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Arthur Hiller was born on November 22, 1923 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was a director and actor, known for Love Story (1970), The Hospital (1971) and See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989). He was married to Gwen Hiller. He died on August 17, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA. See full bio »

Born:

November 22, 1923 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Died:

August 17, 2016 (age 92) in Los Angeles, California, USA

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Known For

Love Story

Love Story Director

(1970)

The Hospital

The Hospital Director

(1971)

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

See No Evil, Hear No Evil Director

(1989)

The In-Laws

The In-Laws Director

(1979)

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Director (76 credits)

2018 The Forsaken Westerns (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Russell (2018)

2006 Pucked

1997 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (as Alan Smithee)

1996 Carpool

1992 The Babe

1991 Married to It

1990 Taking Care of Business

1989 See No Evil, Hear No Evil

1987 Outrageous Fortune (directed by)

1984 Teachers

1984 The Lonely Guy

1983 Romantic Comedy

1982 Author! Author!

1982 Making Love

1979 Nightwing

1979 The In-Laws

1976 Silver Streak

1976 W.C. Fields and Me

1975 The Man in the Glass Booth

1974 The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder

1964-1974 Insight (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- The Theft (1974)

- Fat Hands and a Diamond Ring (1967)

- The Invincible Weapon (1964)

1972 Man of La Mancha

1971 The Hospital

1971 Plaza Suite

1970 Love Story

1970 The Out of Towners

1969 Popi

1967 The Tiger Makes Out

1967 Tobruk

1966 Penelope

1966 Promise Her Anything

1965 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Flight of the White Stallions: Part 2 (1965)

- Flight of the White Stallions: Part 1 (1965)

1965 Starr, First Baseman (TV Movie)

1964 The Americanization of Emily

1964 The Addams Family (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Addams Family Goes to School (1964)

1962-1963 Empire (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Unaired Pilot: This Rugged Land (1963)

- The Day the Empire Stood Still (1962)

1963 The Wheeler Dealers

1963 The Greatest Show on Earth (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Circus Never Came to Town (1963)

1963 Miracle of the White Stallions

1962-1963 I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- Mr. Takeover (1963)

- The Carpenters Four (1963)

- Here's to the Three of Us (1962)

- A Small Matter of Being Fired (1962)

1963 Inside Danny Baker (TV Movie)

1962 Target: The Corruptors (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Blind Goddess (1962)

- Fortress of Despair (1962)

1962 Ben Casey (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- A Pleasant Thing for the Eyes (1962)

- Among Others, a Girl Named Abilene (1962)

- Imagine a Long Bright Corridor (1962)

1960-1962 Route 66 (TV Series) (12 episodes)

- Go Read the River (1962)

- Blues for the Left Foot (1962)

- Once to Every Man (1961)

- Blue Murder (1961)

- A Month of Sundays (1961)

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1959-1962 The Detectives (TV Series) (5 episodes)

- Night Boat (1962)

- You Only Die Once (1960)

- The Little Witness (1960)

- Twelve Hours to Live (1960)

- Back-Seat Driver (1959)

1961 Bus Stop (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Runaways (1961)

- Success Story (1961)

1961 Naked City (TV Series) (5 episodes)

- Ooftus Goofus (1961)

- Which Is Joseph Creeley? (1961)

- A Wednesday Night Story (1961)

- The Fingers of Henri Tourelle (1961)

- Murder Is a Face I Know (1961)

1961 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Somebody's Waiting (1961)

1958-1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) (17 episodes)

- Make My Death Bed (1961)

- A Woman's Help (1961)

- The Baby-Blue Expression (1960)

- The Doubtful Doctor (1960)

- One Grave Too Many (1960)

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1961 Hong Kong (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Runaway (1961)

1960 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The House of the Seven Gables (1960)

1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- A Thief or Two (1960)

- Dark Fear (1960)

- The Dance Man (1960)

1958-1960 The Rifleman (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- The Schoolmaster (1960)

- Mail Order Groom (1960)

- Bloodlines (1959)

- The Apprentice Sheriff (1958)

1959-1960 Gunsmoke (TV Series) (9 episodes)

- Distant Drummer (1960)

- The Worm (1960)

- The Deserter (1960)

- Kitty's Killing (1960)

- Doc Judge (1960)

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1960 Thriller (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- Rose's Last Summer (1960)

- Child's Play (1960)

- The Twisted Image (1960)

1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV Series)

1958-1960 Perry Mason (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- The Case of the Ominous Outcast (1960)

- The Case of the Bartered Bikini (1959)

- The Case of the Fancy Figures (1958)

- The Case of the Desperate Daughter (1958)

1960 Hotel de Paree (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Vengeance for Sundance (1960)

1958-1959 Goodyear Theatre (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- Point of Impact (1959)

- The Golden Shanty (1959)

- A Sword for Marius (1959)

- The Guy in Ward 4 (1958)

1959 The Third Man (TV Series) (7 episodes)

- Five Hours to Kill (1959)

- As the Twig Is Bent (1959)

- A Pocketful of Sin (1959)

- Listen for the Sound of a Witch (1959)

- Castle in Spain (1959)

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1959 Wagon Train (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Jasper Cato Story (1959)

1958 Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- No Answer (1958)

- I Shot a Prowler (1958)

1958 Steve Canyon (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Operation B-52 (1958)

1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Debut (1958)

1958 Suspicion (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Voice in the Night (1958)

1957-1958 Telephone Time (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- The Vestris (1958)

- Flight for Life (1958)

- Abby, Julia and the Seven Pet Cows (1958)

- Novel Appeal (1957)

1957-1958 Climax! (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- The Secret Love of Johnny Spain (1958)

- Shadow of a Memory (1957)

- Along Came a Spider (1957)

- The Man Who Stole the Bible (1957)

1956-1958 Playhouse 90 (TV Series) (6 episodes)

- Before I Die (1958)

- The Edge of Innocence (1957)

- Circle of the Day (1957)

- Homeward Borne (1957)

- Three Men on a Horse (1957)

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1958 The Veil (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)

1957 Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Bitter Land (1957)

- Badge of Honor (1957)

1957 The Careless Years

1956-1957 The Ford Television Theatre (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- Torn (1957)

- Strange Disappearance (1957)

- Black Jim Hawk (1956)

- Panic (1956)

1956 Massacre at Sand Creek (TV Movie)

1955-1956 Matinee Theatre (TV Series) (6 episodes)

- Gramercy Ghost (1956)

- The Reverberator (1956)

- Skylark (1956)

- Santa Is No Saint (1955)

- The Touchstone (1955)

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1954 On Camera (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Bottle Imp (1954)

1954 Playbill (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Rock (1954)

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Actor (8 credits)

2006 A-List
Red Carpet Star

2002 Speakeasy
Mr. Prappas

2000 Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
Evangelist

1998 Land of the Free
Judge

1998 Merchants of Venus
Reverend Phillips

1994 Roswell (TV Movie)
Scientist #1

1994 Beverly Hills Cop III
Bar Patron

1993 Hollywood Beat (TV Series)

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Producer (6 credits)

1984 The Lonely Guy (producer)

1979 The In-Laws (producer)

1974 The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (producer)

1972 Man of La Mancha (producer)

1954-1955 On Camera (TV Series) (producer - 3 episodes)

- Broadway Story (1955) ... (producer)

- Make Believe (1954) ... (producer)

- Guest Shot (1954) ... (producer)

1954 Playbill (TV Series) (producer - 1 episode)

- Ill Met by Moonlight (1954) ... (producer)

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Miscellaneous Crew (2 credits)

1998 The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (Documentary) (funding generously provided by)

1959 The Third Man (TV Series) (technical advisor)

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Thanks (6 credits)

2006 Yiddish Theater: A Love Story (Documentary) (thanks)

2003 Finding Home (thanks)

2002 Blue Light Café (Short) (special thanks)

2002 Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (TV Movie documentary) (special thanks)

1998 The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (Documentary) (very special thanks)

1987 Weapons of the Spirit (Documentary) (special thanks)

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Self (36 credits)

2018 Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins (Documentary) (post-production)
Himself

2016 The Man Who Saved Ben-Hur (Documentary)
Himself

2014 Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood (Documentary)
Himself

2012/I Lunch (Documentary)
Himself

2012 Casting By (Documentary)
Himself

2009 Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (Documentary)
Himself

2008 Stanley Rubin: A Work in Progress (Documentary)
Himself

2007 Who Is Norman Lloyd? (Documentary)
Himself

2007 TV Land Confidential (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee

- Movies (2007) ... Himself - Interviewee

2007 Greatest Ever Romantic Movies (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2006 Holes in My Shoes (Documentary)
Himself

2006 Life of Pryor: The Richard Pryor Story (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2006 Wanderlust (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2005 The Alberta 100: A Centennial Countdown (TV Movie documentary)
Himself - Interviewee

2005 Reel Guerrillas (Short)
Himself

2004 Radio Worth Fighting For (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2002 Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (TV Movie documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

2002 The 74th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Jean Hersholt Award Recipient

2002 Who Is Alan Smithee? (TV Movie documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

2002 Saving Egyptian Film Classics (Documentary)
Arthur Hiller

2001 E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- The O'Neals (2001) ... Himself

2001 Music Behind the Scenes (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself

- Love ... Himself

1999 The Directors (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- The Films of Arthur Hiller (1999) ... Himself

1998 Jackie Chan: My Story (Video documentary)
Himself

1997 Frank Capra's American Dream (TV Movie documentary)
Himself - Interviewee: Director

1997 I Think I Cannes
Himself (uncredited)

1997 Pitch (Documentary)
Himself

1996 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Richard Pryor: Comic on the Edge (1996) ... Himself

1996 The 68th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - President of the Academy

1995 Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (Documentary)
Himself

1995 A Film és... I.-XIV (TV Series documentary)
Himself (1995)

1995 The 67th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - President of the Academy

1994 The 66th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - President of the Academy

1993 All Aboard: Riding the Rails of American Film (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1983 Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (Video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

1964 Action on the Beach (Short documentary)
Himself

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Archive footage (4 credits)

2017 The Oscars (TV Special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute

2016 The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - In Memoriam

2002 E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Winona Ryder (2002) ... Himself (uncredited)

2002 The Kid Stays in the Picture (Documentary)
Himself

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Feature audio commentary for The In-Laws (1979) with Andrew Bergman, Peter Falk and Alan Arkin/ See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Alternate Names:

Alan Smithee

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)

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Personal Quote:

[on Rome, Open City (1945)] It was all that neorealism; it just caught me at the right time. I can't even remember, but I know there were a few films at that time, neorealist films, that they were doing in Europe that we were not doing here. It just felt so real to me and so good. I didn't jump and say, "Oh, I want to make movies like that," but I guess I was feeling that without realizing it. ... See more »

Trivia:

Hiller's more memorable comedies included "The In-Laws" with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin, "Plaza Suite" starring Walter Matthau, "The Wheeler Dealers" with James Garner and Lee Remick, "The Out-of-Towners" with Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis, "The Lonely Guy" with Steve Martin and Charles Grodin, and "Author, Author" with Al Pacino and Dyan Cannon. Hiller teamed comics Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor ... See more »

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Sagittarius

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