1922-08-01 Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Arthur Edward Spence Hill (August 1, 1922 – October 22, 2006) was a Canadian actor best known for appearances in British and American theater, movies and television. He attended the University of British Columbia and continued his acting studies in Seattle, Washington. Born in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Hill served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II and attended the University of British Columbia, where he studied law but was lured to the stage. Hill made his Broadway debut as Cornelius Hackl in the 1957 revival of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker. In 1963 he won the Tony Award for Best Dramatic Actor for his portrayal of George in the original Broadway production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (opposite Uta Hagen). His other Broadway credits include Ben Gant in the original production of Ketti Frings's Look Homeward, Angel (1957), The Gang's All Here (1959), All the Way Home (1960), Something More! (1964), and More Stately Mansions (1967). His most recognizable film portrayal was that of Dr. Jeremy Stone in the film adaptation of Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain (1971). Hill's other film work included roles in Harper (1966), The Chairman (1969), Sam Peckinpah's The Killer Elite (1975) and Futureworld (1976), " A Little Romance" (1979), and he narrated the film version of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983). Arguably, Hill's most famous acting role was that of lawyer Owen Marshall, the lead role in the 1971-1974 TV series Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law. He appeared on many other series, including CBS's The Reporter, a 1964 drama starring Harry Guardino. He appeared as a guest star in the pilot episode of Murder, She Wrote in 1984, returning to that same role in an episode in 1990. This would turn out to be his last appearance in film. He died in a Pacific Palisades, California nursing home, aged 84, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Hill (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun | Thomas Shea | 1986-05-29 |
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Christmas Eve | Andrew Kingsley | 1986-12-24 |
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One Magic Christmas | Caleb Grainger | 1985-11-22 |
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Murder in Space | Vice-President | 1985-07-28 |
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Love Leads the Way: A True Story | Mr. Frank | 1984-10-07 |
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The Guardian | Dr. Phil Julian | 1984-10-20 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes | Narrator (voice) | 1983-04-29 |
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Intimate Agony | Dr. Holliston | 1983-03-21 |
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Prototype | Gen. Keating | 1983-12-07 |
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Making Love | Henry | 1982-02-12 |
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Tomorrow's Child | Dr. Glenn Gorham | 1982-03-22 |
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The Amateur | Brewer | 1981-12-11 |
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Dirty Tricks | 1981-03-06 | |
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Angel Dusted | Michael Eaton | 1981-02-11 |
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The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd | General Thomas Ewing | 1980-03-25 |
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The Return of Frank Cannon | Dr. Curtis McDonald | 1980-10-31 |
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Churchill and the Generals | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1979-09-23 |
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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | Governor (uncredited) | 1979-06-15 |
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A Little Romance | Richard King | 1979-04-27 |
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The Champ | Mike | 1979-07-10 |
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キタキツネ物語 | Narrator (voice) | 1978-07-15 |
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Tell Me My Name | Porter McPhail | 1977-12-20 |
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A Bridge Too Far | U.S. Medical Colonel | 1977-06-15 |
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Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys | Judge James Edwin Horton | 1976-04-22 |
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Futureworld | Dr. Duffy | 1976-08-13 |
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Death Be Not Proud | John Gunther | 1975-02-04 |
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The Killer Elite | Cap Collis | 1975-12-19 |
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Ordeal | Richard Damian | 1973-10-30 |
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The Golden Handshake | 1973-01-01 | |
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The Pursuit of Happiness | John Popper | 1971-02-23 |
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The Andromeda Strain | Dr. Jeremy Stone | 1971-03-12 |
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Rabbit, Run | Jack Eccles | 1970-10-01 |
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The Other Man | Paul Maitland | 1970-10-19 |
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Don't Let the Angels Fall | Robert | 1969-06-07 |
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The Chairman | Shelby | 1969-06-25 |
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Petulia | Barney | 1968-06-10 |
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Atta Girl, Kelly! | Evan Clayton | 1967-03-05 |
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The Desperate Hours | Dan Hilliard | 1967-12-13 |
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Harper | Albert Graves | 1966-02-22 |
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Moment to Moment | Neil Stanton | 1966-01-27 |
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In the Cool of the Day | Sam Bonner | 1963-05-29 |
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The Ugly American | Grainger | 1963-04-02 |
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The Young Doctors | Tomaselli | 1961-08-23 |
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The Deep Blue Sea | Jackie Jackson | 1955-11-01 |
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A Day to Remember | Al | 1953-11-10 |
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Penny Princess | Representative of Johnson K. Johnson (uncredited) | 1952-03-24 |
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Salute the Toff | Ted Harrison | 1952-12-02 |
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Scarlet Thread | Shaw | 1951-05-01 |
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The Undefeated | 1950-12-31 | |
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I Was a Male War Bride | Dependents Clearing Officer (uncredited) | 1949-08-26 |
