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J. Edgar Hoover

Acting

Born January 1, 1895 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Died May 2, 1972

Also known as John Edgar Hoover

Biography

John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States.

Awards & recognition

  • NAS Public Welfare Medal · 1939
  • James Cardinal Gibbons Medal
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Filmography26 titles

After Newtown: Guns in America

2013as Self - first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (archive footage)

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1998as Self (archive footage)

The Real Spies Among Friends

2022as Self (archive footage)

Hearts and Minds

1974as Self (archive footage)

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

2021as Self (archive footage)

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2021as Self (archive footage)

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

2014as Self (archive footage)

Arthur Miller: Writer

2017as Self (archive footage)

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

2010as Self (archive footage)

Heir To An Execution

2004as Self (archive footage)

MLK/FBI

2020as Self (archive footage)

The Majestic

2001as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The UnXplained

2019as Self (archive footage)

1971

2014as Self (archive footage)

American Experience

1988as Self (archive footage)

Ku Klux Klan: An American Story

as Self - FBI Director (voice) (archive footage)

The FBI Story

1959as J. Edgar Hoover (uncredited)

Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live

2013as Self (archive footage)

Oswald's Ghost

2007as Self (archive footage)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2017as Self (archive footage)

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

2008as Self (archive footage)

First Ladies

2020as Self (archive footage)

Who Bombed Judi Bari?

2012as Self (archive footage)

COINTELPRO 101

2010as Self (archive footage)

Marilyn and the Mob

as archive footage

Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia

as Self