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Slap Shot is a 1977 American sports comedy film directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd, and starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean. It depicts a minor league ice hockey team that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a factory town in decline.
In a 1977 New York Times interview, Dowd called the new version of the screenplay "terrible." [2] Her brother Ned Dowd inspired [3] the story behind Slap Shot based on his experiences playing minor league hockey. Ned and his wife, Nancy N. Dowd, both appeared in the film. [4]
Paul D'Amato (October 2, 1949 – February 19, 2024) was an American actor best known for his appearance as the lead antagonist in the hockey film Slap Shot.Apart from films, he also acted in various television series and stage productions, often cast as a thug or henchman.
In this photo from December 2010, Worcester native Paul D'Amato, right, who played Tim "Dr. Hook" McCracken in the 1977 movie classic "Slap Shot," poses with the Worcester Sharks' Mike Moore after ...
25 years after the events of the first film, the Charlestown Chiefs are still languishing in Pennsylvania. Sean Linden, a former NHL player whose name has been disgraced for betting on games, has replaced Reggie Dunlop as the main protagonist — initially a player-coach, just like Dunlop, Linden also serves as the team's captain.
Paul D’Amato, best known for playing Tim “Dr. Hook” McCracken in hockey comedy “Slap Shot,” died after a four-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disease, on ...
Paul D’Amato, best known for playing Tim “Dr. Hook” McCracken in hockey comedy “Slap Shot” and who helped inspire the look of the comic book Wolverine, has died at 76.
In his film career, his first notable acting role was in the 1977 film Slap Shot featuring Paul Newman and the Hanson Brothers when he played the role of Jean-Guy Drouin. His second role was as Jacques Mercier, in the television series Lance et Compte ( He Shoots, He Scores in English) which started with three seasons from 1987 to 1989 before ...