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Arthur Hill

Arthur Hill

Birthday: 1922-08-01 | Place of Birth: Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada

​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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1986
Christmas Eve

as    Andrew Kingsley

1985
One Magic Christmas

as    Caleb Grainger

1984
Glitter

as    Charles Hardwick

1984
The Guardian

as    Dr. Phil Julian

1984
Love Leads the Way: A True Story

as    Mr. Frank

1983
Intimate Agony

as    Dr. Holliston

1983
Prototype

as    Gen. Keating

1982
The Amateur

as    Brewer

1982
Making Love

as    Henry

1981
Dirty Tricks

as    Professor Prosser

1980
The Return of Frank Cannon

as    Dr. Curtis McDonald

1980
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

as    General Thomas Ewing

1979
The Champ

as    Mike

1979
The Glacier Fox

as    Narrator (voice)

1979
Churchill and the Generals

as    President Franklin D. Roosevelt

1979
A Little Romance

as    Richard King

1977
Tell Me My Name

as    Porter McPhail

1976
Futureworld

as    Dr. Duffy

1976
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

as    Judge James Edwin Horton

1975
The Killer Elite

as    Cap Collis

1975
Death Be Not Proud

as    John Gunther

1971
Vanished

as    Arnold Greer

1971
The Andromeda Strain

as    Dr. Jeremy Stone

1971
The Pursuit of Happiness

as    John Popper

1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

as    Owen Marshall