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Encyclopedia > William Hickey (actor)
William Hickey
Born September 19, 1927
Brooklyn
Died June 29, 1997

William Edward Hickey (September 19, 1927June 29, 1997) was an American actor. He was known for his Oscar-nominated role as Don Corrado Prizzi in the John Huston 1985 film Prizzi's Honor. September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar). ... Brooklyn (named after the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar). ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prizzis Honor is a 1985 comedy film that tells the story of a mob hit man and hit woman who fall in love with each other, even though they have been hired to kill each other. ...


Hickey was born in Brooklyn to Nora and Edward Hickey, who were of Irish descent.[1] He had an older sister, Dorothy Finn. Hickey began acting in radio in 1938.[2] Brooklyn (named after the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ...


Hickey enjoyed a long and successful career in film, television and theater. In addition to his work as an actor, he was a respected teacher of the craft. Notable for his unique, gravely voice and somewhat offbeat appearance, Hickey, in his later years, was often cast in "cantankerous-but-clever old man" roles. His characters, who sometimes exuded an underlying air of the macabre, usually had the last laugh over their more sprightly co-stars. Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle &#8212...


Hickey died from emphysema and bronchitis in 1997. He is interred in the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Brooklyn, New York. Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchi (medium-size airways) in the lungs. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ...

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Notable roles

Film

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Television

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