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American actor (1932–2017)

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  • Slow dance on the killing ground

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Film & TV

Acting · Denison, Texas, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article…

Known for

  • 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift — (archive footage)2010
  • Back in the Saddle — Self (archive footage)2001
  • A Very Brady Sequel — Dr. Whitehead1996
  • Sink the Bismarck! — Narrator (Voice)1996
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
  • Hands of a Murderer — Dr. John Watson1990
  • Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears — Pfarrer1989
  • Around the World in 80 Days — Sir Francis Commarty1989
  • Street of Dreams — Raymond Kepler1988
  • Assault and Matrimony — Cyril1987

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 200,718x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 41,751x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,361x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 34,360x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 28,863x

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Key facts

Born
John Benedict Hillerman , ( 1932-12-20 ) December 20, 1932, Denison, Texas , U.S.
Died
November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09) (aged 84), Houston , Texas, U.S.
Alma mater
University of Texas at Austin
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1957–1999
Allegiance
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Service years
1953–1957
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Unit
Strategic Air Command

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John Hillerman
date of birth
1932-12-20
date of death
2017-11-09
birth name
John Benedict Hillerman
name in native language
John Hillerman
start of work period
1957-00-00
end of work period
2000-00-00
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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. He retired from acting in 1999.

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