William Hickey
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-09-19
Day of Death
1997-06-29 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
Acting
(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
(1999)
(1997)
MouseHunt
as Rudolf Smuntz
(1997)
Better Than Ever
as Walter
(1996)
Love Is All There Is
as Monsignor
(1996)
The Maddening
as Daddy
(1995)
Major Payne
as Dr. Phillips
(1995)
Forget Paris
as Arthur
(1995)
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)
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Drogan (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
(1990)
My Blue Heaven
as Billy Sparrow / Johnny Bird
(1990)
Mob Boss
as Don Anthony
(1990)
(1990)
Sons
as Roger
(1990)
Any Man's Death
as Erich Schiller / Ernst Bauricke
(1989)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
as Uncle Lewis
(1989)
Puppet Master
as Andre Toulon
(1989)
Pink Cadillac
as Mr. Barton
(1989)
Sea of Love
as Frank Keller Sr.
(1989)
It Had to Be You
as Schornberg
(1989)
Hairway to the Stars
as Husband Robert
(1988)
Bright Lights, Big City
as Ferret Man
(1988)
Da
as Drumm
(1987)
A Hobo's Christmas
as Cincinnati Harold
(1986)
The Name of the Rose
as Ubertino da Casale
(1986)
One Crazy Summer
as Old Man Beckersted
(1986)
Seize the Day
as Peris
(1986)
Stranded
as Mr. Pierson
(1985)
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
as Coney Island Barker
(1985)
Prizzi's Honor
as Don Corrado Prizzi
(1985)
Izzy & Moe
as Desk Clerk
(1982)
A Stranger Is Watching
as Maxi
(1979)
Wise Blood
as Preacher
(1978)
(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)
A New Leaf
as Smith (uncredited)
(1971)
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
as Looseleaf Harper
(1971)
The Telephone Book
as Man in Bed
(1970)
Little Big Man
as Historian
(1968)
The Producers
as The Drunk
(1968)
The Boston Strangler
as Eugene T. O'Rourke
(1967)
(1961)
(1957)
Operation Mad Ball
as Sampson (uncredited)
(1957)
A Hatful of Rain
as Apples