William Atherton

79, from Orange, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

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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.

Timeline

2025Aged 78

  • Poster for Where Did the Adults Go?

    The Father

2024Aged 77

  • Poster for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

    Mayor Walter Peck

2020Aged 73

  • Poster for Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

    Self

2018Aged 71

  • Poster for Bad Company

    (Unknown)

2017Aged 70

  • Poster for Clinical

    Terry Drummond

2016Aged 69

  • Poster for Ghostheads

    Self

2014Aged 67

  • Poster for Jinn

    Father Westhoff

2012Aged 65

  • Poster for Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

    Earle Swinter

  • Poster for Jersey Shore Shark Attack

    Dolan

  • Poster for The Citizen

    (Unknown)

2010Aged 63

  • Poster for The Kane Files: Life of Trial

    Daniel Morgan

2008Aged 61

  • Poster for Aces 'N' Eights

    Howard

  • Poster for Black Crescent Moon

    Jo Dexton

  • Poster for Ghouls

    Stefan

2007Aged 60

  • Poster for Towards Darkness

    John

  • Poster for Kush

    King

  • Poster for The Girl Next Door

    Adult David Moran

2005Aged 58

  • Poster for Gone But Not Forgotten

    Sen. Ray Colby

  • Poster for Headspace

    Dr. Ira Gold

  • Poster for Into the Sun

    Agent Block

2004Aged 57

  • Poster for Who's Your Daddy?

    Duncan Mack

2003Aged 56

  • Poster for The Last Samurai

    Winchester Rep

2001Aged 54

  • Poster for Burning Down the House

    Arthur Kranston

  • Poster for Race to Space

    Ralph Stanton

2000Aged 53

  • Poster for The Crow: Salvation

    Nathan Randall

  • Poster for Bread and Roses

    Party Guest (uncredited)

1999Aged 52

  • Poster for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

    Darryl Zanuck

  • Poster for The Stranger

    (Unknown)

1998Aged 51

  • Poster for Michael Kael vs. the World News Company

    James Denit

1997Aged 50

  • Poster for Hoodlum

    Thomas E. Dewey

  • Poster for Executive Power

    President Fields

  • Poster for Mad City

    Dohlen

1996Aged 49

  • Poster for Bio-Dome

    Dr. Noah Faulkner

  • Poster for Raven Hawk

    Philip Thorne

1995Aged 48

  • Poster for Virus

    Dr. Reginald Holloway

  • Poster for A Night to Die For

    Self

  • Poster for Broken Trust

    Neil Roemer

1994Aged 47

  • Poster for Saints and Sinners

    Terence

  • Poster for Frank & Jesse

    Allan Pinkerton

1993Aged 46

  • Poster for The Pelican Brief

    Bob Gminski

1992Aged 45

  • Poster for Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder

    Eric Walker

  • Poster for Chrome Soldiers

    Sheriff Blackwell

1991Aged 44

  • Poster for Oscar

    Overton

1990Aged 43

  • Poster for Buried Alive

    Cort van Owen

  • Poster for Die Hard 2

    Richard Thornberg

  • Poster for Grim Prairie Tales

    Arthur

1988Aged 41

  • Poster for Die Hard

    Richard Thornburg

  • Poster for Intrigue

    Doggett

1987Aged 40

  • Poster for The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine

    Martin 'Alpha' Loeber

1986Aged 39

  • Poster for A Fight for Jenny

    Michael Rosen

  • Poster for No Mercy

    Allan Deveneux

1985Aged 38

  • Poster for Real Genius

    Professor Hathaway

1984Aged 37

  • Poster for Ghostbusters

    Walter Peck

1983Aged 36

  • Poster for Malibu

    Stan Harvey

1982Aged 35

  • Poster for Tomorrow's Child

    Jim Spence

1981Aged 34

1977Aged 30

  • Poster for Looking for Mr. Goodbar

    James

1976Aged 29

  • Poster for Independence

    Benjamin Rush

1975Aged 28

  • Poster for The Day of the Locust

    Tod Hackett

  • Poster for The Hindenburg

    Boerth

1974Aged 27

  • Poster for The Sugarland Express

    Clovis Poplin

1973Aged 26

  • Poster for Class of '44

    Fraternity President

1972Aged 25

  • Poster for The New Centurions

    Johnson

Year unknown

  • Poster for Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story

    (Unknown)

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