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Arthur Hiller Biography (1923-)

Born November 22, 1923, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; son of Harry and Rose (maiden name, Garfin) Hiller; married Gwen Pechet, February 14, 1948; children: Henryk, Erica. Addresses: Agent: The Gersh Agency, 232 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Office: Golden Quill, 8899 Beverly Blvd., Suite702, Los Angeles, CA 90048-2431.

Nationality

Canadian

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, producer, actor

Birth Details

November 22, 1923

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Director
• Director, Blithe Spirit, summer theatre production, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, 1953
• Film Director, Except Where Indicated
• The Careless Years, United Artists, 1957
• This Rugged Land, 1962
• Miracle of the White Stallions (also known as The Flight of theWhite Stallions), Buena Vista, 1963
• The Wheeler Dealers (also known as Separate Beds), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1963
• The Americanization of Emily (also known as Emily), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
• Penelope, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
• Promise Her Anything, Paramount, 1966
• Tobruk, Universal, 1966
• (Uncredited) Eye of the Devil, 1966
• The Tiger Makes Out, Columbia, 1967
• Popi, United Artists, 1969
• Love Story, Paramount, 1970
• Confrontation (short film), 1970
• The Out-of-Towners, Paramount, 1970
• The Hospital, United Artists, 1971
• Plaza Suite, Paramount, 1971
• Action sequences director, Raid on Rommel, 1971
• (And producer) Man of La Mancha (also known as L'uomo dellaMancha), United Artists, 1972
• (And producer; with Edward Rissien) The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (also known as Vrooder's Hooch), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
• The Man in the Glass Booth, American Film Theatre, 1975
• W. C. Fields and Me, Universal, 1976
• Silver Streak, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
• (And producer; with William Sackheim) The In-Laws, Warner Bros., 1979
• Nightwing, Columbia, 1979
• Author! Author!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982
• Making Love, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982
• Romantic Comedy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
• (And producer) The Lonely Guy, Universal, 1984
• Teachers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984
• Outrageous Fortune, Buena Vista, 1987
• See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Tri-Star, 1989
• Taking Care of Business (also known as Filofax), 1991
• Married to It, 1991
• The Babe, 1992
• Carpool, Warner Bros., 1996
• (As Alan Smithee) An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, BuenaVista, 1997
• Film Appearances
• Himself, Action on the Beach, 1964
• Bar patron, Beverly Hills Cop III, 1994
• Wild Bill, Hollywood Maverick: The Life and Times of William A. Wellman (documentary), Kino Video, 1996
• Himself, The Pitch, 1997
• Reverend Phillips, Merchants of Venus (also known as A Dirty Little Business), Amazing Movies, 1998
• Evangelist, Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel, 2000
• Television Director
• Pilots
• Starr, First Baseman, CBS, 1965
• Episodic
• "Massacre at Sand Creek," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1956
• The Rifleman, ABC, 1958
• The Detectives (also known as Robert Taylor's Detectives), ABC, 1959
• Gunsmoke (also known as Gun Law and Marshal Dillon),CBS, 1959-60
• Route 66, CBS, 1960
• "The Twisted Image" and "Child's Play," Thriller (also known as Boris Karloff's Thriller), NBC, 1960
• Ben Casey, ABC, 1961
• Also directed episodes of Matinee Theatre, NBC; Naked City,ABC; The Desilu Playhouse, CBS; The Dick Powell Show (also known as The Dick Powell Theatre), NBC; Climax!, CBS; Target: The Corrupters, ABC; Perry Mason, CBS; Wagon Train; Alfred Hitchcock Presents; The Third Man; The Barbara Stanwyck Show; The Addams Family.
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Scientist #1 (Round Top VIPs), Roswell (also known as Roswell:The U.F.O. Cover-Up, Showtime, 1994
• Judge, The Land of the Free, HBO, 1998
• Specials
• Himself, Frank Capra's American Dream, 1997
• Episodic
• Himself, The Directors, Encore, 1999
• Himself, "Richard Pryor: Comic on the Edge," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2000

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• Entertainment Weekly, May 23, 1997, p. 10.
• Los Angeles Times, August 19, 1984, p. C22.
• National Catholic Reporter, December 18, 1992, p. 5.
• Variety, August 16, 1993, p. 13.