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Pat Proft was born on 4 March 1947 in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Hot Shots! (1991), Wrongfully Accused (1998) and Scary Movie 3 (2003).
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In his early career, Proft wrote for several television and comedy variety shows. Proft was a regular on The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour that lasted from June to September 1973. In 1975, Proft would also appear as a regular on Joey & Dad, a variety show featuring Joey Heatherton and her father.
7 titles. 1. Hot Shots! (1991) PG-13 | 84 min | Action, Comedy. 6.7. Rate. 61 Metascore. A parody of Top Gun (1986) in which a talented but unstable fighter pilot must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers.
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.
A former stand-up comic, Pat Proft became one of the most successful purveyors in Hollywood of low brow, sight-gag humor, as part of the creative teams behind such feature film franchises as...
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