William Edward Hickey (September 19, 1927 – June 29, 1997) was an American actor. He was best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Don Corrado Prizzi in the John Huston 1985 film Prizzi's Honor, as well as the voice of Dr. Finklestein in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).

Filmography

• 2022Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror — Andre Toulon (archive footage)
• 2018Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre — Andre Toulon (archive footage)
• 2018Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre — Andre Toulon (archive footage)
• 2010Charles Band's Puppet Master: Axis of Evil — Andre Toulon (Archive Footage)
• 2003Puppet Master: The Legacy — Elderly Andre Toulon (Archive Footage)
• 1999Knocking on Death's Door — Town Sheriff
• 1999The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
• 1997Better Than Ever — Walter
• 1997MouseHunt — Rudolf Smuntz
• 1996Love Is All There Is — Monsignor
• 1996Twisted — Andre - A Proprietor
• 1995Forget Paris — Arthur
• 1995Major Payne — Dr. Phillips
• 1995The Jerky Boys — Don 'Uncle Freddy' Frederico
• 1995The Maddening — Daddy
• The Outer Limits — Harlan Hawkes
• 1994Hey Stranger — Major-domo
• The Adventures of Pete & Pete — Grandfather Wrigley
• 1993The Nightmare Before Christmas — Dr. Finkelstein (voice)
• Baby Talk — Cecil Fogarty
• 1991The Runestone — Lars Hagstrom
• 1990Any Man's Death — Erich Schiller / Ernst Bauricke
• 1990Mob Boss — Don Anthony
• 1990My Blue Heaven — Billy Sparrow / Johnny Bird
• 1990Sons — Roger
• 1990Tales from the Darkside: The Movie — Drogan (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
• Wings — Carlton Blanchard
• 1989Hairway to the Stars — Husband Robert
• 1989It Had to Be You — Schornberg
• 1989National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation — Uncle Lewis
• 1989Pink Cadillac — Mr. Barton
• 1989Puppetmaster — Andre Toulon
• 1989Sea of Love — Frank Keller Sr.
• Tales from the Crypt — Carlton Webster (segment "The Switch")
• 1988Bright Lights, Big City — Ferret Man
• 1988Da — Drumm
• 1988Starlight: a Musical Movie — Billy Davis
• 1987A Hobo's Christmas — Cincinnati Harold
• The Tracey Ullman Show
• L.A. Law — Tommy Mullaney Sr.
• 1986One Crazy Summer — Old Man Beckersted
• 1986Seize the Day — Peris
• 1986Stranded — Mr. Pierson
• 1986The Name of the Rose — Ubertino da Casale
• 1985Izzy & Moe — Desk Clerk
• Moonlighting — Mr. Kendall
• 1985Prizzi's Honor — Don Corrado Prizzi
• 1985Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins — Coney Island Barker
• The Equalizer — Tom Clark
• Miami Vice — Hans Kozak
• Tales from the Darkside — Dr. Nis
• 1982A Stranger Is Watching — Maxi
• 1979Wise Blood — Preacher
• 1978Nunzio — Alcoholic
• The Andros Targets — Riley Connor
• 1977The Sentinel — Perry
• 1976Mikey and Nicky — Sid Fine
• 197592 in the Shade — Mr. Skelton
• 1972Between Time and Timbuktu — Stony Stevenson
• 1971A New Leaf — Smith (uncredited)
• 1971Happy Birthday, Wanda June — Looseleaf Harper
• 1971The Telephone Book — Man in Bed
• 1970Little Big Man — Historian
• 1968The Boston Strangler — Eugene T. O'Rourke
• 1968The Producers — The Drunk
• 1967Androcles and the Lion
• 1964Invitation to a Gunfighter — Jo-Jo
• The Defenders — Hary Lewis
• 1961Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed — Carter
• Startime — The Painter, Bill – A Bowler
• 1958"Waiting for Godot" Intercut with “Krazy Kat” — Ignatz
• 1957A Hatful of Rain — Apples
• Decoy — Billy
• 1957Operation Mad Ball — Sampson (uncredited)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — The Steward
• Studio One — Jonesy, Paul Richards

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2022An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose — Self (archive footage)