J. Edgar Hoover

1895 - 1972 (age 77) • Acting

Born: 1/1/1895 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Died: 5/2/1972 (age 77)

Known for: Acting

J. Edgar Hoover

John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States.

Known For

American Experience

65%

Self (archive footage) / Self (voice) (archive footage)

1988

The FBI Story

62%

Thanks

1959

The UnXplained

67%

Self (archive footage)

2019

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

75%

Self (archive footage)

2021

MLK/FBI

69%

Self (archive footage)

2020

Arthur Miller: Writer

71%

Self (archive footage)

2017

Ku Klux Klan: An American Story

66%

Self - FBI Director (voice) (archive footage)

2020

Heir To An Execution

70%

Self (archive footage)

2004

Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream

40%

Self (archive footage)

2026

The Real Spies Among Friends

80%

Self (archive footage)

2022

The Real Charlie Chaplin

77%

Self (archive footage)

2021

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

75%

Self (archive footage)

2021

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

80%

arcive footage

2020

Ku Klux Klan: An American Story

66%

Self - FBI Director (voice) (archive footage)

2020

First Ladies

53%

Self (archive footage)

2020

MLK/FBI

69%

Self (archive footage)

2020

Chaplin vs the FBI

92%

Self (archive footage)

2019

The UnXplained

67%

Self (archive footage)

2019

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

59%

Self (archive footage)

2018

Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man

80%

Self (archive footage)

2018

Arthur Miller: Writer

71%

Self (archive footage)

2017

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

72%

Self (archive footage)

2014

1971

67%

Self (archive footage)

2014

Documenting John Grierson

2014

Freedom Summer

72%

Self (voice) (archive footage)

2014

After Newtown: Guns in America

95%

Self - first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (archive footage)

2013

Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live

60%

Self (archive footage)

2013

Who Bombed Judi Bari?

Self (archive footage)

2012

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

70%

Self (archive footage)

2010

COINTELPRO 101

Self (archive footage)

2010

Roads to Memphis

80%

Self (archive footage)

2010

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

62%

Self (archive footage)

2008

Oswald's Ghost

60%

Self (archive footage)

2007

J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions

2006

Heir To An Execution

70%

Self (archive footage)

2004

The Majestic

68%

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2001