John Ford Noonan is a prolific American actor

Actor

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, and writer for theater, film

Film

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 and television

Television

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. Born in New York City

New York City

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 in 1943, he wrote his first play, Lazarus was a Lady in 1970 followed by Concerning the Effects of Trimethylchoride in 1971 and other plays such as The Club Champion’s Widow in 1978, Some Men Need Help (1982) and over 30 plays between the 1970s and the 1990s. He has frequently performed in films including God Has a Rap Sheet (2003), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Adventures in Babysitting

Adventures in Babysitting

Adventures in Babysitting is a 1987 American comedy film written by David Simkins, directed by Chris Columbus, and starring Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Penelope Ann Miller, Bradley Whitford, and a brief cameo by blues singer/guitarist Albert Collins...

 (1987), Forty Deuce

Forty Deuce

Forty Deuce is a 1982 American drama film directed by Paul Morrissey. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Orson Bean - Mr...

 (1982), Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Next Stop, Greenwich Village is a 1976 romantic comedy drama film, set in the early 1950s, written and directed by Paul Mazursky, featuring, amongst others, Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, Lois Smith, and Christopher Walken. The film was generally well received by critics...

 (1976) and in TV series Bay State

Bay State (TV series)

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 (1991) he has written for TV’s Comedy Zone in the early 1980s and St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood...

 for which he won the 1982 Emmy

Emmy Award

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 for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. He is brothers with actor Tom Noonan

Tom Noonan

Tom Noonan is an American actor and film writer-director.-Early life:Noonan was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, the son of Rosaleen and Tom Noonan, who worked as a dentist and jazz musician respectively...

 and most recently acted in the independent film Uncle Freddy (2008).

A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking (1979) was first produced the early 1980s in New York City at Astor Place Theatre

Astor Place Theatre

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 in Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village

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 with Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon

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 and Eileen Brennan

Eileen Brennan

Eileen Brennan is an American actress of film, television, and theater. Brennan is best known for her role as Doreen Lewis in Private Benjamin for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She reprised the role in the TV adaption and won a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy...

 and was recently performed at New City Stage Company in February - March 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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