1988
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Notevoli le sue interpretazioni nei film L'onore dei Prizzi (1985), nel ruolo di Don Corrado Prizzi, per la quale ottenne una candidatura all' Oscar al miglior attore non protagonista, Il nome della rosa (1986), nel ruolo di Ubertino da Casale, e Puppet Master - Il burattinaio (1989), nel ruolo del burattinaio Andre Toulon.
He is best known for his Academy Award-nominated role as Don Corrado Prizzi in the John Huston film Prizzi's Honor (1985), as well as Uncle Lewis in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) and the voice of Dr. Finkelstein in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).
William Hickey, whose career as an actor on stage and in radio, television and films reached its peak in his portrayal of a decrepit, raspy-voiced Mafia don in the 1985 film...
Prizzi's Honor is a 1985 American black comedy crime film directed by John Huston, starring Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner as two highly skilled mob assassins who, after falling in love, are hired to kill each other.
AwardCategoryNominee (s)ResultNominatedNominatedNominatedNominatedWilliam Hickey. Actor: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Son of Edward & Nora Hickey. Best known as the ancient Mafia don in Prizzi's Honor (1985), Hickey had a long, distinguished career in film, television, and the stage. Began career as a child actor on the variety stage.
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7 lug 1997 · William Hickey, a character actor who achieved popularity late in his career with an Oscar nomination in 1985 portraying the shriveled, wise old Mafia Don in John Huston’s “Prizzi’s Honor,”...
29 giu 1997 · 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).
