Ned Dowd

Ned Dowd
Born (1950-05-26) May 26, 1950
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

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

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

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

  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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