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Arthur Edward Spence Hill (1 August 1922 – 22 October 2006) was a Canadian actor. He was known in British and American theatre, film, and television.
Early life
Hill was born in Melfort, Saskatchewan, on 1 August 1922, the son of Edith Georgina (Spence) and Olin Drake Hill, a lawyer. As part of the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, Hill served in the mechanic corps. He attended the University of British Columbia, studying law. He joined the RCAF while in UBC pre-law. After the war, having finished his university degree, he became interested in acting. He studied acting in Seattle, Washington.
Career
In 1956, he appeared as an accused murderer in episode 17 of Colonel March of Scotland Yard, an English/American production starring Boris Karloff. Hill's Broadway theatre debut was in the 1957 revival of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker, playing Cornelius Hackl. In 1963, Hill received the Tony Award for Best Dramatic Actor for his portrayal of George in the original Broadway production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Other Broadway credits include Ben Gant in the original production of Look Homeward, Angel (1957), All the Way Home (1960), Something More! (1964), and More Stately Mansions (1967).
In the film The Andromeda Strain (1971), Hill played Dr. Jeremy Stone. Other film work includes The Ugly American (1963), Harper (1966), Petulia (1968), The Chairman (1969), The Killer Elite (1975), Futureworld (1976), an uncredited role in A Bridge Too Far (1977), and narration of Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983).
Hill's television work includes the 1964 television drama The Reporter. He also appeared in several television episodes in 1966 and 1967, including: Mission Impossible episode "The Carriers", the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode "The Monster from the Inferno", The F.B.I. episode "Flight to Harbin", and The Invaders episode "The Leeches".
From 1971 to 1974, Hill starred as lawyer Owen Marshall in the television series Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law. Another of his television roles was Grandpa Lansford Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie (1976).
Hill appeared in the 1984 pilot episode of Murder, She Wrote and reprised his role in 1990. His final role was as a governor in the 1990 Columbo episode "Agenda for Murder".
Personal life
Hill married Peggy Hassard in September 1942. They had two children, Douglas and Jennifer. The family moved to Great Britain in 1948. In London, he was at the BBC, both radio and television. They moved to New York City in 1955, then to Los Angeles in 1968.
He retired in 1990. After the death of his wife in 1998, he married Anne-Sophie Taraba in 2001.
Death
Hill died on 22 October 2006, in Pacific Palisades, California. He lived in a nursing home, and was 84 years old. His death was attributed to Alzheimer's disease.
Selected filmography
References
External links
Arthur Hill at IMDb
Arthur Hill at the Internet Broadway Database
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