John McConnell

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia John McConnell born November 13 1958 aka John Spud McConnell is an American actor and radio personality based in New Orleans Louisiana McConnell is a character actor who has appeared in more than 40 films ranging from obscure independent films mostly filmed locally in New Orleans or elsewhere set in the Gulf Coast region to major cinematic release movies such as the Coen Brothers production O Brother Where Art Thou McConnell has also appeared in numerous plays including an offBroadway run in the oneman show The Kingfish wherein he portrays colorful Louisiana Governor Huey P Long He is perhaps bestknown for having portrayed Ignatius J Reilly from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces and in that role was the model for a lifesized bronze statue of the fictitious character on historic Canal Street in downtown New Orleans On television McConnell made appearances over three seasons of Roseanne with good friend and colleague John Goodman Most recently McConnell is featured in a recurring role on the FX series The Riches starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver McConnell is a conservative afternoon radio personality hosting a daily callin talk show The Spud Show on WWL 870 AM and 1053 FM Description above from the Wikipedia article John McConnell actor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia