William Atherton
Born in Orange, Connecticut, USA — Jul 30 1947
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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.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ned Bogden
Law & Order
Don Snyder
Lost
Donald Reynolds
Stargate SG-1
Emissary Varta
Castle
Ari Weiss
Desperate Housewives
Dr. Barr
Monk
Commander Nathan Whitaker
Murder, She Wrote
Larry Holleran
The Practice
D.A. Keith Pratt
Boston Legal
A.D.A. Howard Zale
Numb3rs
Warren Pierce
Nash Bridges
Dr. Linus Mills
The Equalizer
Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
The Outer Limits
Franklin Murdoch
The Twilight Zone
Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek")
Childrens Hospital
Levon Bainter
Life
Mickey Rayborn
Tales from the Crypt
Malcolm Mayflower
Workaholics
Thor Holmvik
Die Hard
Richard Thornburg
Justice League
Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)
The Last Samurai
Winchester Rep
Ghostbusters
Walter Peck
HBO First Look
Night Visions
William Price (segment "Hate Puppet")
Centennial
Jim Lloyd
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Mayor Walter Peck
Die Hard 2
Richard Thornberg
The Girl Next Door
Adult David Moran
Hoodlum
Thomas E. Dewey
Oscar
Overton
The Crow: Salvation
Nathan Randall
Real Genius
Professor Hathaway
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
Sloane
Mad City
Dohlen
No Mercy
Allan Deveneux
The Pelican Brief
Bob Gminski
Bio-Dome
Dr. Noah Faulkner
The Hindenburg
Boerth
The New Centurions
Johnson
Into the Sun
Agent Block
Frank & Jesse
Allan Pinkerton
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
James
Jinn
Father Westhoff
Gone But Not Forgotten
Sen. Ray Colby
Buried Alive
Cort van Owen
Class of '44
Fraternity President
Malibu
Stan Harvey
Raven Hawk
Philip Thorne
Virus
Dr. Reginald Holloway
Who's Your Daddy?
Duncan Mack
Clinical
Terry Drummond
Headspace
Dr. Ira Gold
A Night to Die For
Self
Bread and Roses
Party Guest (uncredited)
Broken Trust
Neil Roemer
Ghostheads
Self
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Earle Swinter
The Sugarland Express
Clovis Poplin
The Day of the Locust
Tod Hackett
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Self
Race to Space
Ralph Stanton
Grim Prairie Tales
Arthur
Intrigue
Doggett
Aces 'N' Eights
Howard
Bad Company
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Darryl Zanuck
Executive Power
President Fields
Independence
Benjamin Rush
Tomorrow's Child
Jim Spence
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
James Denit
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
Dolan
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
Eric Walker
The House of Mirth
Lawrence Selden
Chrome Soldiers
Sheriff Blackwell
The Citizen
Ghouls
Stefan
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
The Kane Files: Life of Trial
Daniel Morgan
Black Crescent Moon
Jo Dexton
Towards Darkness
John
A Fight for Jenny
Michael Rosen
Where Did the Adults Go?
The Father
Kush
King
Saints and Sinners
Terence
Burning Down the House
Arthur Kranston
The Stranger