Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1947-01-01
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Montreal 1535-1914 Volume 1
- Montreal 1535-1914 Volume 2
- Suffering and Defeat of the Nothwestern Army under General Winchester : Massacre of the Prisoners
- Narrative of the Suffering
- Rich & famous
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Orange, Connecticut, USA
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
- Where Did the Adults Go? — The Father2025
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire — Mayor Walter Peck2024
- Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters — Self2020
- Reunited Apart — Self2020
- Bad Company2018
- Clinical — Terry Drummond2017
- Ghostheads — Self2016
- Jinn — Father Westhoff2014
- Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie — Earle Swinter2012
- Jersey Shore Shark Attack — Dolan2012
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 56
- Total plays
- 300
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,303x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,750x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,900x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,698x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,503x
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1947
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Orange
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Theatre World Award
- Field of work
- acting
Gallery (2)
Connections
Categories
1947 births20th-century American male actors21st-century American male actorsAmerican male film actorsAmerican male stage actorsAmerican male television actorsCarnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumniInternet Off-Broadway Database person ID same as WikidataLiving peopleMale actors from ConnecticutPeople from Orange, Connecticut