Sean McCann

William Leonard Sean McCann was a Canadian actor and was in the business for over 55 years. He was best known for his roles as Lt. Jim Hogan in the 1985 CTV television drama series Night Heat (1985–1989), Frank Rittenhauer in the comedy film Tommy Boy and the Judge in Chicago (2002). On the series, McCann played Jim Baxter, a middle-class father of three children living in a suburb of St. Louis.

Personal life From 1968 until his death in 2019, he was married to Andrée Paquet for 51 years, and he had five children.

Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes 1974 A Quiet Day in Belfast Peter O'Lurgan 1975 Sudden Fury Polanski 1976 The Far Shore Cluny 1977 The Uncanny Inspector Segment: "Hollywood 1936" 1977 Starship Invasions Carl 1978 Three Card Monte Car Salesman1978The NewcomersMcConnellEpisode "1847" 1979 Title Shot Lieutenant Grace 1980 Nothing Personal Jake 1980 Hog Wild Colonel Warner 1980 Atlantic City Detective Credited as Sean McCaan 1980 Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave Jack 1981 Death Hunt News Reporter 1981 Tulips Roger 1981 Silence of the North Man on Soup Line 1982 I Know a Secret Six-Toed Jimmy Short film 1984 Hockey Night Mr. Kozak 1985 One Step Away Building Manager Short film 1986 The High Price of Passion John Benedict 1986 Flying Jack Crew 1986 In This Corner Joe Dunne 1988 Criminal Law Jacob Fisher 1994 The Air Up There Ray Fox 1994 Trapped in Paradise Chief Bernie Burnell 1994 Heritage Minutes: Agnes Macphail The Warden 1995 Tommy Boy Frank Rittenhauer 1995 Iron Eagle IV Wilcox 1996 Swann Homer 1997 Affliction Evan Twombley 1998 Simon Birch Chief Al Cork 1999 Woman Wanted Kevin 2000 Possible Worlds Inspector Berkley 2000 The Law of Enclosures Hank 2002 Chicago Judge 2004 Miracle Walter Bush 2005 The River King Ernest Grey 2012 Let the Daylight Into the Swamp Donal St. Jules 2014 The Big Fat Stone Defense Lawyer Simon Trumble 2015 No Deposit Hostage Negotiator 2017 Born Dead Father McKenna 2019 Goalie Red Storey 2021 Defining Moments Shopkeeper Final role

Television YearTitleRoleNotes1975PerformanceMultipleEpisodes "The Middle Game", "The Captain of Köpenick" 1982 Off Your Rocker Lou Carmen Television movie 1985–89 Night Heat Lieutenant Jim Hogan 96 episodes 1988 The King Chronicle Mackenzie King Miniseries 1989 Small Sacrifices Russell Wells Television movie 1991 Counterstrike Captain Murphy Episode: "Fire in the Streets" 1991 Scales of Justice Malcolm Robb Episode "Regina v Stewart" 1993 I'll Never Get to Heaven John O'Doyle 1994 Wild C.A.T.s: Covert Action Team Marlowe (voice) Episodes: "Pilot" and "Cry of the Coda" 1995–2001 Little Bear Grandfather Bear (voice) Appears in 18 episodes (22 segments); referenced in an additional 2 episodes (2 segments) 1996 Gang in Blue Clute Mirkovich Television movie 1998 Dogboys Pappy Television movie 1998 Evidence of Blood Theodore Warfield Television movie 1998–2000 The Noddy Shop Noah Tomten 66 episodesNominated - Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Pre-School Program or Series (1999)Nominated - Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Pre-School Program or Series (2000) 1998 Power Play Ray Malone 3 episodes 2000 A House Divided Rutherford Television movie 2000–01 George Shrinks Russell Copeland (voice) 3 episodes 2001 The Day Reagan Was Shot Donald Regan Television movie 2003 The Pentagon Papers John Mitchell Television movie 2005–06 Naturally, Sadie Dr. W.S. Finch 7 episodes 2011 Haven Dom Novelli Episode: "Roots" 2014 Best Christmas Party Ever Arthur Tyrell Television movie