John F. Goff rates highly as an extremely prolific, versatile and shamefully underrated jack of all trades in the delightfully down'n'dirty annals of 70s Grade B exploitation cinema. He was born on May 24 and was raised on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi in the small town of Kreole. Moreover, John attended Mississippi Southern College on a scholarship. Big and burly, with gray hair, a gentle twangy voice, and an engagingly low-key manner, Goff bears a striking resemblance to a beefy Hal Holbrook. John decided to forsake a promising athletic career to pursue acting instead while attending college. He started acting in summer stock stage theater productions and wrote movie reviews for both "Variety" and "The Hollywood Reporter" prior to becoming involved with the film business. Among Goff's most memorable roles are one of Ralph Meeker's vicious flunkies in the brutal revenge potboiler "Johnny Firecloud," Millie Perkin's vile abusive and alcoholic sea captain father in the deeply disturbing "The Witch Who Came from the Sea," an excitable railroad worker in the nifty sci-fi item "The Alpha Incident," a helpful psychiatrist in Al Adamson's "Nurse Sherri," the Nashville music producer who gets punched in the mouth by Gary Busey in "The Buddy Holly Story," a redneck hunter in "The Capture of Bigfoot," a doomed fisherman in John Carpenter's splendidly spooky "The Fog," a sleazy lawyer in "Maniac Cop," a sarcastic police psychiatrist in "Relentless" (Goff reprised this part in the first sequel), the arrogant alien at the newsstand who's rude to Roddy Piper in "They Live," and Tracy Griffith's weary rancher dad in "Skeeter." Goff has sizable supporting roles in the first two notoriously nasty "Ilsa" pictures: he's the Nazi prison camp guard who gets his throat cut wide open in the original and an oil sheik in the second one. Goff has done guest spots on the TV shows "L.A. Law," "The Dukes of Hazzard," and "The Big Valley." Moreover, Goff and his longtime best buddy George "Buck" Flower appeared in dozens of enjoyably trashy movies together; they even play brothers in both "Berserker" and "The Devil and Leroy Bassett." The dynamic drive-in flick duo of Goff and Flower collaborated on the scripts for "Death Falls," "In Search of A Golden Sky," "Joyride to Nowhere," "Drive-In Massacre," and "Teenage Seductress." Goff has co-written screenplays for the Matt Cimber features "Fake-Out," "Butterfly," "A Time to Die," "Hundra," and the recent "Miriam." Goff often has small roles in Cimber's movies as well. Goff also co-wrote the script for William Lustig's entertaining action romp "Hit List" and pops up in a small part as a prosecuting attorney. In addition to his substantial acting and writing credits, John F. Goff has worked as a grip on two Cimber films and handled second unit director chores on both "My Boys Are Good Boys" and "Bad Georgia Road." - IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders
John F. Goff rates highly as an extremely prolific, versatile and shamefully underrated jack of all trades in the delightfully down'n'dirty annals of 70s Grade B exploitation cinema. He was born on May 24 and was raised on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi in the small town of Kreole. Moreover, John attended Mississippi Southern College on a scholarship. Big and burly, with gray hair, a gentle twangy voice, and an engagingly low-key manner, Goff bears a striking resemblance to a beefy Hal Holbrook. John decided to forsake a promising athletic career to pursue acting instead while attending college. He started acting in summer stock stage theater productions and wrote movie reviews for both "Variety" and "The Hollywood Reporter" prior to becoming involved with the film business. Among Goff's most memorable roles are one of Ralph Meeker's vicious flunkies in the brutal revenge potboiler "Johnny Firecloud," Millie Perkin's vile abusive and alcoholic sea captain father in the deeply disturbing "The Witch Who Came from the Sea," an excitable railroad worker in the nifty sci-fi item "The Alpha Incident," a helpful psychiatrist in Al Adamson's "Nurse Sherri," the Nashville music producer who gets punched in the mouth by Gary Busey in "The Buddy Holly Story," a redneck hunter in "The Capture of Bigfoot," a doomed fisherman in John Carpenter's splendidly spooky "The Fog," a sleazy lawyer in "Maniac Cop," a sarcastic police psychiatrist in "Relentless" (Goff reprised this part in the first sequel), the arrogant alien at the newsstand who's rude to Roddy Piper in "They Live," and Tracy Griffith's weary rancher dad in "Skeeter." Goff has sizable supporting roles in the first two notoriously nasty "Ilsa" pictures: he's the Nazi prison camp guard who gets his throat cut wide open in the original and an oil sheik in the second one. Goff has done guest spots on the TV shows "L.A. Law," "The Dukes of Hazzard," and "The Big Valley." Moreover, Goff and his longtime best buddy George "Buck" Flower appeared in dozens of enjoyably trashy movies together; they even play brothers in both "Berserker" and "The Devil and Leroy Bassett." The dynamic drive-in flick duo of Goff and Flower collaborated on the scripts for "Death Falls," "In Search of A Golden Sky," "Joyride to Nowhere," "Drive-In Massacre," and "Teenage Seductress." Goff has co-written screenplays for the Matt Cimber features "Fake-Out," "Butterfly," "A Time to Die," "Hundra," and the recent "Miriam." Goff often has small roles in Cimber's movies as well. Goff also co-wrote the script for William Lustig's entertaining action romp "Hit List" and pops up in a small part as a prosecuting attorney. In addition to his substantial acting and writing credits, John F. Goff has worked as a grip on two Cimber films and handled second unit director chores on both "My Boys Are Good Boys" and "Bad Georgia Road." - IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders
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Filmography (Movies)
Tides and Nightmares
Character:Himself
Release Date:08/03/2016
Manson's Lost Girls
Character:George Spahn
Release Date:06/02/2016
Azira: Blood from the Sand
Character:Old Monk Tendow
Release Date:01/01/2006
The Screaming
Character:Jerry Steiner
Release Date:03/08/2000
Takin' It Off Out West
Character:Virgil Nelly
Release Date:20/11/1995
Ripper Man
Character:Coroner
Release Date:01/02/1995
Tammy and the T-Rex
Character:Uncle Bob
Release Date:28/12/1994
Skeeter
Character:Clay Crosby
Release Date:01/10/1993
The Bikini Carwash Company
Character:A.B. Quinn
Release Date:17/06/1992
Dead On: Relentless II
Character:Dr. Park
Release Date:26/02/1992
Total Exposure
Character:Arthur
Release Date:29/10/1991
Party Plane
Character:Lee
Release Date:02/01/1991
Dragonfight
Character:Slim
Release Date:05/06/1990
Relentless
Character:Doctor Park
Release Date:30/08/1989
Hit List
Character:Prosecutor
Release Date:03/03/1989
Crime of Crimes
Character:Gas Stattion Attendant
Release Date:01/01/1989
They Live
Character:Well Dressed Customer
Release Date:04/11/1988
Grotesque
Character:Producer
Release Date:09/09/1988
Maniac Cop
Character:Jack's Lawyer
Release Date:13/05/1988
Deadly Intent
Character:Detective Bergman
Release Date:12/05/1988
Takin' It All Off
Character:Eliot
Release Date:03/10/1987
Berserker
Character:Officer Hill
Release Date:04/07/1987
Distortions
Character:Coroner Tompkins
Release Date:10/05/1987
Party Favors
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1987
The Night Stalker
Character:Captain
Release Date:01/09/1986
Rigged
Character:West
Release Date:15/05/1985
Hustler Video Magazine 2
Character:NonSex
Release Date:22/08/1984
Breakin'
Character:Additional Voices (voice)
Release Date:04/05/1984
Hustler Video Magazine 1
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1983
Hundra
Character:Would-be back alley rapist (uncredited)
Release Date:23/07/1983
It's Called 'Murder', Baby
Character:Partner
Release Date:15/06/1983
Dixie Ray: Hollywood Star
Character:Partner (as Tom Reece)
Release Date:31/03/1983
Society Affairs
Character:Dan Bushnell
Release Date:01/10/1982
Butterfly
Character:Truck Driver
Release Date:05/02/1982
Under the Rainbow
Character:Bartender
Release Date:31/07/1981
Getting Over
Character:Arnold Stanfield Stone
Release Date:24/04/1981
Charli
Character:Wayne
Release Date:16/04/1981
Alligator
Character:Ashe
Release Date:14/11/1980
The Fog
Character:Al Williams
Release Date:01/02/1980
Gas Pump Girls
Character:Redneck
Release Date:01/12/1979
The Ecstasy Girls
Character:Charlie Appleton
Release Date:08/11/1979
The Capture of Bigfoot
Character:Burt
Release Date:01/11/1979
Summer Camp
Character:Herman
Release Date:01/06/1979
Up Yours
Character:John / Devil
Release Date:05/01/1979
Nurse Sherri
Character:Dr. Andrews (as Jack Barnes)
Release Date:01/08/1978
The Alpha Incident
Character:Jack Tiller
Release Date:24/05/1978
The Buddy Holly Story
Character:T.J.
Release Date:18/05/1978
SexWorld
Character:Bearded Technician
Release Date:01/04/1978
The Kid from Not-So-Big
Character:Ben
Release Date:01/01/1978
My Boys Are Good Boys
Character:Lecherous Man (as John Goff)
Release Date:01/01/1978
Bad Georgia Road
Character:Mr. Shields
Release Date:30/06/1977
Drive-In Massacre
Character:Det. Mike Leary
Release Date:20/12/1976
C.B. Hustlers
Character:Boots Clayborn
Release Date:20/12/1976
Country Doc
Character:Moose
Release Date:08/10/1976
Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks
Character:Sheik Kalam (uncredited)
Release Date:29/02/1976
The Witch Who Came from the Sea
Character:Molly's Father
Release Date:06/02/1976
That Girl from Boston
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1975
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family
Character:Doctor #1
Release Date:19/12/1975
Lady Cocoa
Character:The Sicilian
Release Date:01/12/1975
Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS
Character:Nazi Guard with Mustache (uncredited)
Release Date:01/10/1975
Virgin Cowboy
Character:Bartender
Release Date:01/01/1975
Dames and Dreams
Character:Crooked Cop
Release Date:15/02/1974
The Black Bunch
Character:Billy
Release Date:01/02/1973
The Devil and Leroy Bassett
Character:Leroy Bassett
Release Date:01/01/1973
The Godchildren
Character:Bobby Lee O'Toole (as Noel Lyons)
Release Date:01/01/1971
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