William Atherton
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: July 30, 1947
Place of Birth: Orange, Connecticut, USA
Known For
Burning Down the House
A down-on-his-luck film director sets fire to his home so he can collect the insurance money and fund his new movie. But crime apparently does pay, because once the rumor mill gets wind of his plans, everyone suddenly wants a slice of his new project's pie.
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
Robert McCall is forced to work with a former terrorist turned monk by the name of Joseph Heiden(Telly Savalas), whom he despises and mistrusts, on a deadly mission in New York.
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
Convinced that his long-time patient Nick Osborn didn't murder his boss, Mark Sloan starts investigating the case himself, supported by a junior doctor and a young female pathologist.
Stargate SG-1
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an elite Air Force special operations team, one of more than two dozen teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, Replicators, and the Ori.
Justice League
The long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter.
Castle
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
Tales from the Crypt
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
Lost
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Desperate Housewives
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.
Filmography
as The Father
as Mayor Walter Peck
as Self
as Terry Drummond
as Self
as Father Westhoff
as Dolan
as Earle Swinter
as Thor Holmvik
as Daniel Morgan
as Ari Weiss
as Levon Bainter
as Stefan
as Jo Dexton
as Howard
as Mickey Rayborn
as Adult David Moran
as King
as John
as Agent Block
as Dr. Ira Gold
as Warren Pierce
as Sen. Ray Colby
as Dr. Barr
as A.D.A. Howard Zale
as Donald Reynolds
as Duncan Mack
as Winchester Rep
as Commander Nathan Whitaker
as Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)
as Ralph Stanton
as William Price (segment "Hate Puppet")
as Arthur Kranston
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Nathan Randall
as Ned Bogden
as Darryl Zanuck
as James Denit
as Dohlen
as President Fields
as Thomas E. Dewey
as Emissary Varta
as D.A. Keith Pratt
as Philip Thorne
as Dr. Linus Mills
as Dr. Noah Faulkner
as Neil Roemer
as Self
as Dr. Reginald Holloway
as Franklin Murdoch
as Allan Pinkerton
as Terence
as Bob Gminski
as Sheriff Blackwell
as Eric Walker
as Overton
as Arthur
as Don Snyder
as Dan Jensen
as Richard Thornberg
as Cort van Owen
as Malcolm Mayflower
as Doggett
as Richard Thornburg
as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
as Allan Deveneux
as Michael Rosen
as Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek")
as (segment "The Card")
as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
as Gideon
as Professor Hathaway
as Larry Holleran
as Greg Dalton
as Prosecutor Andy Henley
as Walter Peck
as Stan Harvey
as Jim Spence
as Jim Lloyd
as James
as Benjamin Rush
as Boerth
as Tod Hackett
as Clovis Poplin
as Fraternity President
as Johnson