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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 ...
William Hickey. Actor: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Son of Edward & Nora Hickey. Best known as the ancient Mafia don in Prizzi's Honor (1985), Hickey had a long, distinguished career in film, television, and the stage. Began career as a child actor on the variety stage.
1 Jul 1997 · William Hickey, whose career as an actor on stage and in radio, television and films reached its peak in his portrayal of a decrepit, raspy-voiced Mafia don in the 1985 film ''Prizzi's...
William Hickey. Actor: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Son of Edward & Nora Hickey. Best known as the ancient Mafia don in Prizzi's Honor (1985), Hickey had a long, distinguished career in film, television, and the stage.
29 Jun 1997 · William Edward Hickey (September 19, 1927 – June 29, 1997) was an American actor. He was best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Don Corrado Prizzi in the John Huston 1985 film Prizzi's Honor, as well as the voice of Dr. Finklestein in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).
7 Jul 1997 · William Hickey, a character actor who achieved popularity late in his career with an Oscar nomination in 1985 portraying the shriveled, wise old Mafia Don in John Huston’s “Prizzi’s Honor,”...
Full name, William Edward Hickey; born in 1928, in Brooklyn, NY; died from emphysema and bronchitis, June 29, 1997, in New York, NY. Actor, director, teacher. For more than forty years, Hickey instructed aspiring actors at the HB Studio in Greenwich, Connecticut, while acting himself on stage and screen.
