  john bernard larroquette iii (born november 25, 1947) is an american film, television and stage actor. his roles include dan fielding on the 1984&ndash;1992 sitcom night court (winning a then-unprecedented four consecutive emmy awards for his role), mike mcbride in the hallmark channel series mcbride, john hemingway on the john larroquette show, lionel tribbey on the west wing and carl sack in boston legal. ==personal life== larroquette was born in new orleans, louisiana, the son of berthalla oramous (nÃ©e helmstetter), a department store clerk, and john edgar bernard junior.john larroquette biography - yahoo! moviesjohn larroquette biography (1947-) he grew up in the ninth ward of new orleans not far from the french quarter. he played clarinet and saxophone through childhood but quit when he discovered acting after seeing some actors rehearse the tennessee williams play vieux carrÃ© in 1973. he moved to hollywood in 1973 after working in radio and the record business. larroquette served in the united states naval reserve. larroquette met his wife elizabeth ann cookson in 1974 while working in the play enter laughing. they have three children; one of his sons, jonathan larroquette, co-hosts a popular comedy podcast called uhh yeah dude. in the 1970s and 1980s, larroquette battled alcoholism. on the tonight show with jay leno on march 10, 2007, he joked, "i was known to have a cocktail or 60." he stopped drinking in february 1982. ===hobbies and interests=== larroquette enjoys collecting rare books. authors whose works he has focused on include [[sa
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