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William Atherton

Acting · Born July 30, 1947 · Orange, Connecticut, USA

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.

William Atherton movies and shows

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
  • Monk2002
  • Law & Order1990
  • Desperate Housewives2004
  • Castle2009
  • Lost2004
  • Stargate SG-11997
  • Murder, She Wrote1984
  • Boston Legal2004
  • Numb3rs2005
  • The Practice1997
  • Nash Bridges1996
  • The Outer Limits1995
  • The Equalizer1985
  • The Twilight Zone1985
  • Tales from the Crypt1989
  • Childrens Hospital2008
  • Workaholics2011
  • Life2007
  • Die Hard1988
  • Justice League2001
  • HBO First Look1992
  • Ghostbusters1984
  • The Last Samurai2003