William Hickey

Personal Info

Birthday

September 19, 1927

Day of Death

1997-06-29

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Bill Hickey

ویلیام هیکی

William Hickey

Biography

William Edward Hickey (September 19, 1927 – June 29, 1997) was an American actor. He was best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Don Corrado Prizzi in the John Huston 1985 film Prizzi's Honor, as well as the voice of Dr. Finklestein in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).

Known For

The Equalizer

Tales from the Crypt

Studio One

The Defenders

Moonlighting

The Outer Limits

Wings

L.A. Law

Filmography

2022
Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
as Andre Toulon (archive footage)
2018
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
as Andre Toulon (archive footage)
2010
Puppet Master: Axis of Evil
as Andre Toulon (Archive Footage)
2003
Puppet Master: The Legacy
as Elderly Andre Toulon (Archive Footage)
1999
Knocking on Death's Door
as Town Sheriff
1997
MouseHunt
as Rudolf Smuntz
Better Than Ever
as Walter
1996
Twisted
as Andre - A Proprietor
The Maddening
as Daddy
Love Is All There Is
as Monsignor
1995
Forget Paris
as Arthur
Major Payne
as Dr. Phillips
The Jerky Boys
as Don 'Uncle Freddy' Frederico
1994
Hey Stranger
as Major-domo
1993
The Nightmare Before Christmas
as Dr. Finkelstein (voice)
1991
The Runestone
as Lars Hagstrom
1990
Mob Boss
as Don Anthony
My Blue Heaven
as Billy Sparrow / Johnny Bird
Any Man's Death
as Erich Schiller / Ernst Bauricke
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Drogan (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
Sons
as Roger
1989
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
as Uncle Lewis
It Had to Be You
as Schornberg
Puppet Master
as Andre Toulon
Sea of Love
as Frank Keller Sr.
Pink Cadillac
as Mr. Barton
Hairway to the Stars
as Husband Robert
1988
Da
as Drumm
Bright Lights, Big City
as Ferret Man
1987
A Hobo's Christmas
as Cincinnati Harold
1986
The Name of the Rose
as Ubertino da Casale
Stranded
as Mr. Pierson
Seize the Day
as Peris
One Crazy Summer
as Old Man Beckersted
1985
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
as Coney Island Barker
Izzy & Moe
as Desk Clerk
Prizzi's Honor
as Don Corrado Prizzi
1982
A Stranger Is Watching
as Maxi
1979
Wise Blood
as Preacher
1977
The Sentinel
as Perry
1976
Mikey and Nicky
as Sid Fine
1975
92 in the Shade
as Mr. Skelton
1972
Between Time and Timbuktu
as Stony Stevenson
1971
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
as Looseleaf Harper
The Telephone Book
as Man in Bed
A New Leaf
as Smith (uncredited)
1970
Little Big Man
as Historian
1968
The Boston Strangler
as Eugene T. O'Rourke
The Producers
as The Drunk
1961
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
as Carter
1958
"Waiting for Godot" Intercut with “Krazy Kat”
as Ignatz
1957
Operation Mad Ball
as Sampson (uncredited)
A Hatful of Rain
as Apples