William Atherton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-07-30 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Orange, Connecticut, USA

William Atherton

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Atherton Knight (born July 30, 1947) is an American actor, best known for portraying Richard Thornburg in Die Hard and its sequel and Walter Peck in Ghostbusters.

Acting

1988

Die Hard

as Richard Thornburg

2003

The Last Samurai

as Winchester Rep

1984

Ghostbusters

as Walter Peck

1990

Die Hard 2

as Richard Thornberg

1974

The Sugarland Express

as Clovis Poplin

1975

The Day of the Locust

as Tod Hackett

2005

Into the Sun

as Agent Block

1991

Oscar

as Overton

2000

The Crow: Salvation

as Nathan Randall

1996

Bio-Dome

as Dr. Noah Faulkner

1997

Mad City

as Dohlen

1993

The Pelican Brief

as Bob Gminski

2005

Headspace

as Dr. Ira Gold

1986

No Mercy

as Allan Deveneux

1985

Real Genius

as Professor Hathaway

1994

Frank & Jesse

as Allan Pinkerton

2005

Gone But Not Forgotten

as Sen. Ray Colby

2007

Kush

as King

2007

The Girl Next Door

as Adult David Moran

2001

Race to Space

as Ralph Stanton

1990

Buried Alive

as Cortland "Cort" van Owen

2010

1975

1990

2008

2014

Jinn

as Father Westhoff

2008

Ghouls

as Stefan

1999

1982

Tomorrow's Child

as Jim Spence

2024

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

as Mayor Walter Peck

1994

1992

Chrome Soldiers

as Sheriff Blackwell

2001

Burning Down the House

as Arthur Kranston

1988

Intrigue

as Doggett

1972

1995

Broken Trust

as Neil Roemer

2000

Bread and Roses

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1997

Executive Power

as President Fields

1981

The House of Mirth

as Lawrence Selden

2004

Who's Your Daddy?

as Duncan Mack

1976

Independence

as Benjamin Rush

2008

2007

2016

Ghostheads

as Self

2017

Clinical

as Terry Drummond

1996

Raven Hawk

as Philip Thorne

1997

Hoodlum

as Thomas E. Dewey

1987

1973

Class of '44

as Fraternity President

1986

A Fight for Jenny

as Michael Rosen

1983

Malibu

as Stan Harvey

1995

Virus

as Dr. Reginald Holloway

Production

2005

Headspace

as Co-Producer

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