| 词条 | William Atherton |
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| name = William Atherton | image = 2009 CUN Award Party William Atherton 008.JPG | caption = Atherton in February 2009 | birth_name = William Robert Atherton Knight Jr. | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|7|30|mf=y}} | birth_place = Orange, Connecticut, United States | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1972–present }} William Robert Atherton Knight Jr. (born July 30, 1947), known professionally as William Atherton, is an American actor. Early lifeAtherton was born in Orange, Connecticut, the son of William Robert Atherton Knight Sr. and Myrtle (maiden name Robison).[1] He studied acting at the Drama School at Carnegie Tech and graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1969.[1][2] CareerAtherton was successful on the New York stage immediately after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in 1969 and worked with many of the country's leading playwrights including David Rabe, John Guare, and Arthur Miller, winning numerous awards for his work on and off Broadway.[3] He got his big break playing hapless fugitive Clovis Poplin in The Sugarland Express (1974), the feature film debut of Steven Spielberg. After this, he garnered major roles in dark dramas such as The Day of the Locust (1975) and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977),[4] as well as the big-budget disaster film The Hindenburg (1975).[5] Atherton also starred as cowboy Jim Lloyd in the miniseries Centennial (1978), based on the novel by James Michener. Atherton appeared in the comedy Ghostbusters (1984) as the EPA agent Walter Peck. K. Thor Jensen wrote, "Atherton, who plays cowardly EPA lawyer Walter Peck, is the real villain of the movie (his releasing the ghosts from the containment unit added to the chaos in New York), was so hated that after the movie came out he was harassed on the street and challenged to fights in bars."[6] Martha Coolidge chose Atherton to play Professor Jerry Hathaway in the teen comedy Real Genius (1985). Atherton played reporter Richard "Dick" Thornburg in the blockbuster action film Die Hard (1988), and reprised the role in its sequel Die Hard 2 (1990).[7]Other film credits include No Mercy (1986), The Pelican Brief (1993), Bio-Dome (1996), Mad City (1997), Salvation (2000), The Last Samurai (2003), Grim Prairie Tales (1990), the TV movies Buried Alive (1990), Headspace (2005) and Virus (1995). He has also made guest appearances on such television series as The Twilight Zone, Murder, She Wrote, Desperate Housewives, Law & Order, The Equalizer, Boston Legal, Castle and Monk. Atherton provided the voice of Dr. Destiny on Justice League. He had a recurring role in NBC's detective drama Life. While starring in The Day of the Locust, Atherton was offered and accepted the opportunity to provide lead vocals for "What'll I Do", the main title theme for the Robert Redford film version of The Great Gatsby. His 2007 appearances included the film The Girl Next Door, an adaptation of the best-selling Jack Ketchum novel of the same name. He has reprised his role as Walter Peck in The Video Game, released on June 16, 2009.[8] Atherton was cast in the final season of ABC's Lost.[9] He appeared in the musical Gigi for the Reprise Theatre in Los Angeles as "Honoré Lachailles" in 2011.[10] Following his work on the musical, he stepped into a comedic role in Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012), produced by Will Ferrell's Funny or Die, Gary Sanchez Productions and Abso Lutely Productions.[11][12] In summer 2014, Atherton was cast in a recurring role as Viceroy Mercado in the Syfy series Defiances second season. Atherton co-starred in the 2017 Netflix thriller, Clinical,[13] and appears in several upcoming documentaries on his most iconic films. The first to be released is the 2019 Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters which features the original 1984 cast.[14][15] Personal lifeAtherton has sung in various productions in recent years. In 2011, he performed "I Remember It Well,” a popular song from Gigi with his former Reprise Theater co-star, Millicent Martin, at a sold-out performance in Palm Springs for Michael Childers’ One Night Only, benefiting the Jewish Family Service of the Desert.[16] He returned in 2013 to the same sold-out event to sing the classic, “Isn’t It Romantic?”[17] As an avid promoter of education, Atherton has worked with the Library Foundation of Los Angeles in readings benefiting the Los Angeles Public Library. He appeared twice with his former co-star, Stephanie Zimbalist in the Gregory Peck Reading Series and they were directed by the iconic Gregory Peck. One of these evenings was a tribute to actor Roddy McDowall who emceed their evening for the Library's benefactors.[18] More recently, in December 2018 Atherton participated in the Library Foundation's reading of excerpts from book editor and critic, David Kipen's best-seller, Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018.[19] Atherton has also coached young adults in school programs, working directly with students in their class productions of Shakespearean plays and other well-known works. Select filmographyFilm{{colbegin}}
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References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/42/William-Atherton.html|title=William Atherton profile at|publisher=Filmreference.com|accessdate=2010-12-25}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800048276/bio|title=William Atherton Biography|publisher=Movies.yahoo.com|accessdate=2010-12-25}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://williamatherton.com|title=Professional Bio|publisher=William Atherton|accessdate=July 1, 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Film: ‘Goodbar’ Turns Sour|authorlink=Vincent Canby|author=Canby, Vincent|date=October 20, 1977|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/20/archives/film-goodbar-turns-sour.html}} 5. ^{{cite web|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/26/archives/screen-george-scott-in-hindenburg.html|title=Screen: George Scott in ‘Hindenburg’|authorlink=Vincent Canby|author=Canby, Vincent|date=December 26, 1975}} 6. ^{{cite web |last1=Jensen |first1=K. Thor |title=7 Things You Didn’t Know About Ghostbusters |url=https://www.ifc.com/2014/08/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-ghostbusters |website=IFC.com |accessdate=December 25, 2018}} 7. ^{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Attention, Claims Adjusters! Willis Is Back in 'Die Hard 2.'|authorlink=Janet Maslin|author=Maslin, Janet|date=July 3, 1990|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/03/movies/attention-claims-adjusters-willis-is-back-in-die-hard-2.html}} 8. ^{{cite web|publisher=IGN|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/06/15/ghostbusters-the-video-game-review-3|date=15 June 2009|title=GHOSTBUSTERS: THE VIDEO GAME REVIEW|author=Miller, Greg}} 9. ^{{cite news|date=October 28, 2009|title=Executive Producer Reveals Lost Guest Star on Twitter|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Lost-Guest-Star-1011286.aspx|work=tvguide.com|accessdate=2010-01-04}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/2011-02-24/calendar/gigi|title=LA Weekly Calendar 'Gigi|author=Mayank Keshaviah|work=LA Weekly|date=2011-02-24|accessdate=2011-02-24}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.moviehole.net/201137712-william-atherton-back-on-the-big-screen|title=William Atherton back on the big screen!|publisher=Moviehole|date=2011-03-03|accessdate=2011-03-21}} 12. ^{{cite web|last=Weinstein|first=Joshua L.|url=http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/tim-and-erics-billion-dollar-movie-starts-shooting-25187?page=0,0|title='Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie' Ramps Up With Galifianakis, Ferrell|publisher=Thewrap.com|date=2010-01-14|accessdate=2011-03-21}} 13. ^[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/clinical Rotten Tomatoes - Clinical] 14. ^Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2019) 15. ^[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446678/ Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2019)] 16. ^[https://patch.com/california/palmdesert/tickets-sold-out-for-one-night-only Tickets Sold Out For "One Night Only"; April 18, 2011] 17. ^WILLIAM ATHERTON: EXCLUSIVE CINEMA RETRO INTERVIEW; May 30, 2013 18. ^A Tribute to Roddy McDowall 19. ^[https://lfla.org/event/dear-los-angeles-city-diaries-letters-1542-2018/ Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018] External links{{commonscat}}
10 : 1947 births|Living people|American male film actors|American male stage actors|American male television actors|Male actors from Connecticut|People from Orange, Connecticut|20th-century American male actors|21st-century American male actors|Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni |
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