William Leonard Sean McCann was a Canadian actor and was in the business for over 55 years. He was best known for his roles as Lt. Jim Hogan in the 1985 CTV television drama series Night Heat (1985–1989), Frank Rittenhauer in the comedy film Tommy Boy (1995) and the Judge in Chicago (2002). On the series, McCann played Jim Baxter, a middle-class father of three children living in a suburb of St. Louis.
Personal life
From 1968 until his death in 2019, he was married to Andrée Paquet for 51 years, and he had five children.
Filmography
Film
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!Title
!Role
!Notes
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| 1974
| data-sort-value="Quiet Day in Belfast, A" | A Quiet Day in Belfast
| Peter O'Lurgan
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| 1975
| Sudden Fury
| Polanski
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| 1976
| data-sort-value="Far Shore, The" | The Far Shore
| Cluny
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| 1977
| data-sort-value="Uncanny, The" | The Uncanny
| Inspector
| Segment: "Hollywood 1936"
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| 1977
| Starship Invasions
| Carl
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| 1978
| Three Card Monte
| Car Salesman
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| 1979
| Title Shot
| Lieutenant Grace
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| 1980
| Nothing Personal
| Jake
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| 1980
| Hog Wild
| Colonel Warner
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| 1980
| Atlantic City
| Detective
| Credited as Sean McCaan
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| 1980
| Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave
| Jack
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| 1981
| Death Hunt
| News Reporter
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| 1981
| Tulips
| Roger
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| 1981
| Silence of the North
| Man on Soup Line
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| 1982
| I Know a Secret
| Six-Toed Jimmy
| Short film
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| 1984
| Hockey Night
| Mr. Kozak
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| 1985
| One Step Away
| Building Manager
| Short film
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| 1986
| data-sort-value="High Price of Passion, The" | The High Price of Passion
| John Benedict
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| 1986
| Flying
| Jack Crew
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| 1986
| In This Corner
| Joe Dunne
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| 1988
| Criminal Law
| Jacob Fisher
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| 1994
| data-sort-value="Air Up There, The" | The Air Up There
| Ray Fox
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| 1994
| Trapped in Paradise
| Chief Bernie Burnell
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| 1994
| Heritage Minutes: Agnes Macphail
| The Warden
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| 1995
| Tommy Boy
| Frank Rittenhauer
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| 1995
| Iron Eagle IV
| Wilcox
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| 1996
| Swann
| Homer
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| 1997
| Affliction
| Evan Twombley
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| 1998
| Simon Birch
| Chief Al Cork
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| 1999
| Woman Wanted
| Kevin
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| 2000
| Possible Worlds
| Inspector Berkley
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| 2000
| data-sort-value="Law of Enclosures, The" | The Law of Enclosures
| Hank
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| 2002
| Chicago
| Judge
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| 2004
| Miracle
| Walter Bush
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| 2005
| data-sort-value="River King, The" | The River King
| Ernest Grey
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| 2012
| Let the Daylight Into the Swamp
| Donal St. Jules
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| 2014
| data-sort-value="Big Fat Stone, The" | The Big Fat Stone
| Defense Lawyer Simon Trumble
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| 2015
| No Deposit
| Hostage Negotiator
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| 2017
| Born Dead
| Father McKenna
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| 2019
| Goalie
| Red Storey
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| 2021
| Defining Moments
| Shopkeeper
| Final role
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Television
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!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
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|1975
|Performance
|Multiple
|Episodes "The Middle Game", "The Captain of Köpenick"
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| 1982
| Off Your Rocker
| Lou Carmen
| Television movie
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| 1985–89
| Night Heat
| Lieutenant Jim Hogan
| 96 episodes
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| 1988
| data-sort-value="King Chronicle, The" | The King Chronicle
| Mackenzie King
| Miniseries
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| 1989
| Small Sacrifices
| Russell Wells
| Television movie
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| 1991
| Counterstrike
| Captain Murphy
| Episode: "Fire in the Streets"
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| 1991
| Scales of Justice
| Malcolm Robb
| Episode "Regina v Stewart"
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| 1993
| I'll Never Get to Heaven
| John O'Doyle
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| 1994
| Wild C.A.T.s: Covert Action Team
| Marlowe (voice)
| Episodes: "Pilot" and "Cry of the Coda"
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| 1995–2001
| Little Bear
| Grandfather Bear (voice)
| Appears in 18 episodes (22 segments); referenced in an additional 2 episodes (2 segments)
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| 1996
| Gang in Blue
| Clute Mirkovich
| Television movie
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| 1998
| Dogboys
| Pappy
| Television movie
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| 1998
| Evidence of Blood
| Theodore Warfield
| Television movie
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| 1998–2000
| data-sort-value="Noddy Shop, The" | The Noddy Shop
| Noah Tomten
| 66 episodes<br>Nominated - Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Pre-School Program or Series (1999)<br>Nominated - Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Pre-School Program or Series (2000)
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| 1998
| Power Play
| Ray Malone
| 3 episodes
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| 2000
| data-sort-value="House Divided, A" | A House Divided
| Rutherford
| Television movie
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| 2000–01
| George Shrinks
| Russell Copeland (voice)
| 3 episodes
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| 2001
| data-sort-value="Day Reagan Was Shot, The" | The Day Reagan Was Shot
| Donald Regan
| Television movie
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| 2003
| data-sort-value="Pentagon Papers, The" | The Pentagon Papers
| John Mitchell
| Television movie
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| 2005–06
| Naturally, Sadie
| Dr. W.S. Finch
| 7 episodes
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| 2011
| Haven
| Dom Novelli
| Episode: "Roots"
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| 2014
| Best Christmas Party Ever
| Arthur Tyrell
| Television movie
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