John Hillerman

★ Acting #10,098

1932 - 2017 (age 84) • Acting

Born: 12/20/1932 in Denison, Texas, USA

Died: 11/9/2017 (age 84)

Known for: Acting

John Hillerman

★ Acting #10,098

John Benedict Hillerman (December 20, 1932 – November 9, 2017) was an American actor best known for his starring role as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III on the television series Magnum, P.I. that aired from 1980 to 1988. For his role as Higgins, Hillerman earned five Golden Globe nominations, winning in 1981, and four Emmy nominations, winning in 1987.

Known For

Chinatown

79%

Russ Yelburton

1974

Little House on the Prairie

80%

Unknown

1974

Paper Moon

79%

Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin

1973

Wonder Woman

70%

Conrad Steigler

1975

Murder, She Wrote

75%

Jonathan Higgins / Edgar Greenstreet

1984

Magnum, P.I.

73%

Jonathan Higgins

1980

The Love Boat

63%

Ed Hartnett

1977

Hawaii Five-O

72%

Nelson Bodine / Donald Blair

1968

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

61%

(archive footage)

2010

Back in the Saddle

65%

Self (archive footage)

2001

A Very Brady Sequel

58%

Dr. Whitehead

1996

Sink the Bismarck!

80%

Narrator (Voice)

1996

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

54%

Unknown

1992

Hands of a Murderer

67%

Dr. John Watson

1990

Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears

90%

Pfarrer

1989

Around the World in 80 Days

68%

Sir Francis Commarty

1989

Street of Dreams

50%

Raymond Kepler

1988

Assault and Matrimony

75%

Cyril

1987

The Hogan Family

68%

Lloyd Hogan

1986

Murder, She Wrote

75%

Jonathan Higgins / Edgar Greenstreet

1984

Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link

90%

Host

1984

Up the Creek

57%

Dean Burch

1984

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

58%

Maury Paul

1982

Tales of the Gold Monkey

74%

Unknown

1982

Simon & Simon

67%

Unknown

1981

History of the World: Part I

68%

Rich Man - The French Revolution

1981

Magnum, P.I.

73%

Jonathan Higgins

1980

The Murder That Wouldn't Die

43%

Paul Harrison

1980

Marathon

60%

Greg Previn

1980

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

68%

Unknown

1980

Hart to Hart

69%

Unknown

1979

Sunburn

50%

Webb

1979

Beane's of Boston

John Peacock

1979

Beane's of Boston

100%

John Peacock

1979

Institute for Revenge

67%

Voice of I.F.R. (voice)

1979

Betrayal

70%

Victor Slavin

1978