---
name: "Brian McConnachie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-mcconnachie"
fi1m_id: "brian-mcconnachie"
imdb_id: "nm0566234"
tmdb_id: 28023
wikidata_id: "Q4964670"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 December 1942"
died: "5 January 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:47:05.291642+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brian McConnachie

## Identity

Brian McConnachie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-mcconnachie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-mcconnachie
- **IMDb ID:** nm0566234
- **TMDB ID:** 28023
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4964670
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McConnachie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4964670, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566234/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28023

Writer. Born 23 December 1942 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Died 5 January 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 December 1942, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 5 January 2024
- **Active:** 1989–1997
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 acting, 1 writing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 78 (4)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McConnachie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4964670, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566234/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28023

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Husbands and Wives*](https://film.one/film/husbands-and-wives.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brian McConnachie was an American comedy writer and actor. He contributed to National Lampoon magazine in the 1970s and wrote for Saturday Night Live and SCTV Network, for which he shared a 1982 Emmy Award for writing. He also wrote episodes of the children's series Shining Time Station and Noddy, and the 2013 Simpsons episode 'The Fabulous Faker Boy'.

As an actor, McConnachie appeared in Caddyshack (1980) and several films directed by Woody Allen, including Husbands and Wives (1992), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Deconstructing Harry (1997), Celebrity (1998), Small Time Crooks (2000) and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001). He was born in Manhattan on 23 December 1942, attended University College Dublin and served in the US Army. He died in Venice, Florida, on 5 January 2024.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, hollywoodreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (4)

- *Deconstructing Harry* (1997), Fi1m 72, as Dr. Reese — [page](https://film.one/film/deconstructing-harry.md)
- *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), Fi1m 80, as Mitch Sabine — [page](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md)
- *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993), Fi1m 78, as Bob — [page](https://film.one/film/sleepless-in-seattle.md)
- *Husbands and Wives* (1992), Fi1m 83, as Rain's father — [page](https://film.one/film/husbands-and-wives.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Marie and Bruce* (2004), as Guy
- *People I Know* (2002), as Jamie Hoff
- *The Curse of the Jade Scorpion* (2001), as Voltan's Participant
- *Small Time Crooks* (2000), as Paul Milton
- *Celebrity* (1998), as Exercise Tape Fan
- *Deconstructing Harry* (1997), as Dr. Reese — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/deconstructing-harry.md)
- *Shining Time Station: Second Chances* (1995), Writer
- *Shining Time Station: Once Upon a Time* (1995), Writer
- *Don't Drink the Water* (1994), as Washington Reporter
- *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), as Mitch Sabine — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md)
- *Six Degrees of Separation* (1993), as Mrs. Bannister's Guest
- *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993), as Bob — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sleepless-in-seattle.md)
- *Husbands and Wives* (1992), as Rain's father — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/husbands-and-wives.md)
- *Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift* (1990), Writer
- *Quick Change* (1990), as Bank Manager
- *Earthday Birthday* (1990), Screenplay
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Strange Brew* (1983), as Ted
- *SCTV Network 90* (1981), series, Writer
- *Caddyshack* (1980), as Scott
- *Mr. Mike's Mondo Video* (1979), Actor

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