William Atherton Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Girlfriend(s), Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
William Robert Atherton Knight Jr
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Wednesday
NEXT BIRTHDAY ON
Wednesday
BIRTHPLACE
Orange, Connecticut, United States
AGE
77 Years 7 Months 18 Days
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
LEO
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
N/A
WEIGHT
N/A
William Atherton Family Members
Parents
FATHER
Robert Atherton Knight
Fame & Address
DEBUT
The New Centurions (1972)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
The Sugarland Express (1974)
Education, Net Worth & More
COLLEGE
Carnegie-Mellon University
QUALIFICATION
Graduate
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Career of William Atherton
He started his career on stage on both On-Broadway and Off-Broadways and also won numerous awards. He got a role in The Sugarland Express as Clovis Poplin. He appeared on The Day of the Locust and Looking for Mr. Goodbar for major roles. He had a starring role as cowboy Jim Lloyd in miniseries Centennial. He appeared in the comedy Ghostbusters as the EPA agent Walter Peck. He also appeared in films like Bio-Dome, Mad City, The Crow: Salvation and television movies like Buried Alive, Headspace, and Virus. In 2007, he appeared in the film The Girl Next Door. He reprised his role in Ghostbusters: The Video Game. He performed in the musical Gigi for the Reprise Theatre in Los Angeles and after that, he appeared in Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie. He appeared in a recurring role in the Syfy series Defiance's second season as Viceroy Mercado. He is a singer of "What'll I Do?" for the opening title sequence in "The Great Gatsby".
Some Lesser Known Facts About William Atherton
- Does William Atherton takes alcohol? Yes.
- In the shooting of Ghostbusters, there was a seen in which Marshmallow Man explode as a substitute for marshmallows they decided to replace it with 500-gallon batches of shaving cream. But William on was notcomfortable with the idea. They tested it on a stuntman using only 75 pounds and when they saw that the stuntman is alright and then another smaller batch was collected to dump on him for the final take in the film.
- He is a singer of "What'll I Do?" for the opening title sequence in "The Great Gatsby".
- He has worked with many leading playwrights like David Rabe, John Guare, and Arthur Miller before getting a big break in films.
- Is William Atherton in the habit of Smoking? NA.
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