Sad news we learned today: John Aylward left us this week. It was more precisely on Monday that the actor died following a long illness at the age of 75. He became known to the general public for his role in the series Emergency room.
John died at his home in Seattle earlier this week. She is his companion Mary Fields who broke the news through her husband’s agent, Mitchell K. Stubbs. “He was a dream client, a friend and a fantastic person.“said the latter in stride.
John Aylward will be remembered as the Doctor Donald Anspaugh from the series Emergency rooma character he played under the age of 13 on screen between 1996 and 2009. On television, he also distinguished himself in two seasons from the White Housein the shoes of the former president of the Democratic Party.
During his rich career spanning almost 50 years, the actor had built an impressive filmography. We had discovered it, among other things, in The Three Fugitives, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Armageddon, Instinct, Thirteen Days, Visitors to America, Bad Company, Bye Bye Love, The Josey Aimes Affair, The Crazies, Water for Elephants, Gangster Squad, Albert To west and The Way Back.
John Aylward was born and raised in his hometown of Seattle. It was in the Washington state capital that he had his first classes in the theater, following the training program for professional actors at the city’s university. During the 1970s he even founded a performance venue, the Empty Space Theater (which closed in 2006). Passionate and creative, he was also a member of the company of Seattle Repertory Theater.