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William Hickey

William Hickey

Born: 1927-09-19 • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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).

Filmography
Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror poster
Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
2022 • Andre Toulon (archive footage)
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An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022 • Self (archive footage)
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre poster
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
2018 • Andre Toulon (archive footage)
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre poster
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
2018 • Andre Toulon (archive footage)
Puppet Master: Axis of Evil poster
Puppet Master: Axis of Evil
2010 • Andre Toulon (Archive Footage)
Puppet Master: The Legacy poster
Puppet Master: The Legacy
2003 • Elderly Andre Toulon (Archive Footage)
Knocking on Death's Door poster
Knocking on Death's Door
1999 • Town Sheriff
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man poster
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
MouseHunt poster
MouseHunt
1997 • Rudolf Smuntz
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Better Than Ever
1997 • Walter
Twisted poster
Twisted
1996 • Andre - A Proprietor
The Maddening poster
The Maddening
1996 • Daddy
Love Is All There Is poster
Love Is All There Is
1996 • Monsignor
Forget Paris poster
Forget Paris
1995 • Arthur
Major Payne poster
Major Payne
1995 • Dr. Phillips
The Jerky Boys poster
The Jerky Boys
1995 • Don 'Uncle Freddy' Frederico
Hey Stranger poster
Hey Stranger
1994 • Major-domo
The Nightmare Before Christmas poster
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993 • Dr. Finkelstein (voice)
The Runestone poster
The Runestone
1991 • Lars Hagstrom
Mob Boss poster
Mob Boss
1990 • Don Anthony
My Blue Heaven poster
My Blue Heaven
1990 • Billy Sparrow / Johnny Bird
Tales from the Crypt Volume 3 poster
Tales from the Crypt Volume 3
1990
Any Man's Death poster
Any Man's Death
1990 • Erich Schiller / Ernst Bauricke
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie poster
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990 • Drogan (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
Sons poster
Sons
1990 • Roger
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation poster
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989 • Uncle Lewis
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It Had to Be You
1989 • Schornberg
Puppetmaster poster
Puppetmaster
1989 • Andre Toulon
Sea of Love poster
Sea of Love
1989 • Frank Keller Sr.
Pink Cadillac poster
Pink Cadillac
1989 • Mr. Barton
Hairway to the Stars poster
Hairway to the Stars
1989 • Husband Robert
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Starlight: a Musical Movie
1988 • Billy Davis
Da poster
Da
1988 • Drumm
Bright Lights, Big City poster
Bright Lights, Big City
1988 • Ferret Man
A Hobo's Christmas poster
A Hobo's Christmas
1987 • Cincinnati Harold
The Name of the Rose poster
The Name of the Rose
1986 • Ubertino da Casale
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Stranded
1986 • Mr. Pierson
Seize the Day poster
Seize the Day
1986 • Peris
One Crazy Summer poster
One Crazy Summer
1986 • Old Man Beckersted
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins poster
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
1985 • Coney Island Barker
Izzy & Moe poster
Izzy & Moe
1985 • Desk Clerk
Prizzi's Honor poster
Prizzi's Honor
1985 • Don Corrado Prizzi
A Stranger Is Watching poster
A Stranger Is Watching
1982 • Maxi
Wise Blood poster
Wise Blood
1979 • Preacher
Nunzio poster
Nunzio
1978 • Alcoholic
The Sentinel poster
The Sentinel
1977 • Perry
Mikey and Nicky poster
Mikey and Nicky
1976 • Sid Fine
92 in the Shade poster
92 in the Shade
1975 • Mr. Skelton
Between Time and Timbuktu poster
Between Time and Timbuktu
1972 • Stony Stevenson
Happy Birthday, Wanda June poster
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
1971 • Looseleaf Harper
The Telephone Book poster
The Telephone Book
1971 • Man in Bed
A New Leaf poster
A New Leaf
1971 • Smith (uncredited)
Little Big Man poster
Little Big Man
1970 • Historian
The Boston Strangler poster
The Boston Strangler
1968 • Eugene T. O'Rourke
The Producers poster
The Producers
1968 • The Drunk
Androcles and the Lion poster
Androcles and the Lion
1967
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Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
1961 • Carter
"Waiting for Godot" Intercut with “Krazy Kat” poster
"Waiting for Godot" Intercut with “Krazy Kat”
1958 • Ignatz
Operation Mad Ball poster
Operation Mad Ball
1957 • Sampson (uncredited)
A Hatful of Rain poster
A Hatful of Rain
1957 • Apples