John Hillerman

Born: 1932-12-20

John Benedict Hillerman (December 20, 1932 – November 9, 2017) was an American actor best known for his starring role as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III on the television series Magnum, P.I. that aired from 1980 to 1988. For his role as Higgins, Hillerman earned five Golden Globe nominations, winning in 1981, and four Emmy nominations, winning in 1987. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Hillerman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Chinatown

as Russ Yelburton
Released: 1974-06-20

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II...

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High Plains Drifter

as Bootmaker
Released: 1973-04-19

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen...

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as Howard Johnson
Released: 1974-02-07

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to...

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History of the World: Part I

as Rich Man - The French Revolution
Released: 1981-06-12

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the...

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Paper Moon

as Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin
Released: 1973-05-09

A bible salesman finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and...

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Up the Creek

as Dean Burch
Released: 1984-04-06

Bob McGraw is in his 12th year of college, goofing his way through life. Bob, Irwing, Gonzer and...

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What's Up, Doc?

as Hotel Manager
Released: 1972-03-09

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly...

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A Very Brady Sequel

as Dr. Whitehead
Released: 1996-08-23

A man claiming to be Carol Brady's long-lost first husband, Roy Martin, shows up at the suburban...

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The Last Picture Show

as English teacher
Released: 1971-10-03

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome...

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The Day of the Locust

as Ned Grote
Released: 1975-05-07

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in...

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Lawman

as Totts
Released: 1971-03-11

While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their...

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Skyjacked

as Air flight controller
Released: 1972-05-24

A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 and demands to be taken to Russia.

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Audrey Rose

as Scott Velle
Released: 1977-04-06

A man is convinced that a young girl is the reincarnation of his own daughter Audrey Rose, who...

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They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

as uncredited
Released: 1970-07-10

A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.

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At Long Last Love

as Rodney James
Released: 1975-03-01

Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at...

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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

as (archive footage)
Released: 2010-08-03

The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from...

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Sunburn

as Webb
Released: 1979-08-10

A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco.

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The Outside Man

as Department Store Manager
Released: 1972-12-21

A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall...

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The Great Man's Whiskers

as Major Underwood
Released: 1972-05-02

A young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard.

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The Thief Who Came to Dinner

as Edmund Lasker
Released: 1973-03-01

A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves, an insurance...

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The Naked Ape

as Psychiatrist
Released: 1973-08-01

Somewhat based on Desmond Morris's fascinating book of pop anthropology, this partially animated...

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The Carey Treatment

as Jenkins
Released: 1972-03-29

A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.

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Honky

as Bus Ticket Salesman
Released: 1971-11-26

Black girl from rich family loves white boy from poor family.

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Assault and Matrimony

as Cyril
Released: 1987-09-27

Silvia and Edgar have been married for a long time, but can't stand each other now. But a...

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Marathon

as Greg Previn
Released: 1980-01-30

A bemused, mild-mannered accountant takes up jogging and a lithesome, young woman sprints into...

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Kill Me If You Can

as George Davis
Released: 1977-09-25

The story of Caryl Chessman, a convicted California rapist who spent 12 years on death row...

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Hands of a Murderer

as Dr. John Watson
Released: 1990-05-16

Sherlock Holmes must track down his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, after the villain kidnaps...

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The Law

as Thomas Q. Rachel
Released: 1974-10-22

An examination of the workings of a big city's legal system as seen through the eyes of people...

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The Nickel Ride

as Carl
Released: 1975-01-15

A world-weary crime boss is losing his grip on his organization.

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Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects

as Simon Brimmer
Released: 1975-03-23

When a famous fashion designer is found murdered, Inspector Richard Queen of the NYPD is baffled...

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A Guide for the Married Woman

as Marvin
Released: 1978-10-13

A seriocomic look at the life of Julie Walker. Bored with her marriage, and encouraged by her...

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The Murder That Wouldn't Die

as Paul Harrison
Released: 1980-03-09

William Conrad stars as a retired L.A.P.D. detective who has moved to Hawaii and taken a job as...

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Back in the Saddle

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2001-06-19

The cast of "Blazing Saddles" discusses salient points of the movie and its place in modern culture.

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Betrayal

as Victor Slavin
Released: 1978-11-13

Dramatization of the 1971 case involving a young woman who sued her psychiatrist for luring her...

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Street of Dreams

as Raymond Kepler
Released: 1988-10-07

The film follows a laid-back private investigator Kyd Thomas who gets thrust into Hollywood's...

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Sink the Bismarck!

as Narrator (Voice)
Released: 1996-02-01

Detailed and fascinating documentary telling the history of the famous German battleship of...

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Lucky Lady

as Christy McTeague
Released: 1975-12-25

When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub...

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The Invasion of Johnson County

as Major Walcott
Released: 1976-07-31

A free-spirited Bostonian recently arrived in the West teams up with a crusty Wyoming cowboy to...

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Relentless

as Major Leo Hargit
Released: 1977-09-14

An Arizona state trooper, who is also an Indian, pursues a gang of paramilitary-type robbers...

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The Last Angry Man

as Tree Inspector
Released: 1974-04-16

In the midst of the Depression, a crotchety doctor, whose practice is in the Brooklyn slums,...

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Beane's of Boston

as John Peacock
Released: 1979-05-05

To keep from being fired by his father, Franklin Beane has a bright idea for a theme week for...

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Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link

as uncredited
Released: 1984-01-01

In this film noir comedy, detective Cash Hunt follows clues to solve a difficult puzzle. The...

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Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears

as Pfarrer
Released: 1989-08-17

In this wacky comedy, teen-aged Tony (Bentley C. Mitchum) has never known who is father is....

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Magnum, P.I.

as Jonathan Higgins
First aired: 1980-12-11

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a...

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The Love Boat

as Ed Hartnett
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Jonathan Higgins
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Edgar Greenstreet
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Little House on the Prairie

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-11

Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael...

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Hart to Hart

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-09-22

Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife,...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Donald Blair
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Nelson Bodine
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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Mannix

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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Mannix

as Larry Lawton
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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Simon & Simon

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-11-24

Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24,...

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Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner
First aired: 1944-01-20

An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...

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The F.B.I.

as Morris Ridley
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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One Day at a Time

as Mr. Connors
First aired: 1975-12-16

The misadventures of a divorced mother, two teenage daughters, and new building superintendent...

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Lou Grant

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-09-20

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his...

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Kojak

as Mark Gallant
First aired: 1973-10-24

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...

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The Hogan Family

as Lloyd Hogan
First aired: 1986-03-01

The Hogan Family is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from March 1, 1986...

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Wonder Woman

as Conrad Steigler
First aired: 1975-11-07

With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of...

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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-05-25

Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.

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Ellery Queen

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-09-11

Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character...

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Ellery Queen

as Simon Brimmer
First aired: 1975-09-11

Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character...

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Around the World in 80 Days

as Sir Francis Commarty
First aired: 1989-04-16

The plot centres around Phileas Fogg making a £20,000 wager with three members of the Reform...

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Dinah!

as Self
First aired: 1974-10-21

Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started...

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Tales of the Gold Monkey

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-09-22

In a backwater corner of the South Pacific in 1938, a young American adventurer and his ragtag...

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Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-01-27

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe is an American detective/comedy series originally broadcast by the ABC...

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Flying High

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-09-29

Flying High is an American comedy-drama series that aired on CBS from August 28, 1978 until...

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The Sixth Sense

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-01-15

The Sixth Sense is an American paranormal thriller television

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Delvecchio

as Dr. Augustus Hamilton
First aired: 1976-09-09

Delvecchio is an American television series that aired on CBS during the 1976-77 season. It...

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Little Gloria... Happy at Last

as Maury Paul
First aired: 1982-10-24

The story deals with Gloria Vanderbilt's difficult coming-of-age when, at eleven, she was a pawn...

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