What was John Heard’s Net Worth?
American actor John Heard had a $3.5 million fortune at the time of his passing. The movies “Cutter’s Way,” “Beaches,” “The Trip to Bountiful,” “Big,” and “Home Alone” all featured John Heard. He had prominent television roles on shows including “The Client” and “Prison Break,” among others, and was nominated for an Emmy in 1999 for his appearance on “The Sopranos.”
The movies “Cat People,” “Awakenings,” “The Great Debaters,” and “The Tale” are among Heard’s more credits. Regrettably, 72-year-old John Heard passed away on July 21, 2017.
John had recently undergone a minor surgery at Stanford Medical Center. He was found by a hotel maid at his Palo Alto hotel room. John was married three times and is survived by three children.
Early Life and Education
John Heard and Helen welcomed him into the world on March 7, 1946 in Washington, DC. While his mother performed in local theater, his father worked for the Department of Defense.
Heard attended Gonzaga College High School when she was a teen. Following Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, he continued his education at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. Heard has two sisters and a deceased brother from 2017.
Career Beginnings on Stage
Heard began his acting career in the 70s on stage. He acted off-Broadway in the play “The Wager” and appeared in a production of “Hamlet” at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. Following that, Heard starred in such plays as “G.R. Point,” “Othello,” and “Split,” all of which won him Obie Awards.
Personal Life and Death
Heard was three times married and divorced. Actress Margot Kidder, with whom he was married from 1979 to 1980, served as his first wife. He later married Sharon in 1988, and the two of them produced Annika and Maxwell. In 1996, the couple got a divorce.
Lana Pritchard was Heard’s third and last wife; they wed in 2010 and divorced seven months later. Heard had a son named John with the actress Melissa Leo in the late 1980s before any of his marriages. Heard was detained for allegedly assaulting Leo in the early 1990s, and she was detained for trespassing on her property later in the decade.
In July of 2017, Heard was found unresponsive by the staff of a hotel in Palo Alto, California, where he was staying after having minor back surgery. The cause of death was cardiac arrest. Heard was 71 years of age.
