Actor · 1942 to 2023
J. Patrick McNamara
Best rated (acting): Close Encounters of the Third Kind (7.4)
- Acting films
- 16
- Acting avg
- 6.09
- Peak run
- 1976’85
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
J. by the numbers
Average
6.09
14 rated films
Vote weighted
6.24
bigger films count more
Median
5.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.76
rating spread
Career
38y
1976 to 2013
Total votes
12.5K
across every film
Best
7.4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Worst
5.8
1941
Newest first
Filmography
| 2013 |  From the Rough | PGA President | · | 17 |
| 2013 |  The Hot Flashes | Board President | 4.6 | 58 |
| 2011 |  Mardi Gras: Spring Break | Professor Fleischman | 5.7 | 204 |
| 1991 |  Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Mr. Preston | 6.3 | 1,417 |
| 1991 |  Flight of the Intruder | Admiral | 5.8 | 151 |
| 1990 | Mom | John | 5.4 | 28 |
| 1990 |  The First Power | Priest | 5.6 | 112 |
| 1989 |  Gross Anatomy | Interviewing Professor | 5.7 | 60 |
| 1989 |  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | Mr. Preston | 6.8 | 2,208 |
| 1988 |  Phantasm II | Psychologist | 6.2 | 414 |
| 1985 |  Warning Sign | Connolly's Aide | 6.0 | 80 |
| 1981 |  Blow Out | Detective at Hospital | 7.3 | 1,770 |
| 1979 |  1941 | Pvt. DuBois | 5.8 | 740 |
| 1979 |  Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Chest Rollins | · | 23 |
| 1977 |  Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Project Leader | 7.4 | 4,878 |
| 1976 |  Obsession | Third Kidnapper | 6.7 | 335 |
Takes