Acting · Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada · Born August 1, 1922
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Arthur Edward Spence Hill (August 1, 1922 – October 22, 2006) was a Canadian actor best known for appearances in British and American theater, movies and television. He attended the University of British Columbia and continued his acting studies in Seattle, Washington. Born in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Hill served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II and attended the University of British Columbia, where he studied law but was lured to the stage. Hill made his Broadway debut as Cornelius Hackl in the 1957 revival of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker. In 1963 he won the Tony Award for Best Dramatic Actor for his portrayal of George in the original Broadway production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (opposite Uta Hagen). His other Broadway credits include Ben Gant in the original production of Ketti Frings's Look Homeward, Angel (1957), The Gang's All Here (1959), All the Way Home (1960), Something More! (1964), and More Stately Mansions (1967). His most recognizable film portrayal was that of Dr. Jeremy Stone in the film adaptation of Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain (1971). Hill's other film work included roles in Harper (1966), The Chairman (1969), Sam Peckinpah's The Killer Elite (1975) and Futureworld (1976), " A Little Romance" (1979), and he narrated the film version of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983). Arguably, Hill's most famous acting role was that of lawyer Owen Marshall, the lead role in the 1971-1974 TV series Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law. He appeared on many other series, including CBS's The Reporter, a 1964 drama starring Harry Guardino. He appeared as a guest star in the pilot episode of Murder, She Wrote in 1984, returning to that same role in an episode in 1990. This would turn out to be his last appearance in film. He died in a Pacific Palisades, California nursing home, aged 84, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Hill (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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1986
as Andrew Kingsley
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1986
as (uncredited)
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1986
as Thomas Shea
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1985
as Caleb Grainger
MovieMurder in Space
1985
as Vice-President
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1984
as Dr. Phil Julian
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1984
as Mr. Frank
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1984
as Preston Giles
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1984
as Charles Hardwick
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1983
as Gen. Keating
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1983
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as Dr. Holliston
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1982
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1982
as Henry
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1982
as Willy Shrike
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1981
as Brewer
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1981
as Professor Prosser
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1981
as Michael Eaton
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1980
as Dr. Curtis McDonald
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1980
as General Thomas Ewing
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1980
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1979
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1979
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1979
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1979
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1979
as Terence Carter
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1978
as Narrator (voice)
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1977
as Porter McPhail
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1977
as U.S. Medical Colonel
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1976
as Dr. Duffy
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1976
as Judge James Edwin Horton
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1975
as Cap Collis
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1975
as Abraham Lincoln
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1975
as John Gunther
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1973
as Richard Damian
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1973
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1971
as Owen Marshall
TVColumbo
1971
as Governor
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1971
as Dr. Jeremy Stone
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1971
as Arnold Greer
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1971
as John Popper
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1970
as Paul Maitland
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1970
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1969
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1969
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1969
as Shelby
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1969
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1968
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1968
as Gerald Brighton
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1968
as Barney
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1967
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1967
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1967
as Warren Doneghan
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1966
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1965
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as Bill Dagen
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1963
as Donald Hammond
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1963
as Dr. Frederick Howell
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as Sam Bonner
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1963
as Grainger
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1961
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1961
as Fred Braden
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1961
as Tomaselli
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1960
as William Benson
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1960
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1960
as Walter Hartright
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1959
as Fr. Francis Gregory
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1959
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1956
as Paul Verrall
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1956
as Self - Presenter
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1956
as Jerry
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1955
as Jackie Jackson
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1955
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Howard Wilcox
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1954
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1954
as Cornelius Hackl
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1953
as Al
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1952
as Ted Harrison
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1952
as Representative of Johnson K. Johnson (uncredited)
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1951
as Paul Verrall
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1951
as Shaw
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1950
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1950
as Robin King
MovieI Was a Male War Bride
1949
as Dependents Clearing Officer (uncredited)
TVStudio One
1948
as Ivory
