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John Bernard Larroquette (born November 25, 1947 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a film and television actor. He is probably best known for his role as boorish, sex-obsessed Assistant District Attorney Reinhold Fielding Elmore (aka Dan Fielding) on Night Court, a role for which he won Emmy Awards in 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988. In 1989, he asked to not be considered for an Emmy. His four consecutive wins were, at the time, a record.

He later starred on The John Larroquette Show as John Hemmingway with considerably less success.

Larroquette's first role was uncredited, as an Army soldier in Follow Me, Boys!
(1966). He also had an uncredited role as the narrator of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). His starring roles include the 1989 movie Second Sight, with Bronson Pinchot, and Madhouse, with Kirstie Alley. Other movies Larroquette had significant roles in include: Blind Date
, Stripes
, Meatballs Part II, Summer Rental
, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
, JFK
, and Richie Rich.

In 2003 he returned to his roots and narrated the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
, this time fully credited.

In 2005, he played the title role in the McBride series of American TV movies.

Personal and Family

He has three children with his wife, Elizabeth Ann Cookson. He is also a registered member of the Libertarian Party, a fact to which he alluded when he made an appearance on Dennis Miller's CNBC show on the "Varsity Panel". During an appearance on Tom Snyder's show, Larroquette mentioned that he almost quit the party when they nominated Howard Stern to run for governor of New York.

In the seventies and eighties, Larroquette battled alcoholism.

John was devastated after Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans; he was born and raised there.

Night Court

Surprise Hit

Larroquette owes much of his career's success to his role as Dan Fielding on Night Court, NBC's surprise hit which ran from 1984 to 1992. It revolved around a boyish judge, Harry Stone (Harry Anderson), who presides over a Manhattan courtroom, along with an evolving staff and a motley crew of night people who shuffled through the court.

Only Larroquette, Anderson, and Richard Moll (as Bailiff Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon) appeared in every episode of the series. Night Court was created as a showcase for Harry Anderson, a magician who had been building a buzz with appearances on Saturday Night Live and Cheers. However, for many, Larroquette's Fielding became the main draw to the show.

Dan Fielding

Smarmy, crude, and self-centered, he represented the most negative stereotype of a lawyer. However, on many occasions Fielding displayed true warmth and well-timed morality. In a famous example, he talked a chemically-imbalanced Roz (Marsha Warfield) down from a ledge and had a well-intentioned talk with Harry who was temporarily quitting his job. Fielding flirted incessantly with any young female including both Billie (Ellen Foley) and Christine (Markie Post). His feelings for Christine evolved into a rivalry with Harry for her affection.

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