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William Atherton

Acting

William Atherton Knight Jr. (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.

Filmography

Where Did the Adults Go?

as The Father

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

as Mayor Walter Peck

Reunited Apart

as Self

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

as Self

Bad Company

Cast

Clinical

as Terry Drummond

Ghostheads

as Self

Jinn

as Father Westhoff

The Citizen

Cast

Jersey Shore Shark Attack

as Dolan

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

as Earle Swinter

Workaholics

as Thor Holmvik

The Kane Files: Life of Trial

as Daniel Morgan

Castle

as Ari Weiss

Childrens Hospital

as Levon Bainter

Ghouls

as Stefan

Black Crescent Moon

as Jo Dexton

Aces 'N' Eights

as Howard

Life

as Mickey Rayborn

The Girl Next Door

as Adult David Moran

Kush

as King

Towards Darkness

as John

Into the Sun

as Agent Block

Headspace

as Dr. Ira Gold

Numb3rs

as Warren Pierce

Gone But Not Forgotten

as Sen. Ray Colby

Desperate Housewives

as Dr. Barr

Boston Legal

as A.D.A. Howard Zale

Lost

as Donald Reynolds

Who's Your Daddy?

as Duncan Mack

The Last Samurai

as Winchester Rep

Monk

as Commander Nathan Whitaker

Justice League

as Dr. Destiny / John Dee (voice)

Race to Space

as Ralph Stanton

Night Visions

as William Price (segment "Hate Puppet")

Burning Down the House

as Arthur Kranston

Bread and Roses

as Party Guest (uncredited)

The Crow: Salvation

as Nathan Randall

The Stranger

Cast

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Ned Bogden

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

as Darryl Zanuck

Michael Kael vs. the World News Company

as James Denit

Mad City

as Dohlen

Executive Power

as President Fields

Hoodlum

as Thomas E. Dewey

Stargate SG-1

as Emissary Varta

The Practice

as D.A. Keith Pratt

Raven Hawk

as Philip Thorne

Nash Bridges

as Dr. Linus Mills

Bio-Dome

as Dr. Noah Faulkner

Broken Trust

as Neil Roemer

A Night to Die For

as Self

Virus

as Dr. Reginald Holloway

The Outer Limits

as Franklin Murdoch

Frank & Jesse

as Allan Pinkerton

Saints and Sinners

as Terence

The Pelican Brief

as Bob Gminski

HBO First Look

Cast

Chrome Soldiers

as Sheriff Blackwell

Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder

as Eric Walker

Oscar

as Overton

Grim Prairie Tales

as Arthur

Law & Order

as Don Snyder

Die Hard 2

as Richard Thornberg

Buried Alive

as Cort van Owen

Max Monroe: Loose Cannon

as Sloane

Tales from the Crypt

as Malcolm Mayflower

Intrigue

as Doggett

Die Hard

as Richard Thornburg

The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine

as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber

No Mercy

as Allan Deveneux

A Fight for Jenny

as Michael Rosen

The Twilight Zone

as Brian Wolfe (segment "Night of the Meek")

The Equalizer

as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber

Real Genius

as Professor Hathaway

Murder, She Wrote

as Larry Holleran

Ghostbusters

as Walter Peck

Malibu

as Stan Harvey

Tomorrow's Child

as Jim Spence

The House of Mirth

as Lawrence Selden

Centennial

as Jim Lloyd

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

as James

Independence

as Benjamin Rush

The Hindenburg

as Boerth

The Day of the Locust

as Tod Hackett

The Sugarland Express

as Clovis Poplin

Class of '44

as Fraternity President

The New Centurions

as Johnson

Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story

Cast