Biography
John Benedict Hillerman (December 20, 1932 – November 9, 2017) was an American actor best known for his starring role as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III on the television series Magnum, P.I. that aired from 1980 to 1988. For his role as Higgins, Hillerman earned five Golden Globe nominations, winning in 1981, and four Emmy nominations, winning in 1987. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Hillerman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)
The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from their VHS cocoons to conjure a jam on culture so cult...
Back in the Saddle
2001
as Self (archive footage)
The cast of "Blazing Saddles" discusses salient points of the movie and its place in modern culture.
A Very Brady Sequel
1996
as Dr. Whitehead
A man claiming to be Carol Brady's long-lost first husband, Roy Martin, shows up at the suburban Brady residence one evening. An impostor, the man is ...
Sink the Bismarck!
1996
as Narrator (Voice)
Detailed and fascinating documentary telling the history of the famous German battleship of World War II. The urgent British hunt and the German ship'...
Hands of a Murderer
1990
as Dr. John Watson
Sherlock Holmes must track down his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, after the villain kidnaps Holmes' brother, Mycroft. The evil doctor is forcing his ca...
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
1989
as Pfarrer
In this wacky comedy, teen-aged Tony (Bentley C. Mitchum) has never known who is father is. Together with his best buddies Peter and Susan, he tracks ...
Street of Dreams
1988
as Raymond Kepler
The film follows a laid-back private investigator Kyd Thomas who gets thrust into Hollywood's world of crime after he meets Laura Cassidy. Laura is a ...
Assault and Matrimony
1987
as Cyril
Silvia and Edgar have been married for a long time, but can't stand each other now. But a divorce would mean having to sell their dream house, which b...
Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link
1984
as Host
In this film noir comedy, detective Cash Hunt follows clues to solve a difficult puzzle. The producers offered a prize of $100,000 for the first viewe...
Up the Creek
1984
as Dean Burch
Bob McGraw is in his 12th year of college, goofing his way through life. Bob, Irwing, Gonzer and Max are the four losers forced and bribed to represen...
History of the World: Part I
1981
as Rich Man - The French Revolution
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980
as Paul Harrison
William Conrad stars as a retired L.A.P.D. detective who has moved to Hawaii and taken a job as a college security chief and assistant football coach ...
Marathon
1980
as Greg Previn
A bemused, mild-mannered accountant takes up jogging and a lithesome, young woman sprints into his life, inspiring him to enter a marathon, to the ann...
Sunburn
1979
as Webb
A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco.
Beane's of Boston
1979
as John Peacock
To keep from being fired by his father, Franklin Beane has a bright idea for a theme week for the Mens and Ladies Wear department of Beane's of Boston...
Institute for Revenge
1979
as Voice of I.F.R. (voice)
A sophisticated computer named IFR (the film's title is its nickname) supervises an organization dedicated to correcting wrongs against the defenseles...
Betrayal
1978
as Victor Slavin
Dramatization of the 1971 case involving a young woman who sued her psychiatrist for luring her into a sexual relationship with him under the guise of...
A Guide for the Married Woman
1978
as Marvin
A seriocomic look at the life of Julie Walker. Bored with her marriage, and encouraged by her friends, she contemplates an affair. Fantasy and reality...
Kill Me If You Can
1977
as George Davis
The story of Caryl Chessman, a convicted California rapist who spent 12 years on death row before finally being executed.
Relentless
1977
as Major Leo Hargit
An Arizona state trooper, who is also an Indian, pursues a gang of paramilitary-type robbers into the mountains. The gang has killed the trooper's unc...
Audrey Rose
1977
as Scott Velle
A man is convinced that a young girl is the reincarnation of his own daughter Audrey Rose, who died in a fiery car accident, along with his wife, two ...
The Invasion of Johnson County
1976
as Major Walcott
A free-spirited Bostonian recently arrived in the West teams up with a crusty Wyoming cowboy to stop a land baron's attempts to drive out a group of s...
Lucky Lady
1975
as Christy McTeague
When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub singer, joins forces with her lover and a desperate lo...
The Day of the Locust
1975
as Ned Grote
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with ...
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
as Simon Brimmer
When a famous fashion designer is found murdered, Inspector Richard Queen of the NYPD is baffled by her dying clue, prompting him to bring in his son,...
At Long Last Love
1975
as Rodney James
Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly...
The Nickel Ride
1975
as Carl
A world-weary crime boss is losing his grip on his organization.
The Law
1974
as Thomas Q. Rachel
An examination of the workings of a big city's legal system as seen through the eyes of people involved in a sensational murder trial.
Chinatown
1974
as Russ Yelburton
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to inve...
The Last Angry Man
1974
as Tree Inspector
In the midst of the Depression, a crotchety doctor, whose practice is in the Brooklyn slums, takes an interest in a local teenager, whose hostility an...
Blazing Saddles
1974
as Howard Johnson
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his h...
The Naked Ape
1973
as Psychiatrist
Somewhat based on Desmond Morris's fascinating book of pop anthropology, this partially animated satirical docudrama produced by Playboy Magazine publ...
Paper Moon
1973
as Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partn...
High Plains Drifter
1973
as Bootmaker
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the ...
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973
as Edmund Lasker
A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves, an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who beco...
The Outside Man
1972
as Department Store Manager
A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
Skyjacked
1972
as Air flight controller
A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 and demands to be taken to Russia.
The Great Man's Whiskers
1972
as Major Underwood
A young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard.
The Carey Treatment
1972
as Jenkins
A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.
What's Up, Doc?
1972
as Hotel Manager
The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
Honky
1971
as Bus Ticket Salesman
Sheila, an affluent black teenager, begins dating working class white teen Wayne, and asks him for help to sell a kilo of marijuana.
The Last Picture Show
1971
as English teacher
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having ...
Lawman
1971
as Totts
While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a st...
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.