Known for Acting
John Daniel Tooz Matuszak was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League and also an actor. Matuszak was born in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Tampa and played for their football team. Matuszak also played for the Houston Oilers of the NFL and joined the Houston Texans of the World Football League, but never played for them. His first major role as an actor was in the 1979 movie "North Dallas Forty" as a football player. He also appeared in the movies "Caveman", "The Ice Pirates", and "One Crazy Summer" but is known for his role in "The Goonies". He also had guest appearances on popular TV shows "Perfect Strangers", "M*A*S*H", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Hunter", "Silver Spoons", "The A-Team", "1st & Ten", "Miami Vice" and "Cheers". He died on June 17, 1989 aged 38 due to a heart failure.
Born
October 25, 1950
Died
June 17, 1989 (age 38)
Birthplace
Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
Filmography
14 films, 15 shows


Down the Drain
1990 · 1h 45m · US
A dishonest lawyer devises a scheme to rob a bank by recruiting criminals he has represented to do the job for him. When the robbery is completed, he learns that the "loot" from the vault is in fact a microchip containing top-secret information.


Ghost Writer
1989 · 1h 34m
A writer moves into a Malibu beach house, and comes up against the ghost of an actress who supposedly had committed suicide there 30 years previously, but had been murdered by her boyfriend. The ghost asks the writer's help in proving her boyfriend the killer.


One Man Force
1989 · 1h 32m · US
In this action packed film, an L.A. cop speeds off to get revenge upon the dirty drug-dealing dogs who killed his partner


The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988 · 1h 34m · IT
A renegade team of World War II soldiers. This time, one of the 12 is a woman and, with a Nazi spy within their midst, they're up against German wartime geniuses out to establish a Fourth Reich.


The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
1987 · 1h · US
Comedy concert of comedian Joe Piscopo filmed live from UCLA.


One Crazy Summer
1986 · 1h 33m · US
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.


Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
1986 · 46m
Charlie Barnett shows you how to succeed in college without trying.


Darlin' Clementine
1986 · 49m · US
Clementine is the sole woman in her mining camp who cares for everyone around her until her selfish father learns a valuable lesson.


Command 5
1985 · 1h 33m · US
A team of special military forces has to save a small town which has been taken hostage by an organization called the Brotherhood.


The Goonies
1985 · 1h 54m · US
Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure in hopes of saving their homes from demolition. However, on their quest to find the treasure, they run into a family of recently escaped criminals, determined to capture the kids and reach the treasure first.


Half Nelson
1985 · 1h 35m · US
Rocky Nelson is a New York cop, who after making a major bust and selling the rights of his story to Hollywood decides to try his luck out as an actor. However, when he gets there, the directors think that he is too short to be an actor. He is then approach by someone who offers him a job at a Hollywood security agency, cause he would fit in there being an ex-cop and while working there he could come in contact with some Hollywood heavy-weights who could give him the break he needs. And at the same he gets to live in Dean Martin's guest-house.


The Ice Pirates
1984 · 1h 34m · US
In the not too distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The last surviving water planet was somehow removed to the unreachable centre of the galaxy at the end of the galactic trade wars. The galaxy is ruled by an evil emperor presiding over a trade oligarchy that controls all mining and sale of ice from asteroids and comets.


Caveman
1981 · 1h 31m · MX
Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.


North Dallas Forty
1979 · 1h 59m · US
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.