Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born August 18, 1926
John P. "J.P." Finnegan was an American film and television actor, mostly known for his recurrent role on the American crime fiction series Columbo. He voiced the villainous character Warren T. Rat in the 1986 Don Bluth film An American Tail.
MovieThe Independent
2000
as Guard
TVBeyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
as Jerome Metz (segment "The Magic Rose Garden")
MovieVegas Vacation
1997
as Hoover Dam Guide
MovieMars Attacks!
1996
as Speaker of the House
TVER
1994
as Mitchell
MovieLast Action Hero
1993
as Watch Commander
MovieJFK
1991
as Judge Haggerty
MovieCome See the Paradise
1990
as Brennan
The Knife and Gun Club
1990
as Mr. Warshawski
MovieThe Last of the Finest
1990
as Tommy Grogan
MovieBig Man on Campus
1989
as Judge Ferguson
MovieFinish Line
1989
as Purdy Hall
MovieAn American Tail
1986
as Warren T. Rat (voice)
MovieBig Trouble
1986
as Det. Murphy
MovieThe Deacon Street Deer
1986
as Sidney
TVMatlock
1986
as Mr. Gillespie
MovieThe Journey of Natty Gann
1985
as Logging Boss
MovieThe Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984
as Policeman
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Uncle Charlie
MovieThe Natural
1984
as Sam Simpson
MovieLove Streams
1984
as Taxi Driver (Animals)
MovieTerror at Alcatraz
1982
as Murphy
MovieRehearsal for Murder
1982
as Damon
MovieGloria
1980
as Frank
MovieLittle Miss Marker
1980
as Casino Clerk
MovieThe In-Laws
1979
as Deliveryman #1
MovieBloodbrothers
1978
as Bartender
TVThe Amazing Spider-Man
1978
MovieNowhere to Run
1978
as O'Neil
MovieOpening Night
1977
as Bobby
MovieHeroes
1977
as Mr. Munro
MovieLucan
1977
as Jess
MovieNickelodeon
1976
as Kathleen's Director
TVQuincy, M.E.
1976
as Joe Ives
TVRich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Reporter
MovieStreet Killing
1976
as Alex Lesko
MovieThe Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976
as Taxi Driver
MovieMallory: Circumstantial Evidence
1976
as Deputy Marshal Vieter
MovieCapone
1975
as N.Y. Police Lt.
MovieConspiracy of Terror
1975
as Sgt. Carroll
MovieEllery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
as Matthew Thomas Cleary
MovieA Woman Under the Influence
1974
as Clancy
MovieTerror on the 40th Floor
1974
as Stark
MoviePlay It as It Lays
1972
as Frank
TVBanacek
1972
as Lt. Hallohan
TVColumbo
1971
as Guard
TVMcCloud
1970
as Doorman
