William Atherton
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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.
Known for
Credits
Die Hard (1988)
as Richard Thornburg
The Last Samurai (2003)
as Winchester Rep
Die Hard 2 (1990)
as Richard Thornberg
Ghostbusters (1984)
as Walter Peck
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
as Mayor Walter Peck
The Pelican Brief (1993)
as Bob Gminski
The Girl Next Door (2007)
as Adult David Moran
Real Genius (1985)
as Professor Hathaway
The Crow: Salvation (2000)
as Nathan Randall
Bio-Dome (1996)
as Dr. Noah Faulkner
The Day of the Locust (1975)
as Tod Hackett
Into the Sun (2005)
as Agent Block
Oscar (1991)
as Overton
Hoodlum (1997)
as Thomas E. Dewey
No Mercy (1986)
as Allan Deveneux
The Hindenburg (1975)
as Boerth
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
as James
The Sugarland Express (1974)
as Clovis Poplin
Who's Your Daddy? (2004)
as Duncan Mack
Mad City (1997)
as Dohlen
Buried Alive (1990)
as Cort van Owen
Gone But Not Forgotten (2005)
as Sen. Ray Colby
Frank & Jesse (1994)
as Allan Pinkerton
The New Centurions (1972)
as Johnson
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2020)
as Self
Bread and Roses (2000)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Headspace (2005)
as Dr. Ira Gold
The Citizen (2012)
Actor
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)
as Earle Swinter
Jinn (2014)
as Father Westhoff
Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012)
as Dolan
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder (1992)
as Eric Walker
Aces 'N' Eights (2008)
as Howard
Race to Space (2001)
as Ralph Stanton
Ghostheads (2016)
as Self
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
as Darryl Zanuck
Clinical (2017)
as Terry Drummond
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story (—)
Actor
Burning Down the House (2001)
as Arthur Kranston
A Night to Die For (1995)
as Self
Ghouls (2008)
as Stefan
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine (1987)
as Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
A Fight for Jenny (1986)
as Michael Rosen
Executive Power (1997)
as President Fields
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company (1998)
as James Denit
Class of '44 (1973)
as Fraternity President
Broken Trust (1995)
as Neil Roemer
Grim Prairie Tales (1990)
as Arthur
The Kane Files: Life of Trial (2010)
as Daniel Morgan
The House of Mirth (1981)
as Lawrence Selden
Intrigue (1988)
as Doggett
Where Did the Adults Go? (2025)
as The Father
Saints and Sinners (1994)
as Terence
Towards Darkness (2007)
as John
Raven Hawk (1996)
as Philip Thorne
Virus (1995)
as Dr. Reginald Holloway
Chrome Soldiers (1992)
as Sheriff Blackwell
Independence (1976)
as Benjamin Rush
Bad Company (2018)
Actor
Malibu (1983)
as Stan Harvey
Tomorrow's Child (1982)
as Jim Spence
The Stranger (1999)
Actor
Black Crescent Moon (2008)
as Jo Dexton
Kush (2007)
as King