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Remembering John Heard (1945-2017)

Actor John Heard, seen here posing for a portrait at the Getty Images Portrait Studio during the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, has died at 72. Click forward for a look back at his career.
Actor John Heard, seen here posing for a portrait at the Getty Images Portrait Studio during the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, has died at 72. Click forward for a look back at his career.
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Heard was at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival to promote the film 'Steel City.'
Heard was at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival to promote the film 'Steel City.'
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That year, he also starred in Steppenwolf Theatre's production of the Don DeLillo's play 'Love-Lies-Bleeding' in Chicago.
That year, he also starred in Steppenwolf Theatre's production of the Don DeLillo's play 'Love-Lies-Bleeding' in Chicago.
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In 2005, he starred opposite Lucy Lawless in the CBS TV movie 'Locusts.'
In 2005, he starred opposite Lucy Lawless in the CBS TV movie 'Locusts.'
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Heard played a sheriff in 2007's 'The Great Debaters,' about a debate team from a historically-black college that defeated Harvard. Here, he attends the film's Los premiere that December.
Heard played a sheriff in 2007's 'The Great Debaters,' about a debate team from a historically-black college that defeated Harvard. Here, he attends the film's Los premiere that December.
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Heard appeared in a pair of John Grisham projects: 1993's 'The Pelican Brief' and the 1995 TV adaptation of 'The Client.' He played district attorney Roy Foltrigg (seen here).
Heard appeared in a pair of John Grisham projects: 1993's 'The Pelican Brief' and the 1995 TV adaptation of 'The Client.' He played district attorney Roy Foltrigg (seen here).
John Seakwood, CBS
Heard, right, starred opposite Griffin Dunne in 2004's 'After Hours.'
Heard, right, starred opposite Griffin Dunne in 2004's 'After Hours.'
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In 1999, Heard received an Emmy nomination for his work as sleazy detective and mob informant Vin Makazian in the first season of HBO's 'The Sopranos.'
In 1999, Heard received an Emmy nomination for his work as sleazy detective and mob informant Vin Makazian in the first season of HBO's 'The Sopranos.'
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Heard worked with Christine Lahti in the 2002 CBS TV movie 'The Pilot's Wife.'
Heard worked with Christine Lahti in the 2002 CBS TV movie 'The Pilot's Wife.'
Ben Mark Holzberg, CBS
Heard, center, who played the rival of Tom Hanks' character in 1988's 'Big,' makes up for not having been in the famous piano scene during a 2013 screening of the movie in Los Angeles.
Heard, center, who played the rival of Tom Hanks' character in 1988's 'Big,' makes up for not having been in the famous piano scene during a 2013 screening of the movie in Los Angeles.
Valerie Macon, Getty Images
John Heard played a minister in 2005's 'Sweet Land.'
John Heard played a minister in 2005's 'Sweet Land.'
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