John Lawlor

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia John Henry Lawlor III June 5 1941 February 13 2025 was an American actor and assistant director Early life Lawlor was born on June 5 1941 in Troy New York but spent much of his early life in Boulder Colorado where his mother was a teacher of special needs children at Casey Jr High School In the late1960s he worked as a AmeriCorps Seniors volunteer trainer in Denver Career His best known roles were Supervisor Leonard Marsh on the television series Phyllis from 1976 to 1977 and later of Headmaster Steven Bradley on the television series The Facts of Life from 1979 to 1980 The name Steven Bradley was likely meant as a tribute to Steve Bradley in Boulder a friend and onetime manager of the Winter Park ski area He also gueststarred in LA Law Knots Landing Mr Belvedere Barney Miller The Rockford Files Ellery Queen Baa Baa Black Sheep and Alice He played the locksmith exhorted by Skylar White in Breaking Bad He appeared in the movies National Lampoons Movie Madness 1982 SOB 1981 Billy Jack Goes to Washington 1977 The Gumball Rally 1976 Wyatt Earp 1994 and Mr Fixit 1988 In a 1980s TV commercial for MaltOMeal hot cereal he played a father telling his sons invisible friend that MaltOMeal was Good stuff Maynard a line which became a popular phrase Personal life and death Lawlor was divorced from Tantoo Cardinal with whom he had two children He also had four other children Lawlor died in Albuquerque New Mexico on February 13 2025 at the age of 83 CLR