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Mark Patton
Riverside, Missouri, USA
Mark Patton (born September 22, 1958) is an American interior designer and former actor. Patton grew up in Riverside, Missouri and, after graduating high school, he moved to New Y…
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Mark Patton (born September 22, 1958) is an American interior designer and former actor. Patton grew up in Riverside, Missouri and, after graduating high school, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. Within a few years he landed the role of Joe Qualley in the 1982 Broadway production of Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. Patton reprised the role in the 1982 film of the same name. In 1985 Patton landed the lead role in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge portraying Jesse Walsh, a teen whose body becomes possessed by Freddy Krueger. Patton, who is openly gay, gave up on his acting career following being cast in a planned CBS series in which he would have played a gay character. The reason being the strong homophobia he perceived in Hollywood at that time. After that, years later, he had a hard time struggling with HIV (was diagnosed on his 40th birthday). Upon recovering, he moved to Mexico, where he currently lives happily married. Patton appears in the A Nightmare on Elm Street documentary Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, directed by Dan Farrands. Following his appearance in the documentary Patton began touring horror conventions where he is lauded as mainstream cinema's first male "scream queen". After the success he started some projects concerning his life experiences with film (including books and a documentary called "There is no Jesse").
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2023
Watchdog
Movie Robert
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2023
Reunion from Hell 2
Movie Ryan Lavery
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2022
The Once and Future Smash
Movie Mark Patton
- 2022
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2022
Swallowed
Movie Rich
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2021
Amityville in the Hood
Movie James (uncredited)
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2021
Alien Danger! With Raven Van Slender
Movie Tank
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2020
1 Dead Dog
Movie Uncle Ted
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2020
#StopTheNightmare
Movie Jesse Walsh
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2019
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
Movie Self
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2017
Amityville Clownhouse
Movie James
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2016
Family Possessions
Movie Tyson
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2014
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
Movie Self – Joe Qualley (archive footage)
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2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Movie Self
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1989
Misplaced
Movie Roughneck
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1985
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Movie Jesse Walsh
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1984
CBS Schoolbreak Special
TV show Chris Jenson
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1983
Kelsey's Son
Movie
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1983
Anna to the Infinite Power
Movie Rowan
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1982
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Movie Joe Qualley
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1982
Hotel
TV show Todd Radcliff
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1982
American Playhouse
TV show Roughneck
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New Line: Independent Legacies
Movie Self (archive footage)
