TV · 1 ep
Aaron's Way
TV · 1 ep
The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
Movie · as Self
The Charmings
TV · 1 ep
One Crazy Summer
Movie · as Stain
Darlin' Clementine
Movie · as Mountain Man
Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
Movie · as TV Spokesman
Amen
TV · 1 ep
The Goonies
Movie · as Sloth
Half Nelson
Movie
Command 5
Movie · as Kowalski
Hollywood Beat
TV · as George Grinsky · 20 eps
Tall Tales & Legends
TV · as Mountain Man · 1 ep
The Ice Pirates
Movie · as Killjoy
Miami Vice
TV · as Lascoe · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · as Lincoln · 1 ep
The A-Team
TV · as Davey Miller · 1 ep
Silver Spoons
TV · as Elmer · 1 ep
Caveman
Movie · as Tonda
North Dallas Forty
Movie · as O. W. Shaddock
Trapper John, M.D.
TV · 1 ep
The World's Strongest Man
TV · as Competitor · 1 ep
M*A*S*H
TV · as Hitalski · 1 ep
Monday Night Football
TV · as Defensive Tackle, Defensive end, Defensive End · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep