The assistant director of ‘Wayne’s World’ and ‘Tommy Boy’ is 79 years old.

John Hockridge, an accomplished first assistant director who collaborated with director Peter Segal on eight films, including one starring Adam Sandler. anger management, 50 first date and remake the longest yardyou are dead He was 79 years old.

Hawkridge died of liver cancer on April 17 in Portland, Oregon, his daughter Lindsey Hawkridge said. The Hollywood Reporter. I was diagnosed with stage 4 in December last year.

Hockridge also teamed with John Badham. drop zone (1994) and nick of time (1995), starring Jerry Zucker ghost (1990) and rat race (2001) and with David Zucker. scary movie 3 (2003).

His advertising resume is included soap dish (1991), required roughness (1991), Penelope Spiris’ Wayne’s World (1992), leap of faith (1992), Philip Noyce sliver (1993), Kevin Hooks’ black dog (1998), Mothman’s Prophecy (2002), Cats and Dogs: Rich Kitty’s Revenge (2010) and when in rome (2010).

He worked on the first three feature films directed by Segal. The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), tommy boy (1995) and my fellow americans (1996), followed by Be smart (2008) and grudge match (2013).

What exactly does AD do? “Typically, our ADs are logistics experts.” said 2003. “I jokingly say I’m the one who yells and screams on set, but I don’t work that way and I don’t like people who do that. An AD’s biggest job is to minimize the time it takes a DP to get the set and actors ready and the cameras rolling.”

John Edward Hawkridge was born on April 2, 1947 in Mexico, Missouri. His father, DW, was a manager at J.C. Penney and the family moved frequently with his father responsible for opening new stores. He studied engineering at the University of Oklahoma, then graduated with a degree in graphic design in 1969.

He and his red Afro came to Hollywood in a 1969 Volkswagen van and spent a year at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He worked as an intern for a local photographer, developing and printing photos, and then began working in advertising.

I have had advertising roles in TV shows such as: charlie’s angels and TJ HookerHe then started working on his first film. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), director Leonard Nimoy. He will return to television performing. matt houston, air wolf, beauty and the beast and earth.

Hockridge retired in 2013 after working at Paramount for several years and then going freelance, spending much of his later years traveling around the world. His family said he enjoyed “nothing more than eating a good meal with his family and watching the clouds as the sun began to set.”

Survivors include his daughters, Lindsey and Kailey; their partners Michael and William, and their three grandchildren.