---
name: "John Voldstad"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-voldstad"
fi1m_id: "john-voldstad"
imdb_id: "nm0901390"
tmdb_id: 95140
wikidata_id: "Q2691042"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 February 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T17:18:52.683742+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."
---

# John Voldstad

## Identity

John Voldstad

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-voldstad
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-voldstad
- **IMDb ID:** nm0901390
- **TMDB ID:** 95140
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2691042
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Voldstad, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2691042, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0901390/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95140

Actor. Born 20 February 1951 in Oslo, Norway.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 February 1951, Oslo, Norway
- **Active:** 1981–1994
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 70 (1), 1990s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Voldstad, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2691042, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0901390/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95140

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Stripes*](https://film.one/film/stripes.md) (70)

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## Biography

John Voldstad is an American actor born in Oslo, Norway. He moved to the United States with his mother as an infant and was raised there. After graduating from Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California, he studied acting in London.

Voldstad is best known for his recurring role as Darryl #2 (also credited as Second Darryl) on the television series *Newhart* (1982–1990), one of the silent brothers in the Larry, Darryl and Darryl trio. He appeared in the film *Stripes* (1981) as Stillman's Aide, and has had roles in films including *1941* (1979), *Leprechaun* (1993) and *Forrest Gump* (1994), as well as numerous television guest appearances.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Forrest Gump* (1994), Fi1m 66, as Club Patron — [page](https://film.one/film/forrest-gump.md)
- *Stripes* (1981), Fi1m 70, as Stillman's Aid — [page](https://film.one/film/stripes.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Falling Like This* (2001), as Officer at Station
- *Night Train* (1999), as Joe / Zack Butcher
- *Damon* (1998), series, as Ezekial
- *George & Leo* (1997), series, Actor
- *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (1996), series, as Customer #2
- *It Runs in the Family* (1994), as Ace Bumpus
- *Forrest Gump* (1994), as Club Patron — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/forrest-gump.md)
- *Leprechaun* (1993), as Shop Owner
- *Delta* (1992), series, as Hoyt
- *Boris and Natasha* (1992), as Passerby
- *The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special* (1991), as Darryl
- *Home Improvement* (1991), series, as Bob
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, as Clerk — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *Coach* (1989), series, as Darryl
- *Joysticks* (1983), as Max
- *The Blue and the Gray* (1982), series, as Alvin Mooney
- *Newhart* (1982), series, as Second Darryl
- *Stripes* (1981), as Stillman's Aid — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/stripes.md)
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, as Creep — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *For the Love of It* (1980), as Harvey Mookey
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Bellhop
- *1941* (1979), as USO Nerd
- *An Enemy of the People* (1978), Actor
- *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as Stashu Vohznoski
- *Switchblade Sisters* (1975), as Harold

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