Name John Brent Role Actor | Albums How to Speak Hip | |
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Died August 16, 1985, Los Angeles, California, United States Movies American Graffiti, More American Graffiti, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Catch‑22, Steelyard Blues Similar People Del Close, Alan Myerson, Buck Henry, Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker | ||
John Brent (Madison, Connecticut, 14 March 1938 – 16 August 1985 in Los Angeles) was an American actor, comedian and beat poet.
He was part of the Second City comedy club, and then later The Committee. He is mainly known for being half the duo behind the 1959 How To Speak Hip comedy album with Del Close. Otherwise he recorded and published little since he died at a relatively young age. He also appeared as an actor in such films as Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Catch-22, Steelyard Blues, and American Graffiti.
A one volume book of John's poetry, All Grief Be Far, was published posthumously by his friends. In it there is a poem about how he avoided going to the war in Vietnam by telling the enlistment officers that he couldn't undress himself. Not that he wouldn't, but that he couldn't.
He was once on an elevator when John Belushi boarded. Mr. Belushi knelt and kissed Brent's feet.
John Brent is survived by his son, Jeremy Paz, who resides in San Francisco, CA.