John Hillerman

Career timeline

1. 1932 · Born

   Born in Denison, Texas, USA

2. 1965 · Screen debut

   The F.B.I. (TV)

3. 1969 · Breakthrough

   Hawaii Five-O (TV)

4. 2010 · Latest release

   2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (Movie)

5. 2017 · Died

   November 9, 2017

Career in numbers

3 1960s

47 1970s

16 1980s

3 1990s

1 2010s

• Drama37
• Comedy27
• Crime19
• Tv Movie16
• Mystery16
• Thriller10

Highest-rated title Little House on the Prairie 1974 8.0 Most popular title Chinatown 1974 7.9

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside John Hillerman in our catalogue.

Stuart Margolin

4 titles together

Jack Arnold

3 titles together

Robert Day

3 titles together

László Kovács

3 titles together

Peter Baldwin

2 titles together

Roger E. Mosley

2 titles together

Michael Murphy

2 titles together

Robert Walden

2 titles together

John Beck

2 titles together

Lawrence Dobkin

2 titles together

1. 2010 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage) Movie
2. 1996 A Very Brady Sequel as Dr. Whitehead 5.8 Movie
3. 1996 Sink the Bismarck! as Narrator (Voice) Movie
4. 1990 Hands of a Murderer as Dr. John Watson Movie
5. 1989 Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears as Pfarrer Movie
6. 1989 Around the World in 80 Days as Sir Francis Commarty 6.8 TV
7. 1988 Street of Dreams as Raymond Kepler Movie
8. 1987 Assault and Matrimony as Cyril Movie
9. 1986 The Hogan Family as Lloyd Hogan 6.8 TV
10. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Jonathan Higgins 7.5 TV
11. 1984 Up the Creek as Dean Burch 5.7 Movie
12. 1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last as Maury Paul TV
13. 1982 Tales of the Gold Monkey 7.4 TV
14. 1981 Simon & Simon 6.7 TV
15. 1981 History of the World: Part I as Rich Man - The French Revolution 6.8 Movie
16. 1980 Magnum, P.I. as Jonathan Higgins 7.3 TV
17. 1980 Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii as Higgins Movie
18. 1980 The Murder That Wouldn't Die as Paul Harrison Movie
19. 1980 Marathon as Greg Previn Movie
20. 1980 Tenspeed and Brown Shoe TV
21. 1979 Hart to Hart as Victor Sutter 6.9 TV
22. 1979 Sunburn as Webb 5.0 Movie
23. 1979 Beane's of Boston as John Peacock TV
24. 1979 Beane's of Boston as John Peacock Movie
25. 1979 Institute for Revenge as Voice of I.F.R. (voice) Movie
26. 1978 Betrayal as Victor Slavin Movie
27. 1978 A Guide for the Married Woman as Marvin Movie
28. 1978 Flying High TV
29. 1977 Kill Me If You Can as George Davis Movie
30. 1977 The Love Boat as Ed Hartnett 6.3 TV
31. 1977 Lou Grant 7.4 TV
32. 1977 Relentless as Major Leo Hargit Movie
33. 1977 The Betty White Show as John Elliot TV
34. 1977 Audrey Rose as Scott Velle 5.7 Movie
35. 1976 Delvecchio as Dr. Augustus Hamilton TV
36. 1976 The Invasion of Johnson County as Major Walcott Movie
37. 1975 Lucky Lady as Christy McTeague Movie
38. 1975 One Day at a Time as Mr. Connors 6.8 TV
39. 1975 Wonder Woman as Conrad Steigler 7.0 TV
40. 1975 Ellery Queen 7.5 TV
41. 1975 The Day of the Locust as Ned Grote 6.4 Movie
42. 1975 Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects as Simon Brimmer Movie
43. 1975 The Bob Crane Show TV
44. 1975 At Long Last Love as Rodney James 5.1 Movie
45. 1975 The Nickel Ride as Carl Movie
46. 1974 The Law as Thomas Q. Rachel Movie
47. 1974 Little House on the Prairie as Sterling Murdock 8.0 TV
48. 1974 Chinatown as Russ Yelburton 7.9 Movie
49. 1974 The Last Angry Man as Tree Inspector Movie
50. 1974 Blazing Saddles as Howard Johnson 7.2 Movie
51. 1973 Kojak as Mark Gallant 7.3 TV
52. 1973 The Naked Ape as Psychiatrist Movie
53. 1973 Paper Moon as Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin 7.9 Movie
54. 1973 High Plains Drifter as Bootmaker 7.3 Movie
55. 1973 The Thief Who Came to Dinner as Edmund Lasker Movie
56. 1972 The Outside Man as Department Store Manager 6.2 Movie
57. 1972 The Sandy Duncan Show TV
58. 1972 Skyjacked as Air flight controller 6.2 Movie
59. 1972 The Great Man's Whiskers as Major Underwood Movie
60. 1972 The Carey Treatment as Jenkins 6.0 Movie
61. 1972 What's Up, Doc? as Hotel Manager 7.4 Movie
62. 1972 The Sixth Sense TV
63. 1971 Honky as Bus Ticket Salesman Movie
64. 1971 The Last Picture Show as English teacher 7.6 Movie
65. 1971 Sweet, Sweet Rachel as Medical Examiner Movie
66. 1971 Lawman as Totts 6.6 Movie
67. 1970 They Call Me Mister Tibbs! as Reporter (uncredited) 5.9 Movie
68. 1969 Hawaii Five-O as Donald Blair 7.2 TV
69. 1967 Mannix 6.9 TV
70. 1965 The F.B.I. as Morris Ridley 5.6 TV

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