John Aylward

Biography

John Aylward (November 7, 1946 – May 16, 2022) was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the former DNC chairman Barry Goodwin on the NBC television series The West Wing and for playing Dr. Donald Anspaugh on the NBC television series ER. He also supplied his voice for Dr. Arne Magnusson in Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Aylward was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. He attended St. Joseph's Grade school and went on to Prep High School, but graduated from Garfield High School in 1965. He graduated from the Professional Actor's Training Program at the University of Washington in 1970. He was one of the founders, in 1973, of Seattle's Empty Space Theatre, and he worked regularly as a company member of the Seattle Repertory Theatre for 15 years until he became a television and film actor in the 1990s. Carol Flynt, co-producer of ER, first offered him an audition after seeing him in a 1996 production of "Psychopathia Sexualis" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Aylward, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Law & Order

The Mentalist

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Yellowstone

Stargate SG-1

American Horror Story

The X-Files

Without a Trace

All Movies (33)

• The Nowhere Inn2021 · as Uncle Pete
• The Way Back2020 · as Father Edward Devine
• The Architect2016 · as Colin's Father
• A Million Ways to Die in the West2014 · as Pastor Wilson
• Gangster Squad2013 · as Judge Carter
• Water for Elephants2011 · as Mr. Erwin
• Norman2010 · as Robert Bessent
• The Crazies2010 · as Mayor Hobbs
• Crimes of the Past2009 · as Clay Covington
• The Gray Man2007 · as Capt. Ayers
• Forfeit2007
• The Celestine Prophecy2006 · as Dobson
• Monster-in-Law2005 · as Priest (uncredited)
• North Country2005 · as Judge Halsted
• Path to War2003 · as Dean Rusk
• Down with Love2003 · as E.G.
• Bad Company2002 · as Officer Ferren
• Just Visiting2001 · as Byron
• Thirteen Days2000 · as Orville Dryfoos
• Instinct1999 · as Warden Keefer
• Swing Vote1999 · as Justice Benjamin 'Rip' Ripley
• Can't Stop Dancing1999 · as Dick McGuire
• Finding Graceland1998 · as Sheriff Haynes
• Armageddon1998 · as Dr. Banks
• Eden1998 · as Dr. Bryson
• Buddy1997 · as Joe Bowman
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III1993 · as Niles
• Child in the Night1990 · as Dr. Wendt
• Third Degree Burn1989 · as Lomax
• Three Fugitives1989 · as Second Cop
• Stamp of a Killer1987
• The Secret Life of John Chapman1976 · as Grady
• Final August— · as The Man

All TV Shows (45)

• Briarpatch2020 · as Freddie Laffter
• Yellowstone2018 · as Father Bob
• Impastor2015 · as Bishop Perkins
• Scorpion2014 · as Uncle Tobin
• Major Crimes2012 · as Ted King Sr.
• House of Lies2012 · as K. Warren McDale
• American Horror Story2011 · as Father Malachi
• Fairly Legal2011 · as Sam Childs
• Harry's Law2011
• The Mentalist2008 · as Professor Stutzer
• Fringe2008 · as Dr. Owen Frank
• Big Shots2007 · as Larry Cooper
• Mad Men2007 · as Geoffrey Atherton
• Brothers and Sisters2006 · as Joe Rawling
• Surface2005 · as Government Panel Suit
• Boston Legal2004 · as Tom Orchard
• Jack & Bobby2004 · as Victor Sable
• Cold Case2003 · as Norman Campbell
• Carnivàle2003 · as Bishop McNaughton
• Nip/Tuck2003 · as Father Malley
• Without a Trace2002 · as Bernard Fields
• Good Morning, Miami2002 · as Mr. Fowler
• Everwood2002 · as Walter Cunningham
• Alias2001 · as Jeffrey Davenport
• The Agency2001 · as Senator Davies
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Dr. Paul Anton
• The Others2000 · as Albert McGonagle
• The West Wing1999 · as Barry Goodwin
• Family Law1999 · as Judge Lester Burger
• Judging Amy1999 · as Father Jack Monroe
• Creature1998 · as Ben Madiera
• From the Earth to the Moon1998 · as Dr. Ray Pemberton
• Dharma & Greg1997 · as Kevin Kincaid
• Ally McBeal1997 · as Owen Cobb
• Stargate SG-11997 · as President Nadal
• The Practice1997 · as Center Panelist in Rydell Hearing
• The Practice1997 · as Federal Judge Kendall Marcott
• The Practice1997 · as Chief District Court Judge
• 3rd Rock from the Sun1996 · as Registrar
• 3rd Rock from the Sun1996 · as Chancellor
• ER1994 · as Donald Anspaugh
• Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Captain Woodruff
• The X-Files1993 · as Dr. John Rietz
• Law & Order1990 · as Harlan Dwyer
• Northern Exposure1990 · as Charles 'Red' Murphy