William Atherton
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.
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Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
as Unknown
Where Did the Adults Go?
as The Father
Reunited Apart
as Self
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Self
Bad Company
as Unknown
Clinical
as Terry Drummond
Ghostheads
as Self
Jinn
as Father Westhoff
The Citizen
as Unknown
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
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
Who's Your Daddy?
as Duncan Mack
Monk
as Commander Nathan Whitaker
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
as Unknown
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 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
as Unknown
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
Law & Order
as Dan Jensen
Die Hard 2
as Richard Thornberg
Buried Alive
as Cort van Owen
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 Twilight Zone
as (segment "The Card")
The Equalizer
as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
The Equalizer
as Gideon
Real Genius
as Professor Hathaway
Murder, She Wrote
as Larry Holleran
Murder, She Wrote
as Greg Dalton
Murder, She Wrote
as Andy Henley
Malibu
as Stan Harvey
Tomorrow's Child
as Jim Spence
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