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Richard Hamilton was an American film, television, theater, and radio actor. He was raised in California, where he worked at the Pasadena Playhouse, before moving to Broadway. There, he performed in award-winning productions of Buried Child and Mornings at Seven. He acted in over 50 movie and TV roles, including playing Tommy Lee Jones' first partner in Men in Black, and a recurring role in the Bret Maverick 1981 television series. He appeared in Clint Eastwood's Pale Rider (1985) and in 1996 played Big Willy in Frasier.
Birth Name
Richard Wesley Hamilton
Born
Friday, 31 December 1920
Died
Tuesday, 21 December 2004
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Death to Smoochy | Old Vagrant | 2002 |
Third Watch | Frank 'Bobo' Williams | 1999 |
Message in a Bottle | Chet | 1999 |
Reach the Rock | Ed | 1998 |
Zack and Reba | Coach Burns | 1998 |
Home Alone 3 | Cab Driver | 1997 |
The Visitor | Captain | 1997 |
Oz | Whitney Munson | 1997 |
Men in Black | Dee / Agent D | 1997 |
Angels in the Attic | Bomb Technician | 1997 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Death to Smoochy | Old Vagrant | 2002 |
Third Watch | Frank 'Bobo' Williams | 1999 |
Message in a Bottle | Chet | 1999 |
Reach the Rock | Ed | 1998 |
Zack and Reba | Coach Burns | 1998 |
Home Alone 3 | Cab Driver | 1997 |
The Visitor | Captain | 1997 |
Oz | Whitney Munson | 1997 |
Men in Black | Dee / Agent D | 1997 |
Angels in the Attic | Bomb Technician | 1997 |
Spin City | Alfred | 1996 |
Promised Land | Lyle Cavanaugh | 1996 |
The Yearling | Pa Forrester | 1994 |
On Deadly Ground | Hugh Palmer | 1994 |
Natural Selection | 1994 | |
The Paint Job | Robert | 1993 |
Frasier | Big Willy | 1993 |
Sommersby | Doc Evans | 1993 |
Picket Fences | Mr. Hoffstetter | 1992 |
Mo' Money | Judge Harold Lake | 1992 |
Plymouth | Mayor Wendell Mackenzies | 1991 |
Law & Order | James 'Jimmy the Pin' Poulos / Ed Conover / CPO James Hagen | 1990 |
In Country | Grampaw | 1989 |
Ironweed | Donovan | 1987 |
Wiseguy | Medic | 1987 |
Crossbow | Lawyer | 1987 |
Pals | Herman | 1987 |
Riviera | Kennedy | 1987 |
Dream West | Gen. Murdoch | 1986 |
Wild Horses | Blue Houston | 1985 |
The Equalizer | Otis Hendricks / Frank | 1985 |
Pale Rider | Jed Blankenship | 1985 |
The Sure Thing | Bartender | 1985 |
Heaven Help Us | Grandpa | 1985 |
Protocol | Mr. Davis | 1984 |
Single Bars, Single Women | Tate | 1984 |
Silkwood | Georgie | 1983 |
When Your Lover Leaves | Gramps | 1983 |
Dixie: Changing Habits | Judge Delaney | 1983 |
St. Elsewhere | Arthur Schaeffer | 1982 |
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can | Joe | 1982 |
American Playhouse | Club Member | 1982 |
Bret Maverick | Cy Whittaker | 1981 |
Arthur | Bill | 1981 |
Resurrection | Earl Carpenter | 1980 |
F.D.R.: The Last Year | Robert Hanagan | 1980 |
Dragonfly | Old Car Man | 1976 |
Blood Sport | 1973 | |
The Hospital | Dr. Ronald Casey | 1971 |
Trilogy | Man in Automat (segment "Miriam") / Man in Automat | 1969 |
Popi | NY Times Reporter | 1969 |
No. 4 | 1966 | |
Ladybug Ladybug | JoAnn's Father | 1963 |
The Doctors and the Nurses | Mr. Lazzara | 1962 |
Route 66 | Walt Miller | 1960 |
The Witness | Homer Van Meter | 1960 |
Naked City | Philip Hames | 1958 |