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Pat Proft is an American comedy writer and actor. Born in Minnesota in 1947, Proft went on to perform as a one man comedy act in the late 1960s. In 1972, Proft began working at The Comedy Store in Hollywood which lead to work in television and film writing for the Smothers Brothers and Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker.Proft directed his only feature Wrongfully Accused which was released in 1998. Proft continuted to work with David Zucker and in 2013 announced he was working on a parody film with him involving the Jason Bourne and Mission: Impossible series. 

Full Name Pat Proft
Net Worth $3 Million
Date Of Birth April 3, 1947
Place Of Birth Columbia Heights, Minnesota, USA
Height 5′ 7″ (1.7 m)
Profession Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Actor
Nationality American
Spouse Karen Philipp
Parents Bob Proft, Marguerite Proft
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698493
Awards WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety – Music, Awards, Tributes – Specials – Television
Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing – Variety Series, WGA Award for Best Variety Series or Special: Musical or Comedy – Television
Movies Wrongfully Accused, Scary Movie 5, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, Scary Movie 3, Hot Shots!, Police Academy, Scary Movie 4, Hot Shots! Part Deux, Naked Gun 33?: The Final Insult, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, Bachelor Party, Real Genius, Mr. Magoo, Police Academy 4: Citizens…
TV Shows Detective School, Van Dyke and Company, The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour
Trademark
1 Frequently works with David Zucker, Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams
Fact
1 His wife, Karen Philipp, appears in the movie Moving Violations (1985), which he wrote and produced.

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Police Academy based on characters created by announced
Scary Movie 5 2013 written by
Super Dave’s Spike Tacular 2009 TV Series written by – 4 episodes
Mostly Ghostly 2008 Video screenplay
Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation 2008 Video based on a screenplay by / screenplay
Scary Movie 4 2006 screenplay
Scary Movie 3 2003 written by
Wrongfully Accused 1998 written by
Police Academy: The Series 1997-1998 TV Series based on characters created by – 26 episodes
Mr. Magoo 1997 written by
High School High 1996 written by
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow 1994 characters
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult 1994 written by
Hot Shots! Part Deux 1993 characters / written by
Brain Donors 1992 screenplay
Hot Shots! 1991 written by
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear 1991 written by
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege 1989 characters
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988 written by
Lucky Stiff 1988 written by
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach 1988 characters creator
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 1987 characters
Police Academy 3: Back in Training 1986 characters creator
Real Genius 1985 screenplay / story
Moving Violations 1985 screenplay
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 1985 characters created by
Bachelor Party 1984 screenplay
High School U.S.A. 1984 TV Movie written by
Police Academy 1984 screenplay / story
Police Squad! TV Series story by – 1 episode, 1982 teleplay by – 1 episode, 1982
All Commercials… A Steve Martin Special 1980 TV Special
Detective School 1979 TV Series written by – 1 episode
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour 1979 TV Series 1 episode
The Star Wars Holiday Special 1978 TV Movie
Mary 1978 TV Series writer
Ringo 1978 TV Movie written by
Redd Foxx 1977 TV Series writer – 1 episode
Van Dyke and Company TV Series 3 episodes, 1976 written by – 1 episode, 1976
The Carol Burnett Show 1976 TV Series writer – 4 episodes
Welcome Back, Kotter 1976 TV Series written by – 1 episode
When Things Were Rotten 1975 TV Series teleplay – 1 episode
The Jim Stafford Show 1975 TV Series writer – 3 episodes
The Smothers Brothers Show 1975 TV Series 1975

Miscellaneous

Title Year Status Character
Police Squad! 1982 TV Series executive script consultant – 6 episodes
Fernwood Tonight 1977 TV Series script consultant – 5 episodes
When Things Were Rotten 1975 TV Series story consultant – 11 episodes

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Wrongfully Accused 1998 Window Technician
Hot Shots! 1991 Lawrence Lipps
Bachelor Party 1984 Screaming Man
Twilight Theater 1982 TV Movie
Modern Problems 1981 Maitre ‘d
Detective School 1979 TV Series Leo Frick
Fast Friends 1979 TV Movie Bill Owens
Tunnel Vision 1976 Skipper
When Things Were Rotten 1975 TV Series Peasant
The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour 1973 TV Series Regular

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Wrongfully Accused 1998 producer
Hot Shots! Part Deux 1993 executive producer
Hot Shots! 1991 executive producer
Lucky Stiff 1988 executive producer
Moving Violations 1985 executive producer
Twilight Theater 1982 TV Movie executive producer / producer
Marie 1980 TV Series producer – 2 episodes

Director

Title Year Status Character
Wrongfully Accused 1998

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Airplane! 1980 special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
Hearts of Hot Shots Part Deux: A Filmmaker’s Apology 1993 TV Short documentary Himself
Hot Shots: The Making of an Important Movie 1991 Video documentary short Himself – Writer / Executive Producer
All Commercials… A Steve Martin Special 1980 TV Special
Van Dyke and Company 1976 TV Series Himself / Computer Date No. 2

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1981 WGA Award (TV) Writers Guild of America, USA Variety, Musical or Comedy All Commercials… A Steve Martin Special (1980)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1977 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series Van Dyke and Company (1976)
1976 WGA Award (TV) Writers Guild of America, USA Original Variety The Smothers Brothers Show (1975)

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