William Hickey

Deceased · Born: Sep 19, 1927 · Died: Jun 29, 1997

Personal Details

Born Sep 19, 1927 Brooklyn, New York, USA

Parents

Edward Hickey
Nora Hickey

Biography

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article William Hickey (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

acting

2022

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror as Andre Toulon (archive footage)

2018

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre as Andre Toulon (archive footage)

1999

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

1996

The Maddening as Daddy

Love Is All There Is

Love Is All There Is as Monsignor

1995

The Jerky Boys as Don 'Uncle Freddy' Frederico

Forget Paris as Arthur

Major Payne as Dr. Phillips

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits as Harlan Hawkes

1993

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas as Dr. Finkelstein (voice)

1991

The Runestone as Lars Hagstrom

Baby Talk as Cecil Fogarty

Wings as Carlton Blanchard

1990

Sons as Roger

My Blue Heaven as Billy Sparrow / Johnny Bird

Any Man's Death

Any Man's Death as Erich Schiller / Ernst Bauricke

Mob Boss as Don Anthony

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt as Carlton Webster

1989

It Had to Be You

It Had to Be You as Schornberg

Puppet Master as Andre Toulon

Sea of Love as Frank Keller Sr.

1988

Da as Drumm

1987

A Hobo's Christmas

A Hobo's Christmas as Cincinnati Harold

1986

Stranded as Mr. Pierson

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose as Ubertino da Casale

One Crazy Summer

One Crazy Summer as Old Man Beckersted

The Equalizer as Tom Clark

Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside as Dr. Nis

1985

Prizzi's Honor as Don Corrado Prizzi

Walls of Glass as Papa

1982

A Stranger Is Watching

A Stranger Is Watching as Maxi

1979

Wise Blood as Preacher

1978

1976

Mikey and Nicky

Mikey and Nicky as Sid Fine

1975

92 in the Shade

92 in the Shade as Mr. Skelton

1972

Between Time and Timbuktu

Between Time and Timbuktu as Stony Stevenson

1971

Happy Birthday, Wanda June

Happy Birthday, Wanda June as Looseleaf Harper

The Telephone Book

The Telephone Book as Man in Bed

1970

Little Big Man as Historian

1967

The Producers as The Drunk

Androcles and the Lion

Androcles and the Lion

1957

A Hatful of Rain

A Hatful of Rain as Apples