William Hickey
Born: 1927-09-19 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1997-06-29
Known For: Acting
Biography
William Edward Hickey (September 19, 1927 – June 29, 1997) was an American actor. He was best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Don Corrado Prizzi in the John Huston 1985 film Prizzi's Honor, as well as the voice of Dr. Finklestein in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).
Filmography
2022
- An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose as Self (archive footage)
- Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror as Andre Toulon (archive footage)
2018
- Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre as Andre Toulon (archive footage)
- Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre as Andre Toulon (archive footage)
2010
- Charles Band's Puppet Master: Axis of Evil as Andre Toulon (Archive Footage)
2003
- Puppet Master: The Legacy as Elderly Andre Toulon (Archive Footage)
1999
- Knocking on Death's Door as Town Sheriff
- The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1997
- MouseHunt as Rudolf Smuntz
- Better Than Ever as Walter
1996
- The Maddening as Daddy
- Love Is All There Is as Monsignor
- Twisted as Andre - A Proprietor
1995
- The Outer Limits as Harlan Hawkes
- Major Payne as Dr. Phillips
- Forget Paris as Arthur
- The Jerky Boys as Don 'Uncle Freddy' Frederico
1994
- Hey Stranger as Major-domo
1993
- The Nightmare Before Christmas as Dr. Finkelstein (voice)
- The Adventures of Pete & Pete as Grandfather Wrigley
1991
- The Runestone as Lars Hagstrom
- Baby Talk as Cecil Fogarty
1990
- Wings as Carlton Blanchard
- My Blue Heaven as Billy Sparrow / Johnny Bird
- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie as Drogan (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
- Mob Boss as Don Anthony
- Any Man's Death as Erich Schiller / Ernst Bauricke
- Sons as Roger
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Carlton Webster (segment "The Switch")
- Puppetmaster as Andre Toulon
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as Uncle Lewis
- Sea of Love as Frank Keller Sr.
- Pink Cadillac as Mr. Barton
- It Had to Be You as Schornberg
- Hairway to the Stars as Husband Robert
1988
- Bright Lights, Big City as Ferret Man
- Da as Drumm
- Starlight: a Musical Movie as Billy Davis
1987
- The Tracey Ullman Show
- A Hobo's Christmas as Cincinnati Harold
1986
- L.A. Law as Tommy Mullaney Sr.
- The Name of the Rose as Ubertino da Casale
- One Crazy Summer as Old Man Beckersted
- Stranded as Mr. Pierson
- Seize the Day as Peris
1985
- The Equalizer as Tom Clark
- Moonlighting as Mr. Kendall
- Prizzi's Honor as Don Corrado Prizzi
- Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins as Coney Island Barker
- Izzy & Moe as Desk Clerk
1984
- Miami Vice as Hans Kozak
- Tales from the Darkside as Dr. Nis
1982
- A Stranger Is Watching as Maxi
1979
- Wise Blood as Preacher
1978
- Nunzio as Alcoholic
1977
- The Andros Targets as Riley Connor
- The Sentinel as Perry
1976
- Mikey and Nicky as Sid Fine
1975
- 92 in the Shade as Mr. Skelton
1972
- Between Time and Timbuktu as Stony Stevenson
1971
- A New Leaf as Smith (uncredited)
- Happy Birthday, Wanda June as Looseleaf Harper
- The Telephone Book as Man in Bed
1970
- Little Big Man as Historian
1968
- The Producers as The Drunk
- The Boston Strangler as Eugene T. O'Rourke
1961
- The Defenders as Hary Lewis
- Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed as Carter
1959
- Startime as The Painter
1958
1957
- Decoy as Billy
- Operation Mad Ball as Sampson (uncredited)
- A Hatful of Rain as Apples
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as The Steward
1948
- Studio One as Jonesy