John Heard Jr. (March 7, 1946 – July 21, 2017) was an American actor. He appeared in a number of successful films, including "Heart Beat" (1980), "Cutter's Way" (1981), "Cat People" (1982), "C.H.U.D." (1984), "After Hours" (1985), "Beaches" (1988), "The Package" (1989), and "Deceived" (1991). Other films include "The Trip to Bountiful" (1985), "Big" (1988), "Awakenings" (1990), "Rambling Rose" (1991), "The Pelican Brief" (1993), "My Fellow Americans" (1996), "Animal Factory" (2000), "White Chicks" (2004), "Would You Rather" (2012), and "Assault on Wall Street" (2013). Heard also played the role of Peter McCallister, the father of protagonist Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin), in "Home Alone" (1990) and its sequel "" (1992).