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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 1, 1922
Died
October 22, 2006
Place of Birth
Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Also Known As
- Arthur Edward Spence Hill
Arthur Hill
0.9 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Arthur Edward Spence Hill (August 1, 1922 – October 22, 2006) was a Canadian actor best known for appearances in British and American theater, movies and television. He attended the University of British Columbia and continued his acting studies in Seattle, Washington. Born in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Hill served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II and attended the University of British Columbia, where he studied law but was lured to the stage. Hill made his Broadway debut as Cornelius Hackl in the 1957 revival of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker. In 1963 he won the Tony Award for Best Dramatic Actor for his portrayal of George in the original Broadway production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (opposite Uta Hagen). His other Broadway credits include Ben Gant in the original production of Ketti Frings's Look Homeward, Angel (1957), The Gang's All Here (1959), All the Way Home (1960), Something More! (1964), and More Stately Mansions (1967). His most recognizable film portrayal was that of Dr. Jeremy Stone in the film adaptation of Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain (1971). Hill's other film work included roles in Harper (1966), The Chairman (1969), Sam Peckinpah's The Killer Elite (1975) and Futureworld (1976), " A Little Romance" (1979), and he narrated the film version of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983). Arguably, Hill's most famous acting role was that of lawyer Owen Marshall, the lead role in the 1971-1974 TV series Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law. He appeared on many other series, including CBS's The Reporter, a 1964 drama starring Harry Guardino. He appeared as a guest star in the pilot episode of Murder, She Wrote in 1984, returning to that same role in an episode in 1990. This would turn out to be his last appearance in film. He died in a Pacific Palisades, California nursing home, aged 84, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Hill (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
6.6
Andrew Kingsley
Christmas Eve
1986
4.5
(uncredited)
A Fine Mess
1986
6.9
Thomas Shea
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
1986
5.9
Caleb Grainger
One Magic Christmas
1985
4.8
Vice-President
Murder in Space
1985
4.2
Dr. Phil Julian
The Guardian
1984
7.1
Mr. Frank
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
1984
7.5
Preston Giles
Murder, She Wrote
1984
4.5
Charles Hardwick
Glitter
1984
5.8
Gen. Keating
Prototype
1983
Credits
Christmas Eve
as Andrew Kingsley
1986
6.6
A Fine Mess
as (uncredited)
1986
4.5
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
as Thomas Shea
1986
6.9
One Magic Christmas
as Caleb Grainger
1985
5.9
Murder in Space
as Vice-President
1985
4.8
The Guardian
as Dr. Phil Julian
1984
4.2
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
as Mr. Frank
1984
7.1
Murder, She Wrote
as Preston Giles
1984
7.5
Glitter
as Charles Hardwick
1984
4.5
Prototype
as Gen. Keating
1983
5.8
Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Narrator (voice)
1983
6.4
Intimate Agony
as Dr. Holliston
1983
4.3
Tomorrow's Child
as Dr. Glenn Gorham
1982
2.0
Making Love
as Henry
1982
6.8
American Playhouse
as Willy Shrike
1982
6.2
The Amateur
as Brewer
1981
5.2
Dirty Tricks
as Professor Prosser
1981
1.0
Angel Dusted
as Michael Eaton
1981
0.0
The Return of Frank Cannon
as Dr. Curtis McDonald
1980
6.2
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as General Thomas Ewing
1980
4.6
🎬
Hagen
1980
5.0
Churchill and the Generals
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1979
0.0
The Champ
as Mike
1979
7.0
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
as Governor (uncredited)
1979
5.0
A Little Romance
as Richard King
1979
6.8
Riel
as Taylor
1979
6.0
Tales of the Unexpected
as Terence Carter
1979
6.7
The Glacier Fox
as Narrator (voice)
1978
7.8
Tell Me My Name
as Porter McPhail
1977
0.0
A Bridge Too Far
as U.S. Medical Colonel
1977
7.2
Futureworld
as Dr. Duffy
1976
5.9
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
as Judge James Edwin Horton
1976
6.0
The Killer Elite
as Cap Collis
1975
5.7
Death Be Not Proud
as John Gunther
1975
6.0
Ordeal
as Richard Damian
1973
4.7
🎬
The Golden Handshake
1973
0.0
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Owen Marshall
1971
6.3
Columbo
as Governor
1971
8.1
The Andromeda Strain
as Dr. Jeremy Stone
1971
7.0
Vanished
as Arnold Greer
1971
4.2
The Pursuit of Happiness
as John Popper
1971
5.8
The Other Man
as Paul Maitland
1970
0.0
Rabbit, Run
as Jack Eccles
1970
3.0
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Owen Marshall
1969
6.5
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
4.0
The Chairman
as Shelby
1969
5.3
Don't Let the Angels Fall
as Robert
1969
8.8
Lancer
1968
4.7
The Name of the Game
as Gerald Brighton
1968
6.8
Petulia
as Barney
1968
5.9
The Desperate Hours
as Dan Hilliard
1967
4.0
Atta Girl, Kelly!
as Evan Clayton
1967
0.0
The Invaders
as Warren Doneghan
1967
6.8
🎬
CBS Playhouse
1966
7.0
Mission: Impossible
as Janos Passik
1966
7.6
Harper
as Albert Graves
1966
6.6
Moment to Moment
as Neil Stanton
1966
4.8
The F.B.I.
as Ernest Putnam / Dr. Charles King
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Edward Lennan
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Max Griswold
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Richard Bender
1965
5.4
Run for Your Life
as Bill Dagen
1965
7.2
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Donald Hammond
1963
5.7
The Fugitive
as Dr. Frederick Howell
1963
7.2
In the Cool of the Day
as Sam Bonner
1963
5.4
The Ugly American
as Grainger
1963
6.6
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
The Defenders
as Fred Braden
1961
5.9
The Defenders
as Matthew J. Ritter
1961
5.9
The Young Doctors
as Tomaselli
1961
5.6
The Man Who Found the Money
as William Benson
1960
0.0
Route 66
1960
6.3
The Untouchables
as Fr. Francis Gregory
1959
7.8
New York Confidential
1959
0.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
as Jerry
1956
7.3
The Deep Blue Sea
as Jackie Jackson
1955
4.7
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Howard Wilcox
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as William Benson
1955
7.8
The Crowded Day
as Alice's Escort
1954
5.4
🎬
The Matchmaker
as Cornelius Hackl
1954
0.0
A Day to Remember
as Al
1953
6.9
Salute the Toff
as Ted Harrison
1952
5.5
Penny Princess
as Representative of Johnson K. Johnson (uncredited)
1952
6.4
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Paul Verrall
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Abraham Lincoln
1951
8.6
Scarlet Thread
as Shaw
1951
4.9
The Undefeated
1950
0.0
I Was a Male War Bride
as Dependents Clearing Officer (uncredited)
1949
6.9
Studio One
as Ivory
1948
5.0