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William Hickey

Date of birth: 1927-09-19

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Bill Hickey, ویلیام هیکی

William Hickey

Biography

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).

Movie Credits

Prizzi's Honor
3.2

Prizzi's Honor

1985-06-14

Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US.

Pink Cadillac
2.7

Pink Cadillac

1989-05-26

A bounty hunter helps out the wife of a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by neo-Nazi types.

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
3.1

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990-05-03

A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
3.6

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

1989-11-30

It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things ne

Sea of Love
3.3

Sea of Love

1989-09-15

Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and

The Nightmare Before Christmas
3.9

The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993-10-09

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spin

Puppet Master
2.9

Puppet Master

1989-10-12

Alex Whitaker and three other gifted psychics investigate rumors that the secret of life has been di

The Boston Strangler
3.4

The Boston Strangler

1968-10-08

Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story

A Hatful of Rain
3.4

A Hatful of Rain

1957-07-17

A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.

The Sentinel
3.1

The Sentinel

1977-01-07

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual expl

One Crazy Summer
3

One Crazy Summer

1986-08-08

An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family

Happy Birthday, Wanda June
2.8

Happy Birthday, Wanda June

1971-12-09

A hunter back from years in the Amazon finds his wife and life changed.

The Runestone
2.5

The Runestone

1991-02-01

A New York detective takes the case of a bulletproof monster sprung to life from Viking legend.

Love Is All There Is
2.5

Love Is All There Is

1996-05-10

The Malacicis, a hard-working Italian family recently immigrated from Florence, open a fancy restaur

Mob Boss
2.7

Mob Boss

1990-09-16

A nerd becomes the head of his father's crime family.

Seize the Day
2.5

Seize the Day

1986-09-09

Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
0

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

1999-01-01

This is a dark story of a caring movie maker who struggles to make it and also struggles with his de

Nunzio
2.4

Nunzio

1978-05-10

A mentally-challenged delivery boy indulges in fantasies that he is a superhero in the tough streets

Da
3.3

Da

1988-04-29

A New York playwright is summoned to Ireland to bury his father. While at his boyhood home, he encou

Hairway to the Stars
0

Hairway to the Stars

1989-01-01

The arms race goes to the beauty parlor with Bette Davis in The Letter.

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
1.1

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror

2022-12-30

Full Moon's Carnage Collection is here. In the first stunning installment of this ongoing series, we

Better Than Ever
0

Better Than Ever

1997-01-01

Walter and Hume, roommates in a veterans home, are complete opposites. Walter is a sarcastic wise mo

Between Time and Timbuktu
4

Between Time and Timbuktu

1972-03-13

A poet-astronaut is shot through an area of space called the Chronosynclastic Infundibulum. He is du

Mikey and Nicky
3.5

Mikey and Nicky

1976-12-21

Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob

Little Big Man
3.7

Little Big Man

1970-12-23

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fightin

Operation Mad Ball
3.3

Operation Mad Ball

1957-08-17

In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as h

The Producers
3.5

The Producers

1968-03-18

Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom, plan to make money by charming wealt

Hey Stranger
2.5

Hey Stranger

1994-01-01

An actor and poet falls in love with a former mortuary photographer turned waitress. They find thems

A Stranger Is Watching
2.3

A Stranger Is Watching

1982-10-28

A twisted man holds a TV newswoman and a girl hostage in the bowels of Grand Central Station.

Izzy & Moe
2

Izzy & Moe

1985-09-23

The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers who become two of the best prohibition agents in

Wise Blood
3.1

Wise Blood

1979-10-24

A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He

My Blue Heaven
3

My Blue Heaven

1990-08-17

FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Ant

The Jerky Boys
2.1

The Jerky Boys

1995-02-03

When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicag

MouseHunt
3.3

MouseHunt

1997-12-19

Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they

Bright Lights, Big City
2.9

Bright Lights, Big City

1988-04-01

A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the me

A New Leaf
3.6

A New Leaf

1971-03-11

After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy bota

Stranded
3

Stranded

1986-09-22

Loni Anderson and Perry King are stranded on a desert island.

Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
0

Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed

1961-10-23

In 1879, the American Indian lived under severe handicaps: having no legal status as a human being a

Any Man's Death
2

Any Man's Death

1990-05-10

When a photo-journalist vanishes while covering an African civil war, a roll of film holds the only

The Telephone Book
3

The Telephone Book

1971-10-03

A sexually voracious young woman receives a dirty phone call from a stranger; so satisfied by the ex

The Name of the Rose
3.7

The Name of the Rose

1986-09-24

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to f

92 in the Shade
2.8

92 in the Shade

1975-08-22

A young drifter returns to his home in Key West, Florida and attempts to open a fishing charter busi

It Had to Be You
0

It Had to Be You

1989-10-27

A has-been actress lures a TV commercial director to her apartment to seduce him.

Sons
2.5

Sons

1990-01-01

A trio of stepbrothers accompany their paralysed father on a jaunt to Normandy where the old boy saw

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
2.4

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

2018-09-26

In an unknown dystopian future, a drifter with an unusually high tolerance to pain is held captive i

Tales from the Crypt Volume 3
4.3

Tales from the Crypt Volume 3

1990-06-10

Androcles and the Lion
0

Androcles and the Lion

1967-11-15

The story of Androcles, the simple-hearted Christian tailor whose friendship with a lion saves himse

Knocking on Death's Door
1

Knocking on Death's Door

1999-03-01

In a New England village, two newlywed students of the paranormal enter Hillside House to document t

The Maddening
2.3

The Maddening

1996-06-18

David and Cassie Osborne have an argument one night. So the next morning after David goes to work, C

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
3.1

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

1985-10-11

An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the U.S

Major Payne
3.2

Major Payne

1995-03-24

Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but th

Forget Paris
3.1

Forget Paris

1995-05-19

Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an

Puppet Master: The Legacy
1.8

Puppet Master: The Legacy

2003-12-16

A rogue agent named Maclain breaks into the lab of Eric Weiss, who has spent his entire life fascina

Puppet Master: Axis of Evil
2.3

Puppet Master: Axis of Evil

2010-01-15

Following the murder of Andre Toulon by Nazi assassins during the height of World War II, a young Da

A Hobo's Christmas
2.6

A Hobo's Christmas

1987-10-20

A hobo played by Barnard Hughes decides it's time to go home. Drifting from place to place, Hughes f

Twisted
1.6

Twisted

1996-11-14

This retelling of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist may be populated by drug pushers, pimps and prostit

"Waiting for Godot" Intercut with “Krazy Kat”
0

"Waiting for Godot" Intercut with “Krazy Kat”

1958-01-01

From Camera Three, excepts of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot are combined with George Herriman's

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre
0

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

2018-09-26

In an unknown dystopian future, a drifter with an unusually high tolerance to pain is held captive i