Actor John Heard has died that age 72. Best known for Home Alone movies, John was found dead in a hotel in Palo Alto, California, on Friday.


He was reportedly discovered by the maid service and was pronounced dead on the scene. Heard's representatives said he had minor back surgery on Wednesday and he was at the hotel to recover.

Heard played Peter McCallister - Macaulay Culkin's character's father - in the Home Alone movies. He also starred in Big with Tom Hanks, The Sopranos and Battlestar Galactica, among other roles on the big and small screens.