John Aylward

John Aylward November 7 1946 May 16 2022 was an American actor He is perhaps best known for playing the former DNC chairman Barry Goodwin on the NBC television series The West Wing and for playing Dr Donald Anspaugh on the NBC television series ER He also supplied his voice for Dr Arne Magnusson in HalfLife 2 Episode Two Aylward was born and raised in Seattle Washington He attended St Josephs Grade school and went on to Prep High School but graduated from Garfield High School in 1965 He graduated from the Professional Actors Training Program at the University of Washington in 1970 He was one of the founders in 1973 of Seattles Empty Space Theatre and he worked regularly as a company member of the Seattle Repertory Theatre for 15 years until he became a television and film actor in the 1990s Carol Flynt coproducer of ER first offered him an audition after seeing him in a 1996 production of Psychopathia Sexualis at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles Description above from the Wikipedia article John Aylward licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia