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William Atherton

Acting

Born July 30, 1947 · Orange, Connecticut, USA

Also known as William Atherton Knight · ویلیام آترتون

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Theatre World Award · 1972

Filmography50+ titles

Burning Down the House

2001as Arthur Kranston

Stargate SG-1

1997as Emissary Varta

Justice League

2001as Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)

Castle

2009as Ari Weiss

Lost

2004as Donald Reynolds

Monk

2002as Commander Nathan Whitaker

Tales from the Crypt

1989as Malcolm Mayflower

Boston Legal

2004as A.D.A. Howard Zale

Desperate Housewives

2004as Dr. Barr

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Ned Bogden

Die Hard

1988as Richard Thornburg

Life

2007as Mickey Rayborn

The Practice

1997as D.A. Keith Pratt

The Outer Limits

1995as Franklin Murdoch

A Fight for Jenny

1986as Michael Rosen

The Last Samurai

2003as Winchester Rep

Ghostbusters

1984as Walter Peck

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Larry Holleran

Workaholics

2011as Thor Holmvik

Law & Order

1990as Dan Jensen

Night Visions

2001as William Price (segment "Hate Puppet")

Childrens Hospital

2008as Levon Bainter

Numb3rs

2005as Warren Pierce

Die Hard 2

1990as Richard Thornberg

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

2019as Self

The Girl Next Door

2007as Adult David Moran

Buried Alive

1990as Cort van Owen

Real Genius

1985as Professor Hathaway

Nash Bridges

1996as Dr. Linus Mills

The Pelican Brief

1993as Bob Gminski

The Sugarland Express

1974as Clovis Poplin

Class of '44

1973as Fraternity President

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

2024as Mayor Walter Peck

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

1999as Darryl Zanuck

The Citizen

2012

Hoodlum

1997as Thomas E. Dewey

Oscar

1991as Overton

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977as James

The Day of the Locust

1975as Tod Hackett

Mad City

1997as Dohlen

Broken Trust

1995as Neil Roemer

The Hindenburg

1975as Boerth

Ghostheads

2016as Self

Race to Space

2001as Ralph Stanton

Bad Company

2018

Executive Power

1997as President Fields

No Mercy

1986as Allan Deveneux

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

2012as Earle Swinter

The Crow: Salvation

2000as Nathan Randall

Clinical

2017as Terry Drummond