Ned Dowd [SEP] occupation
Ned Dowd
Ned Dowd (born May 26, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American film producer and former actor.
Career.
After graduating from Bowdoin College in 1972, Dowd earned a master's degree at McGill University and played professional hockey. The film, "Slap Shot" (1977), written by his sister, Nancy Dowd, is based in part on his experiences playing minor league hockey. Dowd appeared in the film as notorious hockey player Ogie Ogelthorpe.
He continued to occasionally act
that the team was for sale. Dowd moved to the area and was inspired to write "Slap Shot". It was filmed in Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; central New York (Clinton Arena in Clinton, New York, Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York and the Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium in Syracuse).
Nancy Dowd used Ned and a number of his Johnstown Jets teammates in "Slap Shot", with Ned playing Syracuse goon "Ogie Ogilthorpe". He later used the role to