Acting

J. Edgar Hoover

Born 1895-01-01 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Died 1972-05-02

John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States.

Credits

Newest first

Marilyn and the Mob
as archive footage
2026
Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia
as Self
2026
Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Follow That Bishop!
as himself
2023
The Real Spies Among Friends
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
2021
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as arcive footage
2020
Ku Klux Klan: An American Story
as Self - FBI Director (voice) (archive footage)
2020
First Ladies
as Self (archive footage)
2020
MLK/FBI
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Chaplin vs the FBI
as Self (archive footage)
2019
The UnXplained
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2014
1971
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Documenting John Grierson
2014
Freedom Summer
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
2014
After Newtown: Guns in America
as Self - first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (archive footage)
2013
Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
as Self (archive footage)
2010
COINTELPRO 101
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Roads to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
2010
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Oswald's Ghost
as Self (archive footage)
2007
J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions
2006
Heir To An Execution
as Self (archive footage)
2004
The Majestic
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Rogues Gallery
as Self (archive footage)
1997
The Real Malcolm X
1992
Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen: Fatal Females
1992
American Experience
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
1988
American Experience
as Self (archive footage)
1988
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Hearts and Minds
as Self (archive footage)
1974
Revolution Underway
1968
The FBI Story
as J. Edgar Hoover (uncredited)
1959
The FBI Story
Thanks
1959
A Day With The F.B.I.
as Self
1951
Communism Condemned
as Self
1947
Youth in Crisis
as Self
1943
Queen of the Mob
Book
1940
Parole Fixer
Book
1940
Undercover Doctor
Book
1939
Persons in Hiding
Book
1939