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John Aylward -LRB- born November 7 , 1946 -RRB- is an American actor .. actor. actor. American. United States. He is perhaps best known for playing the former DNC chairman Barry Goodwin on the NBC television series The West Wing and for playing Dr. Donald Anspaugh on the NBC television series ER .. television. television. DNC. Democratic National Committee. NBC. NBC. television series. television series. The West Wing. The West Wing ( television ). Dr. Donald Anspaugh. Donald Anspaugh. ER ( TV series ). He also supplied his voice for Dr. Arne Magnusson in Half-Life 2  : Episode Two .. Dr. Arne Magnusson. Arne Magnusson. Aylward was born and raised in Seattle , Washington .. Seattle. Seattle. He attended St. Joseph 's Grade school and went on to Prep High School , but graduated from Garfield High School in 1965 .. Garfield High School. Garfield High School ( Seattle, Washington ). He graduated from the Professional Actor 's Training Program at the University of Washington in 1970 .. University of Washington. University of Washington. He was one of the founders , in 1973 , of Seattle 's Empty Space Theatre , and he worked regularly as a company member of the Seattle Repertory Theatre for 15 years until he became a television and film actor in the 1990s .. television. television. actor. actor. Seattle. Seattle. Empty Space Theatre. Empty Space Theatre. Seattle Repertory Theatre. Seattle Repertory Theatre. Carol Flynt , co-producer of ER , first offered him an audition after seeing him in a 1996 production of `` Psychopathia Sexualis '' at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles .. ER ( TV series ). Carol Flynt. Carol Flynt. Psychopathia Sexualis. Psychopathia Sexualis ( play ). Mark Taper Forum. Mark Taper Forum. Los Angeles. Los Angeles