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 John Hillerman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift — (archive footage)
• 1996A Very Brady Sequel — Dr. Whitehead
• 1996Sink the Bismarck! — Narrator (Voice)
• 1990Hands of a Murderer — Dr. John Watson
• Around the World in 80 Days — Sir Francis Commarty
• 1989Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears — Pfarrer
• 1988Street of Dreams — Raymond Kepler
• 1987Assault and Matrimony — Cyril
• The Hogan Family — Lloyd Hogan
• 1984Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link — Host
• Murder, She Wrote — Jonathan Higgins, Edgar Greenstreet
• 1984Up the Creek — Dean Burch
• Little Gloria... Happy at Last — Maury Paul
• Tales of the Gold Monkey
• 1981History of the World: Part I — Rich Man - The French Revolution
• Simon & Simon
• 1980Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii — Higgins
• Magnum, P.I. — Jonathan Higgins
• 1980Marathon — Greg Previn
• Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
• 1980The Murder That Wouldn't Die — Paul Harrison
• 1979Beane's of Boston — John Peacock
• Beane's of Boston — John Peacock
• Hart to Hart — Victor Sutter
• 1979Institute for Revenge — Voice of I.F.R. (voice)
• 1979Sunburn — Webb
• 1978A Guide for the Married Woman — Marvin
• 1978Betrayal — Victor Slavin
• Flying High
• 1977Audrey Rose — Scott Velle
• 1977Kill Me If You Can — George Davis
• Lou Grant
• 1977Relentless — Major Leo Hargit
• The Betty White Show — John Elliot
• The Love Boat — Ed Hartnett
• Delvecchio — Dr. Augustus Hamilton
• 1976The Invasion of Johnson County — Major Walcott
• 1975At Long Last Love — Rodney James
• Ellery Queen — Simon Brimmer
• 1975Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects — Simon Brimmer
• 1975Lucky Lady — Christy McTeague
• One Day at a Time — Mr. Connors
• The Bob Crane Show
• 1975The Day of the Locust — Ned Grote
• 1975The Nickel Ride — Carl
• Wonder Woman — Conrad Steigler
• 1974Blazing Saddles — Howard Johnson
• 1974Chinatown — Russ Yelburton
• Little House on the Prairie — Sterling Murdock
• 1974The Last Angry Man — Tree Inspector
• 1974The Law — Thomas Q. Rachel
• 1973High Plains Drifter — Bootmaker
• Kojak — Mark Gallant
• 1973Paper Moon — Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin
• 1973The Naked Ape — Psychiatrist
• 1973The Thief Who Came to Dinner — Edmund Lasker
• 1972Skyjacked — Air flight controller
• 1972The Carey Treatment — Jenkins
• 1972The Great Man's Whiskers — Major Underwood
• 1972The Outside Man — Department Store Manager
• The Sandy Duncan Show
• The Sixth Sense
• 1972What's Up, Doc? — Hotel Manager
• 1971Honky — Bus Ticket Salesman
• 1971Lawman — Totts
• 1971Sweet, Sweet Rachel — Medical Examiner
• 1971The Last Picture Show — English teacher
• 1970They Call Me Mister Tibbs! — Reporter (uncredited)
• Hawaii Five-O — Donald Blair, Nelson Bodine
• Mannix — Larry Lawton
• The F.B.I. — Morris Ridley

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2001Back in the Saddle — Self (archive footage)
• Dinah! — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee