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J. Patrick McNamara

J. Patrick McNamara

14 movies on Netflix

Biography

J. Patrick McNamara is an actor, known for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) and Blow Out (1981).

80years old at death

  • Born New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  • Died
  • Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21

Movie Career

Films
14
Career span
35 years1976 to 2011

Genres

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J. Patrick McNamara movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977 Drama, Sci-Fias Project Leader

    IMDb rating 7.6239K votes

  2. Blow Out1981 Mystery, Thrilleras Detective at Hospital

    IMDb rating 7.478K votes

  3. Obsession1976as Third Kidnapper

    IMDb rating 6.714K votes

  4. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure1989as Mr. Preston

    IMDb rating 6.9151K votes

  5. Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown2011as Doctor

    IMDb rating 5.722K votes

  6. Phantasm II1988as Psychologist

    IMDb rating 6.418K votes

  7. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey1991as Mr. Preston

    IMDb rating 6.386K votes

  8. The First Power1990as Priest

    IMDb rating 5.75.9K votes

Most often with

Brian De Palma directed three of these films. Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What J. Patrick McNamara's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$484 million

11 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 14 films: 11 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.

  • 11Worldwide figure
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $307M63.4% of the total
  2. 2
    $41M8.4% of the total
  3. 3
    Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey1991as Mr. Preston
    $38M7.9% of the total
  4. 4
    The Fury1978as Robertson
    $24M5.0% of the total
  5. 5
    The First Power1990as Priest
    $22M4.6% of the total
  6. 6
    $15M3.0% of the total
  7. 7
    Blow Out1981as Detective at Hospital
    $12M2.5% of the total
  8. 8
    Gross Anatomy1989as Interviewing Professor
    $12M2.4% of the total
Phantasm II (1988), $7.3 millionObsession (1976), $4.5 millionWarning Sign (1985), $1.9 million

$13.7 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total