Actor
John Aylward
November 7, 1946 · Seattle, Washington, USA
John Aylward (November 7, 1946 – May 16, 2022) was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the former DNC chairman Barry Goodwin on the NBC television series The West Wing and for playing Dr. Donald Anspaugh on the NBC television series ER. He also supplied his voice for Dr. Arne Magnusson in Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Aylward was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. He attended St. Joseph's Grade school and went on to Prep High School, but graduated from Garfield High School in 1965. He graduated from the Professional Actor's Training Program at the University of Washington in 1970. He was one of the founders, in 1973, of Seattle's Empty Space Theatre, and he worked regularly as a company member of the Seattle Repertory Theatre for 15 years until he became a television and film actor in the 1990s.
Notable work
6.8Armageddon (1998)
as Dr. Banks
8.1American Horror Story (2011)
as Father Malachi
8.4The Mentalist (2008)
as Professor Stutzer
6.1A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
as Pastor Wilson
8.2Scorpion (2014)
as Uncle Tobin
8.4The X-Files (1993)
as Dr. John Rietz
8.3Yellowstone (2018)
as Father Bob
8.1Fringe (2008)
as Dr. Owen Frank
6.9Water for Elephants (2011)
as Mr. Erwin
6.3The Crazies (2010)
as Mayor Hobbs
8.3Stargate SG-1 (1997)
as President Nadal
6.2Monster-in-Law (2005)
as Priest (uncredited)
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