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Arthur Hill is a Actor Canadien born on 1 august 1922 at Melfort (Canada)

Arthur Hill

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Birth name Arthur Edward Spence Hill
Nationality Canada
Birth 1 august 1922 at Melfort (Canada)
Death 22 october 2006 (at 84 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Arthur Edward Spence Hill (August 1, 1922 – October 22, 2006) was a Canadian actor best known for appearances in British and American theatre, films and television. He attended the University of British Columbia and continued his acting studies in Seattle, Washington.

Biography

Il débute à Broadway et obtient son premier succès dans la pièce de théâtre Qui a peur de Virginia Woolf ?, pour laquelle il obtint un Tony Award.

Solide acteur de second rôle, il joue au cinéma aux côtés de Paul Newman dans le film Détective privé en 1966, de Gregory Peck dans L'Homme le plus dangereux du monde en 1969 et dans le film de Sam Peckinpah, Tueur d'élite en 1975.

Mais son rôle le plus connu est celui du Docteur Jeremy Stone dans le film de Robert Wise, Le Mystère Andromède.

Il fait également plusieurs apparitions dans des séries télévisées comme Alfred Hitchcock présente, Mission impossible, Les Envahisseurs, La Petite Maison dans la prairie ou Arabesque.

Il meurt en 2006 des suites de la maladie d'Alzheimer.

Best films

The Champ (1979)
(Actor)
A Little Romance (1979)
(Actor)

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Filmography of Arthur Hill (41 films)

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Actor

A Fine Mess, 1h30
Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Films about sexuality, Gangster films
Actors Ted Danson, Howie Mandel, Richard Mulligan, Stuart Margolin, María Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Edwards
Roles (uncredited)
Rating47% 2.357032.357032.357032.357032.35703
While filming on location at a race track, womanizing bit actor Spencer Holden, who lives life on one scam after another, overhears a couple of inept thugs named Binky and Turnip while they dope a race horse with a supposed undetectable super stimulant. The thugs find out that Spence overheard them and will do anything to catch him to prevent him from going to the authorities with the information. Spence, however, enlists the help of his best friend, drive-in carhop and aspiring restaurateur Dennis Powell, to bet on the race with that horse so that they can make some guaranteed money. Spence and Dennis end up having to outrun not only the thugs, who manage to put a few bullet holes in Spence's car, but also the police after they find Spence's bullet-riddled car and after the race horse, Sorry Sue, dies from the drugs. The plot also includes an antique player piano of which Dennis comes into possession, sympathetic but naive auction house employee Ellen Frankenthaler who is attracted to Dennis, and exotically beautiful Claudia Pazzo who is interested in buying the piano and whom Spence can't resist.
One Magic Christmas, 1h29
Directed by Phillip Borsos
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films, Children's films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Gary Basaraba, Elisabeth Harnois, Arthur Hill, Michelle Meyrink, Sarah Polley, Wayne Robson
Roles Caleb Grainger
Rating63% 3.1931953.1931953.1931953.1931953.193195
Ginny Grainger (Steenburgen) is the mother of two children, Cal (Robbie Magwood) and Abbie (Elisabeth Harnois). Her husband, Jack (Gary Basaraba), has been out of work since June, and they have to move out of the company house by January 1. Jack fixes bikes as a hobby in the basement and hopes to give one to his children's poor friend, Molly Monaghan, for Christmas. Although he would like to open a bike shop of his own, doing so would use up all their savings, which Ginny sees as a foolish move. In order to make ends meet, she works as a cashier at a grocery store.
Murder in Space, 1h35
Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Michael Ironside, Wilford Brimley, Martin Balsam, Tom Butler, Wendy Crewson, Jan Rubes
Roles Vice-President
Rating47% 2.382252.382252.382252.382252.38225
Un équipage est formé et lancé à travers l'espace à des fins de recherches scientifiques et techniques dans un vaisseau spatial composé de voyageurs de tous les coins du monde.
Something Wicked This Way Comes, 1h35
Directed by Jack Clayton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Circus films, Films based on science fiction novels, Children's films
Actors Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, Pam Grier, Ellen Geer, Richard Davalos
Roles Narrator (voice)
Rating66% 3.347413.347413.347413.347413.34741
In Greentown, Illinois, a small town enjoying the innocence of an upcoming autumn as the days grow shorter, two young boys—reserved Will Halloway and somewhat rebellious Jim Nightshade—leave from an after-school detention for "whispering in class" and hurry off for home. When the boys hear about a strange traveling carnival, Mr. Dark's Pandemonium Carnival, from a lightning-rod salesman, they decide to see what it is all about, but Will is fearful, as most carnivals end their tours after Labor Day. When the ominous Mr. Dark, the Illustrated Man, rides into town on a dark midnight, setting up his massive carnival in a matter of seconds, the boys are both thrilled and terrified. It seems to be just another carnival at first, but it is not long before the forces of darkness begin to manifest from the haunting melodies of the carousel—which can change your age depending on which way you ride it—and from the glaring Mirror Maze. With his collection of freaks and oddities, Dark intends to take control of the town and seize more innocent souls to damn. It will take all the wit and hope of the two boys to save their families and friends, with aid from an unlikely ally, Will's father, the town librarian, who understands more than anyone else that "something wicked this way comes.
Prototype
Prototype (1983)
, 1h36
Directed by David Greene
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Actors Christopher Plummer, David Morse, Frances Sternhagen, Stephen Elliott, Arthur Hill, Doran Clark
Roles Gen. Keating
Rating57% 2.857282.857282.857282.857282.85728
Dr. Carl Forrester, a curmudgeonly but basically kindly Nobel Prize-winning scientist, who builds an equally kindly (but much handsomer) humanoid named Michael. The government-subsidized Plummer has created Michael on behalf of his sponsors, but has second thoughts when he finds out that the government plans to build an army of robot warriors, using Michael as their model. Plummer sneaks into the pentagon and "kidnaps" Michael, triggering a film-length chase.
Making Love, 1h53
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Children's films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, Terry Kiser, Wendy Hiller, Arthur Hill
Roles Henry
Rating68% 3.447983.447983.447983.447983.44798
Zack Elliot (Ontkean) is a successful young doctor (an oncologist) in the Los Angeles area married to Claire (Jackson), an equally successful television network executive during the early 1980s. They have been married for eight years and are generally happy in their relationship, sharing in common a love for Gilbert and Sullivan and the poetry of Rupert Brooke, to whom they were introduced by their elderly former neighbor, Winnie Bates (Wendy Hiller). Intending to start a family, the couple buys a big house.
Tomorrow's Child, 1h40
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Actors Stéphanie Zimbalist, William Atherton, Bruce Davison, Ed Flanders, Salome Jens, James Shigeta
Roles Dr. Glenn Gorham
Rating67% 3.3650753.3650753.3650753.3650753.365075
La femme d'un scientifique est amenée à faire croire à ses proches qu'elle est enceinte. En fait, l'embryon a été créé artificiellement et se développe dans un incubateur.
The Amateur, 1h52
Directed by Charles Jarrott
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Spy films, Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors John Savage, Christopher Plummer, Marthe Keller, Arthur Hill, Nicholas Campbell, George Coe
Roles Brewer
Rating58% 2.9024152.9024152.9024152.9024152.902415
When his fiancée is murdered by terrorists, a CIA cryptographer blackmails his superiors into sending him on a field assignment into Czechoslovakia to assassinate those responsible. Once there, however, he discovers a web of deception underneath his fiancée's death.
Dirty Tricks, 1h35
Directed by Alvin Rakoff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Elliott Gould, Kate Jackson, Rich Little, Arthur Hill, Alberta Watson, James Mavor Moore
Roles Professor Prosser
Rating48% 2.4403352.4403352.4403352.4403352.440335
A Harvard University student, (Rich Little) attempts to contact Prof. Chandler, (Elliott Gould) to authenticate a mysterious letter supposedly signed by George Washington. The student is murdered and the letter vanishes. Professor Chandler finds himself being hunted by a mafia killer and intrepid TV reporter Polly Bishop (Kate Jackson).
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
Directed by Robert Fuest
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Feminist films, Films based on science fiction novels, Political films
Actors Don Johnson, Sharon Gless, Julie Kavner, Mason Adams, Audra Lindley, Arthur Hiller
Rating49% 2.4682052.4682052.4682052.4682052.468205
Set 10 years after the original film, a prologue sets the scene as a couple unhappy in idyllic Stepford, Connecticut, attempts to leave town; they are killed by the police chief.
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days, 1h55
Directed by Richard Lester
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Buddy films, Heist films, Children's films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Tom Berenger, William Katt, Michael C. Gwynne, Peter Weller, Jeff Corey, Brian Dennehy
Roles Governor (uncredited)
Rating56% 2.848062.848062.848062.848062.84806
A young Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid are wannabe outlaws who find that breaking the law is not as easy as it seems.
The Champ
The Champ (1979)
, 2h3
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill, Joan Blondell
Roles Mike
Rating68% 3.401083.401083.401083.401083.40108
Billy Flynn, an ex-boxing champion, is now a horse trainer in Hialeah, Florida. He makes just enough money to raise his little son T.J., of whom Flynn has full custody of since his wife Annie left him, seven years before the events of the film. T.J. worships "The Champ," who has gambling debts and begins working on a comeback to give his boy a better future. Suddenly Annie shows up again and wants to become a part of T.J.'s life.
A Little Romance, 1h48
Directed by George Roy Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Arthur Hill, Sally Kellerman, Broderick Crawford, David Dukes
Roles Richard King
Rating73% 3.6961153.6961153.6961153.6961153.696115
Lauren King (Diane Lane) is a book-smart 13-year-old American girl with an IQ of 167 living in Paris with her affluent family. She spends her free time reading Heidegger. Daniel Michon (Thelonious Bernard) is a street-wise 13-year-old French boy who lives in La Garenne with his father, a cabbie. He loves Hollywood films and amuses himself handicapping theoretical wagers on horse races. The two meet in the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, where a movie is being filmed, and fall in love. Lauren's self-absorbed mother (Sally Kellerman), who consorts openly with her movie director boyfriend George in front of Lauren and her stepfather (Arthur Hill), fiercely objects to the romance, calling Daniel a "filthy French boy". When Daniel punches George at Lauren's birthday party for making a crude innuendo about Lauren, the two are forbidden to date.
Riel
Riel (1979)
, 2h30
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Christopher Plummer, Raymond Cloutier, Daniel Gadouas, Roger Blay, Maury Chaykin, Barry Morse
Roles Taylor
Rating64% 3.23283.23283.23283.23283.2328
Louis Riel (Cloutier) leads the Red River and North-West Rebellions against the Canadian government's expansionist ideas leading up to his capture, trial and execution in 1885.