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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-09-19 (97 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

William Hickey

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

Acting

2022

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

1997

MouseHunt as Rudolf Smuntz

1996

The Maddening as Daddy

1995

The Jerky Boys as Don 'Uncle Freddy' Frederico
Major Payne as Dr. Phillips
Forget Paris as Arthur
The Outer Limits as Harlan Hawkes

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

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie as Drogan (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
Mob Boss as Don Anthony
My Blue Heaven as Billy Sparrow / Johnny Bird
Any Man's Death as Erich Schiller / Ernst Bauricke
Sons as Roger
Wings as Carlton Blanchard

1989

Pink Cadillac as Mr. Barton
Sea of Love as Frank Keller Sr.
Puppet Master as Andre Toulon
Hairway to the Stars as Husband Robert
It Had to Be You as Schornberg
Tales from the Crypt as Carlton Webster (segment "The Switch")

1988

Da as Drumm

1987

A Hobo's Christmas as Cincinnati Harold

1986

One Crazy Summer as Old Man Beckersted
Seize the Day as Peris
Stranded as Mr. Pierson
The Name of the Rose as Ubertino da Casale
L.A. Law as Tommy Mullaney, Sr.

1985

Prizzi's Honor as Don Corrado Prizzi
Izzy & Moe as Desk Clerk
Moonlighting as Mr. Kendall
The Equalizer as Tom Clark

1984

1982

1979

Wise Blood as Preacher

1978

1977

The Sentinel as Perry
The Andros Targets as Riley Connor

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
A New Leaf as Smith (uncredited)
The Telephone Book as Man in Bed

1970

Little Big Man as Historian

1968

The Boston Strangler as Eugene T. O'Rourke
The Producers as The Drunk

1967

1961

The Defenders as Hary Lewis

1959

1957

Operation Mad Ball as Sampson (uncredited)
Decoy as Billy

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as The Steward

1948

Studio One as Jonesy
Studio One as Paul Richards