John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, film score composer and occasional actor. Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, and is considered one of the most accomplished and influential horror and science fiction directors in Hollywood.
John Carpenter (born 24 December 1967) was the first millionaire on the United States version of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The historic event occurred on November 19, 1999. He held the record for the largest single win in United States game show history, until it was broken by Rahim Oberholtzer on another U.S. quiz show, Twenty One. John was also the first millionaire (or top prize winner) across all international versions of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire series (and the only one to win the grand prize on any version of Millionaire during the 1990s).
Carpenter is from Hamden, Connecticut. He graduated from Rutgers University in 1990 with a degree in economics. Prior to his appearance on Millionaire he was a collections agent (Revenue Officer) for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
When he revealed his profession as an IRS officer on Millionaire, Carpenter was booed playfully by the audience.
While only one other contestant had reached the final question even with the use of three lifelines, Carpenter proceeded to reach the final question without using one. This was only on the twelfth episode of the first series. The $1,000,000 question was "Which of these former U.S. presidents appeared on the television series "Laugh-In?" The choices, in order, were: Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon (correct answer), Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford. Carpenter used his Phone-A-Friend lifeline to call his father with the following conversation:
John Carpenter was a medieval Bishop of Worcester.
He was nominated on December 20 1443 and consecrated on March 22 1444. He resigned the see in July of 1476 and died after his resignation in 1476. Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 261
