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William Hickey

William Hickey

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

19/09/1927

Day of Death

29/06/1997
(70) years old

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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).

Known For

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

Puppet Master: Axis of Evil

Puppet Master: Axis of Evil

Puppet Master: The Legacy

Puppet Master: The Legacy

Knocking on Death's Door

Knocking on Death's Door

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

MouseHunt

MouseHunt

Filmography

Cast

2022

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trun...

as Andre Toulon (archive footage)

2022

An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

as Andre Toulon (archive footage)

2018

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

as Andre Toulon (archive footage)

2010

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

1999

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

1997

MouseHunt

as Rudolf Smuntz

1997

Better Than Ever

as Walter

1996

Twisted

as Andre - A Proprietor

1996

The Maddening

as Daddy

1996

Love Is All There Is

as Monsignor

1995

Forget Paris

as Arthur

1995

Major Payne

as Dr. Phillips

1995

The Jerky Boys

as Don 'Uncle Freddy' Frederico

1994

Hey Stranger

as Major-domo

1993

The Nightmare Before Christmas

as Dr. Finkelstein (voice)

1991

The Runestone

as Lars Hagstrom

1990

Mob Boss

as Don Anthony

1990

My Blue Heaven

as Billy Sparrow / Johnny Bird

1990

Tales from the Crypt Volume 3

1990

Any Man's Death

as Erich Schiller / Ernst Bauricke

1990

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

as Drogan (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

1990

Sons

as Roger

1989

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

as Uncle Lewis

1989

It Had to Be You

as Schornberg

1989

Puppet Master

as Andre Toulon

1989

Sea of Love

as Frank Keller Sr.

1989

Pink Cadillac

as Mr. Barton

1989

Hairway to the Stars

as Husband Robert

1988

Starlight: a Musical Movie

as Billy Davis

1988

Da

as Drumm

1988

Bright Lights, Big City

as Ferret Man

1987

A Hobo's Christmas

as Cincinnati Harold

1986

The Name of the Rose

as Ubertino da Casale

1986

Stranded

as Mr. Pierson

1986

Seize the Day

as Peris

1986

One Crazy Summer

as Old Man Beckersted

1985

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

as Coney Island Barker

1985

Izzy & Moe

as Desk Clerk

1985

Prizzi's Honor

as Don Corrado Prizzi

1982

A Stranger Is Watching

as Maxi

1979

Wise Blood

as Preacher

1978

Nunzio

as Alcoholic

1977

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

Happy Birthday, Wanda June

as Looseleaf Harper

1971

The Telephone Book

as Man in Bed

1971

A New Leaf

as Smith (uncredited)

1970

Little Big Man

as Historian

1968

The Boston Strangler

as Eugene T. O'Rourke

1968

The Producers

as The Drunk

1967

Androcles and the Lion

1961

Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed

as Carter

1958

"Waiting for Godot" Intercut with “Krazy...

as Ignatz

1957

Operation Mad Ball

as Sampson (uncredited)

1957

A Hatful of Rain

as Apples