Acting · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · Born September 19, 1927
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).
MovieCarnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
2022
as Andre Toulon (archive footage)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePuppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
2018
as Andre Toulon (archive footage)
MoviePuppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
2018
as Andre Toulon (archive footage)
MovieCharles Band's Puppet Master: Axis of Evil
2010
as Andre Toulon (Archive Footage)
MoviePuppet Master: The Legacy
2003
as Elderly Andre Toulon (Archive Footage)
MovieKnocking on Death's Door
1999
as Town Sheriff
MovieThe Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
MovieMouseHunt
1997
as Rudolf Smuntz
Better Than Ever
1997
as Walter
MovieTwisted
1996
as Andre - A Proprietor
MovieThe Maddening
1996
as Daddy
MovieLove Is All There Is
1996
as Monsignor
MovieForget Paris
1995
as Arthur
TVThe Outer Limits
1995
as Harlan Hawkes
MovieMajor Payne
1995
as Dr. Phillips
MovieThe Jerky Boys
1995
as Don 'Uncle Freddy' Frederico
MovieHey Stranger
1994
as Major-domo
TVThe Adventures of Pete & Pete
1993
as Grandfather Wrigley
MovieThe Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
as Dr. Finkelstein (voice)
TVBaby Talk
1991
as Cecil Fogarty
MovieThe Runestone
1991
as Lars Hagstrom
MovieMob Boss
1990
as Don Anthony
MovieMy Blue Heaven
1990
as Billy Sparrow / Johnny Bird
MovieAny Man's Death
1990
as Erich Schiller / Ernst Bauricke
MovieTales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
as Drogan (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
TVWings
1990
as Carlton Blanchard
MovieSons
1990
as Roger
MovieNational Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989
as Uncle Lewis
It Had to Be You
1989
as Schornberg
MoviePuppetmaster
1989
as Andre Toulon
MovieSea of Love
1989
as Frank Keller Sr.
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Carlton Webster (segment "The Switch")
MoviePink Cadillac
1989
as Mr. Barton
MovieHairway to the Stars
1989
as Husband Robert
Starlight: a Musical Movie
1988
as Billy Davis
MovieDa
1988
as Drumm
MovieBright Lights, Big City
1988
as Ferret Man
MovieA Hobo's Christmas
1987
as Cincinnati Harold
TVThe Tracey Ullman Show
1987
MovieThe Name of the Rose
1986
as Ubertino da Casale
Stranded
1986
as Mr. Pierson
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Tommy Mullaney Sr.
MovieSeize the Day
1986
as Peris
MovieOne Crazy Summer
1986
as Old Man Beckersted
MovieRemo Williams: The Adventure Begins
1985
as Coney Island Barker
MovieIzzy & Moe
1985
as Desk Clerk
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Tom Clark
MoviePrizzi's Honor
1985
as Don Corrado Prizzi
TVMoonlighting
1985
as Mr. Kendall
TVTales from the Darkside
1984
as Dr. Nis
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Hans Kozak
MovieA Stranger Is Watching
1982
as Maxi
MovieWise Blood
1979
as Preacher
MovieNunzio
1978
as Alcoholic
TVThe Andros Targets
1977
as Riley Connor
MovieThe Sentinel
1977
as Perry
MovieMikey and Nicky
1976
as Sid Fine
Movie92 in the Shade
1975
as Mr. Skelton
MovieBetween Time and Timbuktu
1972
as Stony Stevenson
MovieHappy Birthday, Wanda June
1971
as Looseleaf Harper
MovieThe Telephone Book
1971
as Man in Bed
MovieA New Leaf
1971
as Smith (uncredited)
MovieLittle Big Man
1970
as Historian
MovieThe Boston Strangler
1968
as Eugene T. O'Rourke
MovieThe Producers
1968
as The Drunk
MovieAndrocles and the Lion
1967
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
1961
as Carter
TVThe Defenders
1961
as Hary Lewis
TVStartime
1959
as The Painter
Movie"Waiting for Godot" Intercut with “Krazy Kat”
1958
as Ignatz
TVDecoy
1957
as Billy
MovieOperation Mad Ball
1957
as Sampson (uncredited)
MovieA Hatful of Rain
1957
as Apples
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as The Steward
TVStudio One
1948
as Jonesy
