28-472: John Spencer may refer to: Earls [ edit ] John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer (1734–1783), MP for Warwick 1756–1761 John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer (1782–1845), British politician John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (1835–1910), British politician John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924–1992), father of Diana, Princess of Wales Politicians [ edit ] John Spencer (courtier) (died 1417),
56-480: A Drama Desk nomination for The Day Room . In 1986 he appeared on Broadway as Dan White , the killer of Harvey Milk , in Execution of Justice , alongside Stanley Tucci and Wesley Snipes . Spencer was a supporting actor in the hit 1990 courtroom thriller Presumed Innocent , portraying a tough veteran homicide detective, starring opposite Harrison Ford . Spencer's work also extended to video games, portraying
84-842: A Drama Series in 2002, for the show's third season episodes "Bartlet for America" and "We Killed Yamamoto." Spencer was married once and was divorced in the 1970s; he had no children. Spencer quit drinking in 1989 after over 20 years of addiction to alcohol. He was extremely close with his West Wing co-star Martin Sheen . Spencer died of a heart attack in a Los Angeles hospital on December 16, 2005. Many of Spencer's West Wing co-stars paid tribute to him at his funeral, including Martin Sheen , Dulé Hill , Joshua Malina , Janel Moloney , Richard Schiff , Alan Alda , Jimmy Smits , Aaron Sorkin , Allison Janney , James Mangold , David E. Kelley , and Bradley Whitford . Kristin Chenoweth sang
112-501: A degree. Spencer often referred to himself as a "dyed-in-the-wool liberal" and described Franklin Delano Roosevelt as one of his heroes. Spencer began his television career on The Patty Duke Show , and eventually began appearing in supporting roles in feature films beginning with 1983's WarGames . He won an Obie Award for the 1981 off Broadway production of Still Life , about a Vietnam War veteran, and received
140-632: A secret ceremony on 20 December 1755 at Althorp , the Spencer family seat in Northamptonshire . The ceremony, held in an upper bedroom, occurred during a ball held in Spencer's honour with five hundred guests in attendance. They had five children, three of whom survived infancy: The Spencers owned many estates, but preferred to reside at Althorp . In 1764, the family moved to their newly built London residence, Spencer House . Intended to be worthy of Spencer's large collection of antiquities,
168-711: A servant of Henry V, MP for Suffolk, and High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1416 Sir John Spencer (died 1522) (1455–1522), English landowner in Northamptonshire Sir John Spencer (sheriff) (1524–1586), MP for Northamptonshire and High Sheriff of Northamptonshire Sir John Spencer (died 1600) (1549–1600), MP for Northampton, 1572 and High Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1578,1590 John Spencer (Lord Mayor of London) (died 1610), merchant and Lord Mayor of London John Spencer (speaker) (1666–1743), politician from Rhode Island colony John Spencer (British politician) (1708–1746), father of
196-632: A waitress, and John Speshock Sr., a truck driver. Spencer's father was of Irish and Czech descent, while his mother was of Ukrainian and Rusyn ancestry. Spencer’s parents were disappointed when he chose to become an actor. With his enrollment at the Professional Children's School in Manhattan in 1963, Spencer found himself sharing classes with such fellow students as Liza Minnelli and violinist Pinchas Zukerman . He attended Fairleigh Dickinson University , but did not complete
224-454: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer (19 December 1734 – 31 October 1783) was a British peer and politician . Spencer was born on 19 December 1734 at Althorp , his family's home in Northamptonshire . He was the only son of the Hon. John Spencer and his wife,
252-491: The 1st Duke of Marlborough ), who served as Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne . Among his paternal family were uncle Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland , aunt Lady Anne Spencer (wife of 1st Viscount Bateman ), Charles Spencer, 5th Earl of Sunderland (who succeeded his great-aunt, Henrietta , becoming the 3rd Duke of Marlborough ), and aunt Lady Diana Spencer (wife of the 4th Duke of Bedford ). His mother
280-469: The 1st Marquess of Lansdowne ). Spencer was the principal beneficiary under the will of his great-grandmother Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough who stipulated, however, that should he at any time accept "from any King or Queen of these realms any pension, or any office or employment, civil or military" (except the Rangership of Windsor Great or Little Park), the estate would pass to the next heir "as if
308-577: The Duchess of Marlborough 's will) that I cannot receive any favour from the King except a title, I should hope that if his Majesty thinks me worthy of a peerage he will not confer upon me a less dignity than that of a viscount... I hope your Grace has observed that ever since I sat in Parliament I have never failed in supporting the King and his ministers to the best of my ability." Newcastle replied that
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#1732776426205336-601: The Rockingham Government was being formed, Newcastle noted in his lists: " Viscount Spencer to be created an earl" which happened when he was created Viscount Althorp and Earl Spencer on 1 November 1765. Next, he adhered to the Chatham Administration . Lord Spencer later served as High Steward of St Albans in 1772 and Mayor of St Albans in 1779. In 1754, the twenty-year-old Spencer met seventeen-year-old Margaret Georgiana Poyntz , who
364-1557: The 1st Earl Spencer John Spencer (1767-1831) , MP for Wilton John Canfield Spencer (1788–1855), American politician John Spencer (mayor) (born 1946), former mayor of Yonkers, New York and an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate John W. Spencer (1864–1939), Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana Sportsmen [ edit ] John Spencer (snooker player) (1935–2006), English snooker player John Spencer (Scottish footballer) (born 1970), Scottish international football player and manager John Spencer (footballer, born 1934) (1934–2007), English football player for Sheffield United John Spencer (footballer, born 1898) (1898–?), English football player for Stoke John Spencer (rugby union, born 1947) , former English national rugby union team captain John Spencer (cricketer, born 1949) , former Sussex cricketer John Spencer (cricketer, born 1954) , former Wiltshire cricketer John Spencer (rugby, born 1880) (1880–1936), New Zealand rugby player John Spencer (Australian footballer) (1927–1998), Australian rules footballer John Spencer (rugby league, born 1946) (1946–2021), Australian rugby league player Johnny Spencer (1897–1984), American Negro leagues baseball player Others [ edit ] John Spenser or Spencer (1559–1614), one of
392-440: The King had received the application, but that there would be no immediate creations. Therefore, he continued canvassing St Albans but toward the end of February 1761, he nominated Viscount Nuneham in his place, likely after being informed of his impending creation. On 3 April 1761, he was created Baron Spencer of Althorp and Viscount Spencer by King George III . Spencer went into Opposition with Newcastle in 1762, and when
420-400: The character Spencer was playing, Leo McGarry, was portrayed as a candidate for vice president. These episodes aired after his death. But because Spencer died before the end of his character’s storyline had been filmed, the show's writers adapted to his absence by eventually describing McGarry as having died of a heart attack on election night. (This was the more plausible because, ironically, in
448-642: The former Georgiana Caroline Carteret . His only sibling was his sister, Diana Spencer, who died at eight years old. After his father's alcohol-related death in 1746, his mother married, secondly, William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper . His father was the youngest son of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland , the First Lord of the Treasury and Lord President of the Council under George I , and his second wife, Lady Anne Churchill (third daughter of
476-424: The lavish residence took seven years and £50,000 to build. Spencer died aged 48, in 1783, near Bath . He had suffered from a long illness. He was buried in the family vault at St Mary's Church, Great Brington in Northamptonshire . His widow lived another thirty years before her death on 18 March 1814. John Spencer (actor) John Spencer (born John Speshock Jr. ; December 20, 1946 – December 16, 2005)
504-507: The musical number " For Good " from the Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz Wizard of Oz musical Wicked . Spencer's remains were interred at Laurel Grove Memorial Park in his hometown of Totowa, New Jersey. At the time of his death, Spencer had filmed two episodes of The West Wing ’s seventh and final season that were in post-production – "Running Mates" and "The Cold" (Episodes 10 and 13, respectively). In both episodes,
532-678: The role of Captain Hugh Paulsen in the 1995 video game Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom . Spencer's subsequent film and television work primarily consisted of supporting roles such as a colleague and friend to Billy Crystal 's basketball referee in Forget Paris and a prickly FBI Director in Michael Bay 's film The Rock . In 1990 Spencer joined the cast of the television series L.A. Law , playing street-wise attorney Tommy Mullaney from 1990 to 1994. Spencer originally
560-558: The same John Spencer were actually dead." After going on a Grand Tour , Spencer returned to England where, in 1754, he was too young to stand for Parliament , but in return for James Grimston 's election at St Albans , the Grimston family promised to support for him, or his nominee, on the next occasion. In March 1756 Spencer, standing on the Whig interest, but lost in the exceedingly expensive by-election at Bristol where Jarrit Smyth
588-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Spencer&oldid=1239520313 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732776426205616-1239: The translators of the authorized version (1611) of the Bible and president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford John Spencer (priest) (1630–1693), English clergyman and scholar, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Pseudonym of William Edward Vickers (1889–1965), English mystery writer John Spencer (actor) (1946–2005), American actor in television series' including L.A. Law and The West Wing John Spencer (boat designer) (1931–1996), New Zealand architect and boat designer John H. Spencer (1907–2005), historian and advisor to Ethiopia John O. Spencer (1857–1947), fifth president of Morgan College Henk van Broekhoven, later known as John Spencer, Dutch singer, see The Dynamic Rockers John Spencer (businessman) (1934 or 1935–2016), New Zealand business magnate John Spencer , American military officer, researcher and author See also [ edit ] Jon Spencer (born 1965), American rock musician John Spencer-Churchill (disambiguation) John Spenser (disambiguation) John Spencer & Co , British paperback publisher Jack Spencer (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
644-554: Was White House Chief of Staff to the fictional U.S. President Jed Bartlet throughout the series' run. He was a recovering alcoholic, a compulsive worker, and a former U.S. Air Force pilot during the Vietnam War . McGarry would later be chosen as Matt Santos's running mate in the show's seventh and final season . Spencer's role on the show earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in
672-616: Was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Leo McGarry on the NBC political drama series The West Wing and for his role as attorney Tommy Mullaney in L.A. Law . His performance on The West Wing earned him a Primetime Emmy Award in 2002. John Spencer was born John Speshock Jr., on December 20, 1946, in New York City, and was raised in Totowa, New Jersey . He was the son of blue-collar parents Mildred (née Benzeroski),
700-596: Was elected. Nevertheless, Spencer was returned on 9 December for Warwick , mainly on the interest of Lord Brooke (later the 1st Earl of Warwick ). Spencer represented Warwick alongside Henry Archer . On 27 November 1760, Spencer wrote to the Duke of Newcastle , the Prime Minister of Great Britain , stating: "As I am the representative of the Sunderland family , and as my particular circumstances are such (from
728-420: Was not going to take the role but after reading five pages of the script he was convinced and said "it was one of the best scripts I'd read". Spencer said the character's disheveled wardrobe was based on his own. Spencer said he and co-star Cecil Hoffman spent time in New York City to prepare for the role. In 1999, Spencer was cast as Leo McGarry on the NBC political drama series The West Wing . McGarry
756-487: Was the daughter of the English diplomat and courtier Stephen Poyntz . The two were instantly attracted to one another, but Spencer was uncertain if he would have his family's approval for the match and opted to spend several months travelling until his twenty-first birthday, when their approval would no longer be necessary. On his return they recognised their love had persisted, and shortly after his birthday they married in
784-501: Was the third daughter and heiress of Lord President of the Council John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville , and his first wife, Frances Worsley (a daughter of Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet ). Among his maternal family were aunts Louisa Carteret (wife of the 2nd Viscount Weymouth ), Grace Carteret (wife of the 4th Earl of Dysart ), Frances Carteret (wife of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale ), and Sophia Carteret (wife of
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