Acting

William Hickey

Born 1927-09-19 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died 1997-06-29

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).

Credits

Newest first

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
as Andre Toulon (archive footage)
2022
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
as Andre Toulon (archive footage)
2018
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
as Andre Toulon (archive footage)
2018
Charles Band's Puppet Master: Axis of Evil
as Andre Toulon (Archive Footage)
2010
Puppet Master: The Legacy
as Elderly Andre Toulon (Archive Footage)
2003
Knocking on Death's Door
as Town Sheriff
1999
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
MouseHunt
as Rudolf Smuntz
1997
Better Than Ever
as Walter
1997
Twisted
as Andre - A Proprietor
1996
Love Is All There Is
as Monsignor
1996
The Maddening
as Daddy
1995
Forget Paris
as Arthur
1995
The Outer Limits
as Harlan Hawkes
1995
Major Payne
as Dr. Phillips
1995
The Jerky Boys
as Don 'Uncle Freddy' Frederico
1995
Hey Stranger
as Major-domo
1994
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
as Grandfather Wrigley
1993
The Nightmare Before Christmas
as Dr. Finkelstein (voice)
1993
Baby Talk
as Cecil Fogarty
1991
The Runestone
as Lars Hagstrom
1991
Mob Boss
as Don Anthony
1990
My Blue Heaven
as Billy Sparrow / Johnny Bird
1990
Any Man's Death
as Erich Schiller / Ernst Bauricke
1990
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Drogan (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
1990
Wings
as Carlton Blanchard
1990
Sons
as Roger
1990
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
as Uncle Lewis
1989
It Had to Be You
as Schornberg
1989
Puppetmaster
as Andre Toulon
1989
Sea of Love
as Frank Keller Sr.
1989
Tales from the Crypt
as Carlton Webster (segment "The Switch")
1989
Pink Cadillac
as Mr. Barton
1989
Hairway to the Stars
as Husband Robert
1989
Starlight: a Musical Movie
as Billy Davis
1988
Da
as Drumm
1988
Bright Lights, Big City
as Ferret Man
1988
A Hobo's Christmas
as Cincinnati Harold
1987
The Tracey Ullman Show
1987
The Name of the Rose
as Ubertino da Casale
1986
Stranded
as Mr. Pierson
1986
L.A. Law
as Tommy Mullaney Sr.
1986
Seize the Day
as Peris
1986
One Crazy Summer
as Old Man Beckersted
1986
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
as Coney Island Barker
1985
Izzy & Moe
as Desk Clerk
1985
The Equalizer
as Tom Clark
1985
Prizzi's Honor
as Don Corrado Prizzi
1985
Moonlighting
as Mr. Kendall
1985
Tales from the Darkside
as Dr. Nis
1984
Miami Vice
as Hans Kozak
1984
A Stranger Is Watching
as Maxi
1982
Wise Blood
as Preacher
1979
Nunzio
as Alcoholic
1978
The Andros Targets
as Riley Connor
1977
The Sentinel
as Perry
1977
Mikey and Nicky
as Sid Fine
1976
92 in the Shade
as Mr. Skelton
1975
Between Time and Timbuktu
as Stony Stevenson
1972
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
as Looseleaf Harper
1971
The Telephone Book
as Man in Bed
1971
A New Leaf
as Smith (uncredited)
1971
Little Big Man
as Historian
1970
The Boston Strangler
as Eugene T. O'Rourke
1968
The Producers
as The Drunk
1968
Androcles and the Lion
1967
Invitation to a Gunfighter
as Jo-Jo
1964
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
as Carter
1961
The Defenders
as Hary Lewis
1961
Startime
as The Painter
1959
Startime
as Bill – A Bowler
1959
"Waiting for Godot" Intercut with “Krazy Kat”
as Ignatz
1958
Decoy
as Billy
1957
Operation Mad Ball
as Sampson (uncredited)
1957
A Hatful of Rain
as Apples
1957
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as The Steward
1951
Studio One
as Jonesy
1948
Studio One
as Paul Richards
1948