William Atherton

Born: 1947-07-30

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Atherton Knight (born July 30, 1947) is an American actor, best known for portraying Richard Thornburg in Die Hard and its sequel and Walter Peck in Ghostbusters.


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as Richard Thornburg
Released: 1988-07-15

NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop...

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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

as Mayor Walter Peck
Released: 2024-03-20

When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must...

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as Richard Thornburg
Released: 1990-07-03

One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy...

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as Walter Peck
Released: 1984-06-08

After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes...

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The Last Samurai

as Winchester Rep
Released: 2003-12-05

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare,...

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The Girl Next Door

as Adult David Moran
Released: 2007-07-19

In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the...

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The Pelican Brief

as Bob Gminski
Released: 1993-09-17

A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a...

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The Crow: Salvation

as Nathan Randall
Released: 2000-01-23

Alex Corvis, a man wrongly executed for the murder of his girlfriend, returns from the dead and...

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Bio-Dome

as Dr. Noah Faulkner
Released: 1996-01-12

Bud and Doyle are two losers who are doing nothing with their lives. Both of their girlfriends...

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Looking for Mr. Goodbar

as James
Released: 1977-10-19

A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she...

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Oscar

as Overton
Released: 1991-04-26

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the...

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Buried Alive

as Cortland "Cort" van Owen
Released: 1990-05-09

A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money....

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Real Genius

as Professor Hathaway
Released: 1985-08-07

When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn...

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Hoodlum

as Thomas E. Dewey
Released: 1997-08-27

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When...

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The Sugarland Express

as Clovis Michael Poplin
Released: 1974-03-31

Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and...

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Into the Sun

as Agent Block
Released: 2005-11-26

After the assassination of Tokyo's Governor by Yakuza members, the CIA bureau chief (William...

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Mad City

as Dohlen
Released: 1997-11-07

A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown...

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The Day of the Locust

as Tod Hackett
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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The Hindenburg

as Boerth
Released: 1975-12-25

Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to...

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No Mercy

as Allan Deveneux
Released: 1986-12-19

An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a...

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Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

as Earle Swinter
Released: 2012-03-02

Two guys get a billion dollars to make a movie, only to watch their dream run off course.

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Jinn

as Father Westhoff
Released: 2014-04-04

From the beginning, stories of angels and men have captured our imaginations and have been...

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Bread and Roses

as Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: 2000-09-14

Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes...

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Who's Your Daddy?

as Duncan Mack
Released: 2004-01-07

An adopted Ohio high school senior discovers he is the inherited heir to a porn empire. Dropped...

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The New Centurions

as Johnson
Released: 1972-08-03

An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is...

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Aces 'N' Eights

as Howard
Released: 2008-03-15

Already taking a gamble settling in the uncharted west, the peaceful settlers of a town destined...

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Clinical

as Terry Drummond
Released: 2017-01-13

A psychiatrist tries to put her life back together after a violent attack by seeking to repair...

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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

as Darryl Zanuck
Released: 1999-08-21

An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time...

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Grim Prairie Tales

as Arthur
Released: 1990-09-14

Two travelers meet on the open prairie, and pass their time together by trading stories with...

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Frank & Jesse

as Allan Pinkerton
Released: 1994-10-21

At the end of the Civil War, Frank and Jesse James and other former guerillas who rode with...

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Ghostheads

as Self
Released: 2016-04-23

A documentary that explores the extreme side of the Ghostbusters fandom. Join us as we travel...

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Gone But Not Forgotten

as Sen. Ray Colby
Released: 2005-01-01

An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not...

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Jersey Shore Shark Attack

as Dolan
Released: 2012-06-09

Many years ago, hundreds of locals and tourists were massacred by giant man-eating sharks in the...

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Raven Hawk

as Philip Thorne
Released: 1996-07-20

A Native-American woman, who was framed for the murders of her parents years before, returns to...

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Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

as Self
Released: 2020-01-07

The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of...

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Class of '44

as Fraternity President
Released: 1973-04-10

During the last years of World War II, Hermie, Oscy, and Benjie are coming of age. They went...

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Headspace

as Dr. Ira Gold
Released: 2005-09-18

25-year-old Alex Borden's chance encounter with a mysterious stranger has found his intellect...

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Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder

as Eric Walker
Released: 1992-01-05

Convinced that his long-time patient Nick Osborn didn't murder his boss, Mark Sloan starts...

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Ghouls

as Stefan
Released: 2008-07-12

Stefan invites his daughter, Jennifer, to travel to Romania for the funeral of his mother. His...

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as Dr. Reginald Holloway
Released: 1995-05-08

Who could have deliberately released a rare and deadly African plague that is now spreading...

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Broken Trust

as Neil Roemer
Released: 1995-08-06

A scrupulously honest judge finds he's a pawn in a federal sting to ferret out corrupt members...

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The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine

as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
Released: 1987-09-23

Robert McCall is forced to work with a former terrorist turned monk by the name of Joseph...

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A Night to Die For

as Self
Released: 1995-05-18

TV special worth watching if only for the incongruous interviews with Wayne Newton, Wayne...

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Race to Space

as Ralph Stanton
Released: 2001-10-31

In the 1960s a young woman works at NASA as an animal trainer responsible for the chimpanzee who...

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The Kane Files: Life of Trial

as Daniel Morgan
Released: 2010-10-02

Scott Kane (Drew Fuller), a man with a checkered past is trying to live a clean life. When his...

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Towards Darkness

as John
Released: 2007-04-28

About a kidnapped hostage's life, and the frustration his family, a special ops team, and a man...

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Intrigue

as Doggett
Released: 1988-09-11

A spy is looking for his old colleague who now works for the other side.

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Executive Power

as President Fields
Released: 1997-09-25

While protecting the U.S. President, Secret Service agent Nick Sager helps him to dispose of the...

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Independence

as Benjamin Rush
Released: 1976-07-04

John Huston directs this film giving relevance and life to the hallowed buildings and ground...

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Tomorrow's Child

as Jim Spence
Released: 1982-03-22

The wife of a research geneticist agrees to the experimental procedure of a 'test-tube baby' by...

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Chrome Soldiers

as Sheriff Blackwell
Released: 1992-05-06

Five ex-soldiers go to a small town in Oregon to help a friend investigate the murder of his...

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A Fight for Jenny

as Michael Rosen
Released: 1986-10-06

When Kelsey remarries, her struggle to get custody of her daughter from her first marriage is...

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Where Did the Adults Go?

as The Father
Released:

Every year, on the anniversary of their parents’ death, Cynthia, Bryce, and Miles gather at the...

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Black Crescent Moon

as Jo Dexton
Released: 2008-06-15

A small town sheriff who's investigating a murder at the local diner ends up finding more than...

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The Stranger

as uncredited
Released: 1999-12-12

A young woman's dreams become real-life nightmares after a mysterious stranger comes into her life.

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Kush

as King
Released: 2007-06-03

A young drug dealer Dusty, is torn between the money and getting out. When his partner...

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Malibu

as Stan Harvey
Released: 1983-01-23

A young couple from Milwaukee moves into the fabled, high-society Malibu beach community and...

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Saints and Sinners

as Terence
Released: 1994-09-28

After many years Pooch returns to his neighbourhood. To Big Boy, his best friend, Pooch is...

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Michael Kael vs. the World News Company

as James Denit
Released: 1998-02-18

A naive French reporter is sent to an African town to cover a sensational news story, unaware...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Ned Bogden
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Castle

as Ari Weiss
First aired: 2009-03-09

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard...

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Lost

as Donald Reynolds
First aired: 2004-09-22

Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay...

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Law & Order

as Don Snyder
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Dan Jensen
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Monk

as Commander Nathan Whitaker
First aired: 2002-07-12

Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using...

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Stargate SG-1

as Emissary Varta
First aired: 1997-07-27

The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the...

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Desperate Housewives

as Dr. Barr
First aired: 2004-10-03

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of...

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Boston Legal

as A.D.A. Howard Zale
First aired: 2004-10-03

Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston...

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The Practice

as D.A. Keith Pratt
First aired: 1997-03-04

A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their...

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Numb3rs

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-01-23

Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and...

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The Equalizer

as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
First aired: 1985-09-18

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private...

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The Equalizer

as Gideon
First aired: 1985-09-18

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private...

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Childrens Hospital

as Levon Bainter
First aired: 2008-12-08

A hospital isn't a place for lazy people. It's a place for smart people who take care of people...

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The Twilight Zone

as Brian Wolfe
First aired: 1985-09-27

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Larry Holleran
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 Greg Dalton
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 Prosecutor Andy Henley
First aired: 1984-09-30

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

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Tales from the Crypt

as Malcolm Mayflower
First aired: 1989-06-10

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...

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Nash Bridges

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-03-29

Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite...

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The Outer Limits

as Franklin Murdoch
First aired: 1995-03-26

Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end,...

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Life

as Mickey Rayborn
First aired: 2007-09-26

Complex, offbeat Detective Charlie Crews returns to the force after serving time in prison for a...

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Justice League

as Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)
First aired: 2001-11-17

The long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder...

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HBO First Look

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-06-12

HBO First Look is an American television show on HBO that chronicles up and coming movies. It...

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Night Visions

as William Price
First aired: 2001-07-12

Horror anthology series, with each episode comprising two half-hour stories dealing with themes...

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The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

as Nathan Randall
First aired: 1998-09-25

The Crow: Stairway to Heaven was a 1998 Canadian television series created by Bryce Zabel spun...

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Reunited Apart

as Self
First aired: 2020-04-27

Josh Gad reunites the cast and crews of various classic movies, and discusses the the films in...

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Centennial

as Jim Lloyd
First aired: 1978-10-01

The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives...

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Max Monroe: Loose Cannon

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-01-05

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