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William Hickey
Born: 1927-09-19 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
William Edward Hickey (September 19, 1927 – June 29, 1997) was an American actor. He was best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Don Corrado Prizzi in the John Huston 1985 film Prizzi's Honor, as well as the voice of Dr. Finklestein in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).
Rated Filmography (52)
Sorted by Score9.0
Androcles and the Lion
1967
8.0
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
7.8
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
7.7
Between Time and Timbuktu
1972
7.5
The Name of the Rose
1986
7.4
Little Big Man
1970
7.3
A New Leaf
1971
7.2
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989
7.1
The Producers
1968
7.0
Hairway to the Stars
1989
6.9
Mikey and Nicky
1976
6.9
Da
1988
6.8
A Hatful of Rain
1957
6.7
Operation Mad Ball
1957
6.6
The Boston Strangler
1968
6.6
Sea of Love
1989
6.5
MouseHunt
1997
6.5
Major Payne
1995
6.5
Hey Stranger
1994
6.4
Prizzi's Honor
1985
6.4
Wise Blood
1979
6.3
Forget Paris
1995
6.3
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
1985
6.2
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
6.1
My Blue Heaven
1990
6.1
The Sentinel
1977
6.0
One Crazy Summer
1986
6.0
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
1971
6.0
Izzy & Moe
1985
6.0
A Hobo's Christmas
1987
5.9
Puppetmaster
1989
5.8
The Telephone Book
1971
5.8
92 in the Shade
1975
5.7
Bright Lights, Big City
1988
5.5
Pink Cadillac
1989
5.3
Sons
1990
5.2
Love Is All There Is
1996
5.1
Mob Boss
1990
5.0
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
2018
5.0
Seize the Day
1986
4.9
Nunzio
1978
4.8
The Runestone
1991
4.7
The Maddening
1995
4.6
Charles Band's Puppet Master: Axis of Evil
2010
4.6
A Stranger Is Watching
1982
4.4
Any Man's Death
1990
4.4
The Jerky Boys
1995
3.6
Twisted
1996
3.5
Puppet Master: The Legacy
2003
2.9
Knocking on Death's Door
1999
2.5
Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
2022
2.0
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022