William Atherton

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Atherton Knight (born July 30, 1947) is an American actor, best known for portraying Richard Thornburg in Die Hard and its sequel and Walter Peck in Ghostbusters.

Known For

Richard Thornburg

Die Hard

Winchester Rep

The Last Samurai

Walter Peck

Ghostbusters

Richard Thornberg

Die Hard 2

Clovis Poplin

The Sugarland Express

Tod Hackett

The Day of the Locust

Overton

Oscar

Agent Block

Into the Sun

Nathan Randall

The Crow: Salvation

Dr. Noah Faulkner

Bio-Dome

Dohlen

Mad City

Bob Gminski

The Pelican Brief

Dr. Ira Gold

Headspace

Allan Deveneux

No Mercy

Professor Hathaway

Real Genius

Allan Pinkerton

Frank & Jesse

Sen. Ray Colby

Gone But Not Forgotten

King

Kush

Adult David Moran

The Girl Next Door

Ralph Stanton

Race to Space

James

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Cort van Owen

Buried Alive

Daniel Morgan

The Kane Files: Life of Trial

Boerth

The Hindenburg

Arthur

Grim Prairie Tales

Howard

Aces 'N' Eights

Father Westhoff

Jinn

James Denit

Michael Kael contre la World News Company

Stefan

Ghouls

Darryl Zanuck

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Jim Spence

Tomorrow's Child

Mayor Walter Peck

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Earle Swinter

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

Dolan

Jersey Shore Shark Attack

Terence

Saints and Sinners

Sheriff Blackwell

Chrome Soldiers

Arthur Kranston

Burning Down the House

Self

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

Doggett

Intrigue

Johnson

The New Centurions

Eric Walker

Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder

Neil Roemer

Broken Trust

Party Guest (uncredited)

Bread and Roses

Self

A Night to Die For

President Fields

Executive Power

Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story

The Father

Where Did the Adults Go?

Lawrence Selden

The House of Mirth

Duncan Mack

Who's Your Daddy?

Benjamin Rush

Independence

Jo Dexton

Black Crescent Moon

John

Hacia la oscuridad

Self

Ghostheads

Terry Drummond

Clinical

Philip Thorne

Raven Hawk

Thomas E. Dewey

Hoodlum

Martin 'Alpha' Loeber

The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine

Fraternity President

Class of '44

Michael Rosen

A Fight for Jenny

Stan Harvey

Malibu

Dr. Reginald Holloway

Virus

The Stranger

Bad Company

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

63

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-07-30

Place of Birth

Orange, Connecticut, USA

Also Known As

William Atherton Knight