Arthur Hill

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Arthur Edward Spence Hill (born  August 1, 1922 in Melfort , Saskatchewan , †  October 22, 2006 in Los Angeles , California ) was a Canadian theater, film and television actor.

Life

Arthur Hill grew up as the son of a lawyer in his birthplace. During World War II he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force . After the war ended, he began studying law at the University of British Columbia . During this time he already took small jobs at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a radio play speaker. After completing his studies, he completed an acting training in Seattle .

In 1942 he married his acting colleague Peggy Hassard, with whom he moved to Great Britain in 1948 , where he started a career in theater. In the same year he made his theater debut in London in the play Home of the Brave by Arthur Laurents . He became better known through his participation in Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker in the role of "Cornelius Hackl". It was in this role that he made his Broadway debut in 1957. He also worked for radio and film. In 1958 he returned to the United States with his wife.

In 1963 he received a Tony Award for "Best Actor" for portraying George in the original Broadway version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with which he had had great success the year before. His stage partner Uta Hagen was also named “Best Lead Actress”. In the 1966 film adaptation , Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton played these roles.

Arthur Hill began working regularly in Hollywood in the 1960s . He played his best-known film lead role in 1971 in Michael Crichton's Andromeda as Dr. Jeremy Stone , head of the research team. Other well-known films with him were A Case for Harper (1966) with Paul Newman in the lead role, The Chairman (1969), Futureworld (1976) and The Bridge of Arnhem (1977).

He had with the series its biggest television success Owen Marshall - defense lawyers ( Owen Marshall Counselor at Law , played in it from 1971 to 1974 in the title role). Lee Majors appeared as his assistant on the series. In 1976 he starred in two episodes of the family series Our Little Farm Charles Ingalls' ( Michael Landon ) father Lansford Ingalls. His last television appearance was in 1990 in an episode of the crime series Murder is Her Hobby .

In 1990 Arthur Hill ended his artistic career. His wife died in 1998, he himself died in 2006 in a nursing home in Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles) after a long-term Alzheimer's disease. In addition to his second wife, Hill left a son.

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  1. ↑ a b Our little farm . The official DVD collection. Issue No. 18, p. 14, chapter: Main characters: "Arthur Hill on the fly". © by Universal Studios. Issued 2010 by GE Fabbri Limited, The Communications Building, London. Journal contributions by Patrick Loubatière.
personal data
SURNAME Hill, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hill, Arthur Edward Spence
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian theater, film and television actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Melfort , Canada
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 2006
Place of death Los Angeles , California, United States