John Hillerman

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-12-20 (85 years old)

Deathday

2017-11-09

Place of Birth

Denison, Texas, USA

John Hillerman

Biography

John Benedict Hillerman (December 20, 1932 – November 9, 2017) was an American actor best known for his starring role as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III on the television series Magnum, P.I. that aired from 1980 to 1988. For his role as Higgins, Hillerman earned five Golden Globe nominations, winning in 1981, and four Emmy nominations, winning in 1987. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Hillerman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1974

Chinatown

as Russ Yelburton

1975

At Long Last Love

as Rodney James

1973

Paper Moon

as Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin

1972

What's Up, Doc?

as Hotel Manager

1973

1971

The Last Picture Show

as English teacher

1979

Beane's of Boston

as John Peacock

1975

1984

Up the Creek

as Dean Burch

1977

Audrey Rose

as Scott Velle

2001

Back in the Saddle

as Self (archive footage)

1973

1972

Skyjacked

as Air flight controller

1990

Hands of a Murderer

as Dr. John Watson

1979

Sunburn

as Webb

1972

1974

The Law

as Thomas Q. Rachel

1977

Kill Me If You Can

as George Davis

1980

1974

Blazing Saddles

as Howard Johnson

1977

Relentless

as Major Leo Hargit

1979

Institute for Revenge

as Voice of I.F.R. (voice)

1971

Honky

as Bus Ticket Salesman

1973

The Naked Ape

as Psychiatrist

2010

1975

Lucky Lady

as Christy McTeague

1981

History of the World: Part I

as Rich Man - The French Revolution

1980

Marathon

as Greg Previn

1976

1975

1996

A Very Brady Sequel

as Dr. Whitehead

1971

Lawman

as Totts

1996

Sink the Bismarck!

as Narrator (Voice)

1972

The Outside Man

as Department Store Manager

1972

The Great Man's Whiskers

as Major Underwood

1978

Betrayal

as Victor Slavin

1974

The Last Angry Man

as Tree Inspector

1988

Street of Dreams

as Raymond Kepler

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