William Atherton
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William Atherton Knight Jr. (born July 30, 1947) is an American actor, best known for portraying Richard Thornburg in Die Hard and its sequel and Walter Peck in Ghostbusters.
Early life
Atherton was born in Orange, Connecticut, the son of Myrtle (née Robinson) and Robert Atherton Knight. He studied acting at the Drama School at Carnegie Tech and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1969.
Personal life
Atherton has been married to writer Bobbi Goldin since December 8, 1980. On the Phil Donahue show in 1981, William Atherton claimed that he was once homosexual but changed due to the Aesthetic Realism of Eli Siegel.
Atherton has sung in various productions in later 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. He returned in 2013 to the same sold-out event to sing the classic, "Isn't It Romantic?"
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.
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.
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.
Career
Atherton was a hit on Broadway right away after graduating and working with several of the country's top playwrights, including David Rabe, John Guare, and Arthur Miller, who has received numerous awards for his performances on and off Broadway.
In The Sugarland Express (1974), Steven Spielberg's first film debut, he got his big break playing hapless fugitive Clovis Poplin. He appeared in major dark dramas including The Day of the Locust (1975) and Mr. Goodbar (1977), as well as the big-budget disaster film The Hindenburg (1975). Jim Lloyd, a cowboy from Centennial (1978), was also based on James Michener's book Atherton's Centennial (1978). Walter Peck, the EPA agent, appeared in the comedy Ghostbusters (1984). "Atherton, who plays cowardly EPA prosecutor Walter Peck, was the real villain of the film, and after the film came out, he was threatened on the street and threatened to fight prisoners in jail," K. Thor Jensen wrote.
In the teen comedy Real Genius (1985), Martha Coolidge chose Atherton to play Professor Jerry Hathaway. Richard "Dick" Thornburg appeared in the blockbuster action film Die Hard (1988), and Atherton reprised the role in its sequel Die Hard 2 (1990).
No Mercy (1986), The Pelican Brief (1993), The Crow (1996), The Last Samurai (2003), and Virus (1995). He has appeared on television shows as The Twilight Zone, Murder, She Wrote, Desperate Housewives, The Equalizer, Boston Legal, Castle, and Monk. Dr. Destiny's voice was provided by Atherton on the Justice League. He appeared in NBC's crime drama Life.
Atherton was offered and accepted the opportunity to provide lead vocals for "What'll I Do," the main title theme for Robert Redford's film version of The Great Gatsby. His 2007 appearances included The Girl Next Door, an adaptation of the best-selling Jack Ketchum novel of the same name. Walter Peck of Ghostbusters: The Video Game was also released on June 16, 2009.
In the last season of ABC's Lost, Atherton was cast. In 2011, he appeared in the Reprise Theatre in Los Angeles as "Honoré Lachailles."
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.
In the Syfy series Defiance's second season, Atherton appeared in a recurring role as Viceroy Mercado.
Atherton co-starred in the 2017 Netflix thriller 'Clinical's release and appears in a number of forthcoming documentaries on his most popular films. The first to be announced is the 2019 Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters, which portrays the original 1984 cast.