William Hickey

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American actor character actor film actor human stage actor television actor

William Hickey was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy voice and eccentric roles in film, television, and theater.

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Label Occurrences
William Hickey canonical 9
William Edward Hickey 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American actor ⓘ
character actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
activeIn film ⓘ
television ⓘ
theater ⓘ
appearedIn Major Payne ⓘ
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation ⓘ
surface form: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Prizzi's Honor ⓘ
The Name of the Rose (film) ⓘ
surface form: The Name of the Rose

The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
birthName William Hickey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Edward Hickey
burialPlace Cemetery of the Evergreens, Brooklyn, New York, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath emphysema ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1927-09-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1997-06-29 ⓘ
educatedAt HB Studio ⓘ
ethnicity Irish American ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasActingStyle eccentric characters ⓘ
hasVoiceCharacteristic raspy voice ⓘ
language English ⓘ
name William Hickey self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
nominatedForWork Prizzi's Honor ⓘ
notableFor distinctive raspy voice ⓘ
eccentric character roles ⓘ
occupation acting teacher ⓘ
actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
playedCharacter Don Corrado Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor ⓘ
Uncle Lewis ⓘ
surface form: Uncle Lewis in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
taughtAt HB Studio ⓘ
voicedCharacter Dr. Finkelstein in The Nightmare Before Christmas ⓘ
yearsActive 1930s–1997 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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The Nightmare Before Christmas → voiceActor → William Hickey ⓘ
The Name of the Rose (film) → starring → William Hickey ⓘ
Cat's Eye (1985 film) → stars → William Hickey ⓘ
MouseHunt (1997 film) → starring → William Hickey ⓘ
Prizzi's Honor → starring → William Hickey ⓘ
Dr. Finkelstein → voicedBy → William Hickey ⓘ
William Hickey → name → William Hickey self-link ⓘ
William Hickey → birthName → William Hickey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Edward Hickey
Forget Paris → starring → William Hickey ⓘ
Forget Paris → hasCastMember → William Hickey ⓘ