Ned Dowd
Biography
Ned Dowd is an American who produces films and who acted earlier in his career; he was born in Boston. He attended Bowdoin College and later took a master's at McGill University before playing professional hockey in the minor leagues. That experience fed into Slap Shot (1977), for which he served as technical advisor, played the notorious Ogie Ogelthorpe and taught Paul Newman how to play and coach the game. He was a technical advisor on the 1977 television drama The Deadliest Season, and he continued to take small acting parts until Bottle Rocket (1996), his last. His later career moved toward assistant directing and line producing; among the films he produced are The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Shanghai Noon (2000), Wonder Boys (2000) and Apocalypto (2006).
76years old
Turns 77 on May 26in 226 days
- Born Boston
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 15 years1981 to 1996
Every film, newest first
- 1996Bottle RocketIMDb rating 6.9
- 198248 Hrs.IMDb rating 6.9
- 1982Endangered SpeciesIMDb rating 5.8
- 1981Southern ComfortIMDb rating 7.1
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A change of course
Ned Dowd was a professional hockey player before films, signed by the St. Louis Blues and sent to their minor league Johnstown Jets for the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons.
Getting ready for a role
Dowd worked as technical advisor on Slap Shot and played the notorious hockey player Ogie Ogelthorpe. As advisor, he trained star Paul Newman in playing and coaching ice hockey.
A change of course
Dowd moved from occasional acting to assistant directing and line producing, and his last small part was in Bottle Rocket in 1996.
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