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Ned Dowd

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Ned Dowd
Born (1950-05-26) May 26, 1950 (age 76)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationsFilm producer, actor
Years active1984-present
SpouseNancy N. Dowd
RelativesNancy Dowd (Sister)

Ned Dowd (born May 26, 1950) is an American film producer and former actor.

Hockey career

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After graduating from Bowdoin College in 1972, Dowd earned a master's degree at McGill University and played professional hockey.[1][2][3] He was signed originally by the St. Louis Blues of the NHL and assigned to their minor league affiliate Johnstown Jets, for whom he played during the 1973–74 and 1974-75 seasons.[2][4] He also played minor league hockey for the Kalamazoo Wings of the IHL during the 1974-75 season.[2][5]

Film career

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The film Slap Shot (1977), written by his sister, Nancy Dowd, is based in part on his experiences playing in the minor leagues.[6][7] Dowd served as technical advisor for the film and appeared in the film as notorious hockey player Ogie Ogelthorpe.[8][9][10] His role as technical advisor included training star Paul Newman on how to play and coach ice hockey.[8] Film critic Pauline Kael suggested that the Slap Shot character Ned Brandon was based on Dowd.[10] His wife, Nancy N. Dowd (not to be confused with his sister), also appears in the movie as the wife of one of the players.[8]

Besides serving as an advisor on Slap Shot, he also served as a technical advisor for the 1977 TV drama The Deadliest Season.[11] He continued to occasionally act until 1996, but focused his career on becoming an assistant director and eventually a line producer. He had small parts in several films, the last being Bottle Rocket (1996), and has been a producer of such films as The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Shanghai Noon (2000), Wonder Boys (2000), and Apocalypto (2006).[12][13][14][15][16]

Career statistics

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1969-70 Bowdoin College NESCAC 22871524 —————
1970-71 Bowdoin College NESCAC 2312172931 —————
1971-72 Bowdoin College NESCAC 2223174034 —————
1972-73 McGill University CIAU —153146— —————
1973-74 Johnstown Jets NAHL 7432306269 123364
1974-75 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 1334719 —————
1974-75 Johnstown Jets NAHL 4310162626 51230

References

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  1. ↑ Doyle, Dick (July 15, 1975). "Nords acquire Dowd". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved April 24, 2026 – via newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ned Dowd". Hockey Database. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Ned Dowd signs with Nordiques". Evening Express. July 15, 1975. p. 20. Retrieved April 24, 2026 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Anderson, Ed (March 6, 1977). "'Slap Shot' actor in ice debut here". Maine Sunday Telegram. pp. 1B, 7B. Retrieved April 24, 2026 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Wagner, Bob (June 9, 1977). "Ned Dowd returns to Kalamazoo..on film". Kalamazoo Gazette. p. C-4. Retrieved April 24, 2026 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Jenks, Jayson (February 19, 2024). "The wacky true story of the hockey team that inspired 'Slap Shot'". New York Times. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  7. ↑ Farabaugh, Pat (2021). "Blob of Precipitation". Disastrous Floods and the Demise of Steel in Johnstown. History Press. p. 104. ISBN 9781467150019.
  8. 1 2 3 Scanlan, Susan (August 31, 1976). "Back from working with the stars". The Times Record. p. 5. Retrieved April 24, 2026 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Musselman, Ron; Rigby, Tim (February 23, 2017). "Four decades later, 'Slap Shot' returns to its Johnstown roots". WJAC. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  10. 1 2 Kael, Pauline (1980). When the Lights Go Down. University of Minnesota. p. 276. ISBN 9780030425110.
  11. ↑ "Camera tricks are helpful". Goldsboro News-Argus. August 19, 1979. p. 64. Retrieved April 24, 2026 – via newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Bottle Rocket cast and crew". Metacritic. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Last of the Mohicans cast and crew". Metacritic. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Wonder Boys cast and crew". Metacritic. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Apocalypto cast and crew". Metacritic. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Ned Dowd – Producer // Independent Exec". London Screenwriters Festival. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
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