FrameThrower · Actors · John Heard
John Heard
8 films · 913 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1982–2014
Born 7 March 1946 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA · died 21 July 2017
John Heard Jr. was an American actor. Heard made his debut appearance in film with the ensemble Between the Lines (1977). He appeared in a number of successful films, including Heart Beat (1980), Cutter's Way (1981), Cat People (1982), Beaches (1988), and Deceived (1991), and was perhaps best known for his role of Peter McCallister in the first two Home Alone films (1990–1992). He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1999 for guest-starring as Vin Makazian on The Sopranos (1999–2004).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 913 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1982–2014
- Theatre World Award1977
How their films are shot
Measured across 913 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work John takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 8 films we hold, 44% of their frames are night, 44% natural — the look of the work John takes.
Time of day
Lighting
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 913 frames from John Heard's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.