Arthur Hill
Age: 84 | From: Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Person Details
Birthday: 1922-08-01 15:28:15
Death: 2006-10-22 15:28:15
Aliases: Arthur Edward Spence Hill
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 43
TV Involvements: 21
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Arthur Edward Spence Hill (August 1, 1922 – October 22, 2006) was a Canadian actor best known for appearances in British and American theater, movies and television. He attended the University of British Columbia and continued his acting studies in Seattle, Washington. Born in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Hill served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II and attended the University of British Columbia, where he studied law but was lured to the stage. Hill made his Broadway debut as Cornelius Hackl in the 1957 revival of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker. In 1963 he won the Tony Award for Best Dramatic Actor for his portrayal of George in the original Broadway production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (opposite Uta Hagen). His other Broadway credits include Ben Gant in the original production of Ketti Frings's Look Homeward, Angel (1957), The Gang's All Here (1959), All the Way Home (1960), Something More! (1964), and More Stately Mansions (1967). His most recognizable film portrayal was that of Dr. Jeremy Stone in the film adaptation of Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain (1971). Hill's other film work included roles in Harper (1966), The Chairman (1969), Sam Peckinpah's The Killer Elite (1975) and Futureworld (1976), " A Little Romance" (1979), and he narrated the film version of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983). Arguably, Hill's most famous acting role was that of lawyer Owen Marshall, the lead role in the 1971-1974 TV series Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law. He appeared on many other series, including CBS's The Reporter, a 1964 drama starring Harry Guardino. He appeared as a guest star in the pilot episode of Murder, She Wrote in 1984, returning to that same role in an episode in 1990. This would turn out to be his last appearance in film. He died in a Pacific Palisades, California nursing home, aged 84, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Hill (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Columbo
(1971) The Governor
Murder, She Wrote
(1984) Preston Giles
The Fugitive
(1963) Dr. Frederick Howell
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) William Benson
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Presenter
Tales of the Unexpected
(1979) Terence Carter
The Invaders
(1967) Warren Doneghan
The Defenders
(1961) Matthew J. RitterActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Andrew Kingsley | |
| Thomas Shea | ||
| 1985 | Caleb Grainger | |
| Vice-President | ||
| 1984 | Dr. Phil Julian | |
| Mr. Frank | ||
| Preston Giles | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1983 | Gen. Keating | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Dr. Holliston | ||
| 1982 | Dr. Glenn Gorham | |
| Henry | ||
| Willy Shrike | ||
| 1981 | Brewer | |
| N/A | ||
| Michael Eaton | ||
| 1980 | Dr. Curtis McDonald | |
| General Thomas Ewing | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1979 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| Mike | ||
| Governor (uncredited) | ||
| Richard King | ||
| Terence Carter | ||
| 1978 | Narrator (voice) | |
| 1977 | Porter McPhail | |
| U.S. Medical Colonel | ||
| 1976 | Dr. Duffy | |
| Judge James Edwin Horton | ||
| 1975 | Cap Collis | |
| John Gunther | ||
| 1973 | Richard Damian | |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall | |
| Governor | ||
| Dr. Jeremy Stone | ||
| Arnold Greer | ||
| John Popper | ||
| 1970 | Paul Maitland | |
| Jack Eccles | ||
| 1969 | Shelby | |
| Robert | ||
| 1968 | N/A | |
| Barney | ||
| 1967 | Dan Hilliard | |
| N/A | ||
| Evan Clayton | ||
| Warren Doneghan | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| Albert Graves | ||
| Neil Stanton | ||
| 1965 | Max Griswold | |
| Richard Bender | ||
| Ernest Putnam / Dr. Charles King | ||
| Edward Lennan | ||
| Bill Dagen | ||
| 1963 | N/A | |
| Dr. Frederick Howell | ||
| Sam Bonner | ||
| Grainger | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| Fred Braden | ||
| Matthew J. Ritter | ||
| Tomaselli | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| 1959 | N/A | |
| 1956 | Self - Presenter | |
| Jerry | ||
| 1955 | Jackie Jackson | |
| N/A | ||
| William Benson | ||
| Howard Wilcox | ||
| 1953 | Al | |
| 1952 | Representative of Johnson K. Johnson (uncredited) | |
| Ted Harrison | ||
| 1951 | Abraham Lincoln | |
| Paul Verrall | ||
| Shaw | ||
| 1950 | N/A | |
| 1949 | Dependents Clearing Officer (uncredited) | |
| 1948 | Ivory | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
