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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Orange, Connecticut, USA, 1947-07-30

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	The New Centurions	Johnson	67
2	1973	Class of '44	Fraternity President	59
3	1974	The Sugarland Express	Clovis Poplin	66
4	1975	The Day of the Locust	Tod Hackett	64
5	1975	The Hindenburg	Boerth	63
6	1976	Independence	Benjamin Rush	0
7	1977	Looking for Mr. Goodbar	James	63
8	1981	The House of Mirth	Lawrence Selden	0
9	1982	Tomorrow's Child	Jim Spence	20
10	1983	Malibu	Stan Harvey	30
11	1984	Ghostbusters	Walter Peck	75
12	1985	Real Genius	Professor Hathaway	67
13	1986	A Fight for Jenny	Michael Rosen	70
14	1986	No Mercy	Allan Deveneux	58
15	1987	The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine	Martin 'Alpha' Loeber	87
16	1988	Die Hard	Richard Thornburg	78
17	1988	Intrigue	Doggett	55
18	1990	Buried Alive	Cortland "Cort" van Owen	67
19	1990	Die Hard 2	Richard Thornberg	70
20	1990	Grim Prairie Tales	Arthur	58
21	1991	Oscar	Overton	63
22	1992	Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder	Eric Walker	83
23	1992	Chrome Soldiers	Sheriff Blackwell	38
24	1993	The Pelican Brief	Bob Gminski	66
25	1994	Saints and Sinners	Terence	43
26	1994	Frank & Jesse	Allan Pinkerton	52
27	1995	Virus	Dr. Reginald Holloway	46
28	1995	A Night to Die For	Self	0
29	1995	Broken Trust	Neil Roemer	52
30	1996	Bio-Dome	Dr. Noah Faulkner	45
31	1996	Raven Hawk	Philip Thorne	37
32	1997	Hoodlum	Thomas E. Dewey	64
33	1997	Executive Power	President Fields	65
34	1997	Mad City	Dohlen	62
35	1998	Michael Kael vs. the World News Company	James Denit	34
36	1999	Introducing Dorothy Dandridge	Darryl Zanuck	65
37	1999	The Stranger		20
38	2000	The Crow: Salvation	Nathan Randall	55
39	2000	Bread and Roses	Party Guest (uncredited)	63
40	2001	Burning Down the House	Arthur Kranston	100
41	2001	Race to Space	Ralph Stanton	59
42	2003	The Last Samurai	Winchester Rep	76
43	2004	Who's Your Daddy?	Duncan Mack	49
44	2005	Gone But Not Forgotten	Sen. Ray Colby	49
45	2005	Headspace	Dr. Ira Gold	52
46	2005	Into the Sun	Agent Block	45
47	2007	Towards Darkness	John	52
48	2007	Kush	King	25
49	2007	The Girl Next Door	Adult David Moran	66
50	2008	Aces 'N' Eights	Howard	64
51	2008	Black Crescent Moon	Jo Dexton	39
52	2008	Ghouls	Stefan	33
53	2010	The Kane Files: Life of Trial	Daniel Morgan	49
54	2012	Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie	Earle Swinter	55
55	2012	Jersey Shore Shark Attack	Dolan	48
56	2014	Jinn	Father Westhoff	40
57	2016	Ghostheads	Self	59
58	2017	Clinical	Terry Drummond	53
59	2020	Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters	Self	68
60	2024	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire	Mayor Walter Peck	65
61		Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story		0
62		Where Did the Adults Go?	The Father	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Centennial	Jim Lloyd	76
2	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Larry Holleran	75
3	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Greg Dalton	75
4	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Prosecutor Andy Henley	75
5	1985	The Equalizer	Martin 'Alpha' Loeber	72
6	1985	The Equalizer	Gideon	72
7	1985	The Twilight Zone	Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek")	78
8	1985	The Twilight Zone	(segment "The Card")	78
9	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Malcolm Mayflower	80
10	1990	Max Monroe: Loose Cannon		60
11	1990	Law & Order	Don Snyder	74
12	1990	Law & Order	Dan Jensen	74
13	1992	HBO First Look		49
14	1995	The Outer Limits	Franklin Murdoch	77
15	1996	Nash Bridges		67
16	1997	The Practice	D.A. Keith Pratt	77
17	1997	Stargate SG-1	Emissary Varta	83
18	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Ned Bogden	79
19	2001	Night Visions	William Price (segment "Hate Puppet")	72
20	2001	Justice League	Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)	82
21	2002	Monk	Commander Nathan Whitaker	79
22	2004	Lost	Donald Reynolds	79
23	2004	Desperate Housewives	Dr. Barr	79
24	2004	Boston Legal	A.D.A. Howard Zale	79
25	2005	Numb3rs		71
26	2007	Life	Mickey Rayborn	77
27	2008	Childrens Hospital	Levon Bainter	72
28	2009	Castle	Ari Weiss	80
29	2020	Reunited Apart	Self	55