Birthday:
Jul 30, 1947
Place of Birth: Orange, Connecticut, USA
Place of Birth: Orange, Connecticut, USA
William Atherton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Atherton Knight (born July 30, 1947) is an American actor, best known for portraying Richard Thornburg in Die Hard and its sequel and Walter Peck in Ghostbusters.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Die Hard | Richard Thornburg | 1988 |
| The Last Samurai | Winchester Rep | 2003 |
| Ghostbusters | Walter Peck | 1984 |
| Die Hard 2 | Richard Thornburg | 1990 |
| The Sugarland Express | Clovis Michael Poplin | 1974 |
| The Day of the Locust | Tod Hackett | 1975 |
| Oscar | Overton | 1991 |
| Into the Sun | Agent Block | 2005 |
| The Crow: Salvation | Nathan Randall | 2000 |
| Bio-Dome | Dr. Noah Faulkner | 1996 |
| Mad City | Dohlen | 1997 |
| The Pelican Brief | Bob Gminski | 1993 |
| Headspace | Dr. Ira Gold | 2005 |
| No Mercy | Allan Deveneux | 1986 |
| Real Genius | Professor Hathaway | 1985 |
| Frank & Jesse | Allan Pinkerton | 1994 |
| Gone But Not Forgotten | Sen. Ray Colby | 2005 |
| Kush | King | 2007 |
| The Girl Next Door | Adult David Moran | 2007 |
| Race to Space | Ralph Stanton | 2001 |
| Looking for Mr. Goodbar | James | 1977 |
| Buried Alive | Cortland "Cort" van Owen | 1990 |
| The Kane Files: Life of Trial | Daniel Morgan | 2010 |
| The Hindenburg | Boerth | 1975 |
| Grim Prairie Tales | Arthur | 1990 |
| Aces 'N' Eights | Howard | 2008 |
| Jinn | Father Westhoff | 2014 |
| Michael Kael vs. the World News Company | James Denit | 1998 |
| Ghouls | Stefan | 2008 |
| Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Darryl Zanuck | 1999 |
| Tomorrow's Child | Jim Spence | 1982 |
| Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Mayor Walter Peck | 2024 |
| Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Earle Swinter | 2012 |
| Jersey Shore Shark Attack | Dolan | 2012 |
| Saints and Sinners | Terence | 1994 |
| Chrome Soldiers | Sheriff Blackwell | 1992 |
| Burning Down the House | Arthur Kranston | 2001 |
| Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Self | 2020 |
| Intrigue | Doggett | 1988 |
| The New Centurions | Johnson | 1972 |
| Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder | Eric Walker | 1992 |
| Broken Trust | Neil Roemer | 1995 |
| Bread and Roses | Party Guest (uncredited) | 2000 |
| A Night to Die For | Self | 1995 |
| Executive Power | President Fields | 1997 |
| Midnight Men - A John Schlesinger & Michael Childers Story | 1970 | |
| Where Did the Adults Go? | The Father | 1970 |
| The House of Mirth | Lawrence Selden | 1981 |
| Who's Your Daddy? | Duncan Mack | 2004 |
| Independence | Benjamin Rush | 1976 |
| Black Crescent Moon | Jo Dexton | 2008 |
| Towards Darkness | John | 2007 |
| Ghostheads | Self | 2016 |
| Clinical | Terry Drummond | 2017 |
| Raven Hawk | Philip Thorne | 1996 |
| Hoodlum | Thomas E. Dewey | 1997 |
| The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine | Martin 'Alpha' Loeber | 1987 |
| Class of '44 | Fraternity President | 1973 |
| A Fight for Jenny | Michael Rosen | 1986 |
| Malibu | Stan Harvey | 1983 |
| Virus | Dr. Reginald Holloway | 1995 |
| The Stranger | 1999 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Nash Bridges | 1996 | |
| Murder, She Wrote | Larry Holleran | 1984 |
| Numb3rs | 2005 | |
| Desperate Housewives | Dr. Barr | 2004 |
| Monk | Commander Nathan Whitaker | 2002 |
| The Twilight Zone | Brian Wolfe | 1985 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Malcolm Mayflower | 1989 |
| Life | Mickey Rayborn | 2007 |
| The Practice | D.A. Keith Pratt | 1997 |
| The Equalizer | Martin 'Alpha' Loeber | 1985 |
| Lost | Donald Reynolds | 2004 |
| Night Visions | William Price | 2001 |
| Stargate SG-1 | Emissary Varta | 1997 |
| Centennial | Jim Lloyd | 1978 |
| Boston Legal | A.D.A. Howard Zale | 2004 |
| Max Monroe: Loose Cannon | 1990 | |
| Justice League | Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice) | 2001 |
| Castle | Ari Weiss | 2009 |
| The Outer Limits | Franklin Murdoch | 1995 |
| Childrens Hospital | Levon Bainter | 2008 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ned Bogden | 1999 |
| Law & Order | Don Snyder | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Dan Jensen | 1990 |
| The Crow: Stairway to Heaven | Nathan Randall | 1998 |
| Reunited Apart | Self | 2020 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Greg Dalton | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Prosecutor Andy Henley | 1984 |
| HBO First Look | 1992 | |
| The Equalizer | Gideon | 1985 |
