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William Edward Hickey (September 19, 1927 – June 29, 1997) was an American actor. 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).
The film's supporting cast includes Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, John Randolph, CCH Pounder, Lawrence Tierney, and William Hickey. Stanley Tucci appears in a minor role in his film debut. It was the last of John Huston's films to be released during his lifetime.
William Hickey (actor) (1927–1997), American actor; William Hickey (columnist), pseudonymous byline for a column in the Daily Express; William Hickey (memoirist) (1749–1830), English lawyer and author of a famous set of memoirs; William Hickey (writer) (1787–1875), Irish philanthropist; William J. Hickey (1873–1953), New York politician ...
Hickey's casting was a nod to the 1927 film Wings, Hickey being born in same year as its debut and the name "Carlton Blanchard" being one of the film's characters, played by a different actor named William Hickey. Lewis Blanchard: played by Gilbert Gottfried, he is Carlton's equally irritating nephew. He is very rude and abrasive and makes only ...
William Hickey (actor), American actor; William Hickey (memoirist) (1749–1830), English lawyer and memoirist; William Hickey (columnist), pseudonymous byline of a gossip column published in the Daily Express; May Wynn, actress, born Donna Lee Hickey before taking the stage name "May Wynn," after playing a character by that name in The Caine ...
William Hickey as Rudolf Smuntz, a string magnate and the late father of Ernie and Lars. Eric Christmas as Ernie and Lars' lawyer. Michael Jeter as Quincy Thorpe, a LaRue historian. Cliff Emmich as Mayor McKrinkle. Debra Christofferson as Ingrid, a Belgian model. Camilla Søeberg as Hilde, a Belgian model. Susan Blommaert as Ms. Park Avenue
Best Actor: William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman; Runner-up: Jack Nicholson – Prizzi's Honor; Best Actress: Meryl Streep – Out of Africa; Runner-up: Whoopi Goldberg – The Color Purple; Best Supporting Actor: John Gielgud – Plenty and The Shooting Party; Runner-up: William Hickey – Prizzi's Honor; Best Supporting Actress (tie):
In the film Twisted (1996), a film loosely based on Dickens's Oliver Twist, the Fagin character is played by actor William Hickey. [27] In the miniseries Escape of the Artful Dodger (2001), Fagin is played by actor Christopher Baz. [28] In the film Twist (2003), a film also loosely based on Dickens' Oliver Twist, Fagin is played by actor Gary ...