•John Ford Noonan was born on October 7, 1943 in New York, New York, USA and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut.
•He is an actor, writer & film director.
•His work first came into praise in 1969 with the Lincoln
Center production of
The Year Boston Won the Pennant,
for which he was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
•Noonan has gained success in television for writing many St. Elsewhere episodes, in which he won an Emmy in 1985.