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Pat Proft wrote or co-wrote Police Academy (1984), Bachelor Party (1984), The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), Hot Shots! (1991), The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991), Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), Mr. Magoo (1997), Wrongfully Accused (1998), and Scary Movie 3, 4, and 5.
Pat Proft began his career at Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis in the mid-1960s. He later performed as a one-man comedy act before moving to Hollywood in 1972 to work at The Comedy Store.
Wrongfully Accused (1998) is the only film Pat Proft both wrote and directed. The film parodies the thriller genre, particularly The Fugitive (1993).
Jerry and David Zucker saw Pat Proft perform at The Comedy Store in Hollywood and invited him to join them at Kentucky Fried Theater. Proft received a special thanks credit in the Zucker-produced film Airplane! (1980).
Pat Proft wrote for several television shows including When Things Were Rotten (1975), a Mel Brooks satire of the Robin Hood legend, Van Dyke and Company (1976), Police Squad! (1982), and the Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), among others.
In 2021, Pat Proft was developing a script titled The Star of Malta with longtime collaborator David Zucker, described as a parody of film noir and heist films. It would be their first collaboration since Scary Movie 5 in 2013.