{"id":2866,"date":"2017-11-09T18:21:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T23:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=2866"},"modified":"2017-11-19T18:26:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T23:26:47","slug":"movie-tv-actor-john-hillerman-died-at-age-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/09\/movie-tv-actor-john-hillerman-died-at-age-84\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie\/TV Actor John Hillerman Died at Age 84"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2849\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_1990-e1511132923374.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2849 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_1990-e1511132923374-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_1990-e1511132923374-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_1990-e1511132923374-768x622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_1990-e1511132923374.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_1990-e1511132923374-560x453.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_1990-e1511132923374-260x210.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_1990-e1511132923374-160x130.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Hillerman is known for his starring role as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III on the television show <em>Magnum, P.I<\/em>. that aired from 1980 to 1988.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>John Hillerman died at his Houston home at the age of 84; he had been in declining health near the end of his life. For his role as Higgins, John Hillerman earned five Golden Globe nominations, winning in 1981, and four Emmy nominations, winning in 1987.<\/p>\n<p>Hillerman was born in Denison, Texas, the son of Christopher Benedict Hillerman, a gas station owner, and Lenora Joan (n\u00e9e Medlinger). He was the middle child with two sisters. His father was the grandson of immigrants from Germany and France, and his mother the daughter of immigrants from Austria and Germany. Hillerman developed an interest in opera at the age of ten and traveled to Dallas to watch Metropolitan Opera productions.<\/p><div id=\"morty-837344405\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>He attended St. Xavier&#8217;s Academy, and after graduation, he attended the University of Texas at Austin for three years, majoring in journalism.<\/p>\n<p>Hillerman served four years in the United States Air Force (1953-1957), working in maintenance in a B-36 wing of the Strategic Air Command, and achieving the rank of sergeant. He became interested in acting after working with a theatrical group in Fort Worth during his service: &#8220;I was bored with barracks life. I got into [acting] to meet people in town. A light went on.&#8221; After his 1957 discharge, he moved to New York City to study at the American Theatre Wing, and performed in professional theater for the next twelve years, in productions such as <em>Henry IV, Part 2<\/em> and <em>The Great God Brown<\/em>. Despite over 100 stage roles, Hillerman was unable to make a living as a stage actor, and he moved to Hollywood in 1969.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2848\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john-hillerman-obit-paper-moon.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2848 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john-hillerman-obit-paper-moon-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john-hillerman-obit-paper-moon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john-hillerman-obit-paper-moon-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john-hillerman-obit-paper-moon-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john-hillerman-obit-paper-moon.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Hillerman in PAPER MOON 1973<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hillerman made his film debut in <em>They Call Me Mister Tibbs!<\/em> (1970) in an uncredited role as a reporter. Director Peter Bogdanovich, with whom Hillerman had previously worked during his stage career, cast Hillerman in his films <em>The Last Picture Show<\/em>, <em>What&#8217;s Up, <\/em>Doc?, and <em>Paper Moon<\/em>. Hillerman worked steadily thereafter in motion pictures and television through the 1970s, including notable supporting roles in the 1974 films <em>Chinatown<\/em> and <em>Blazing Saddles<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2852\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2852 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_tom_selleck-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_tom_selleck-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_tom_selleck-560x840.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_tom_selleck-260x390.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_tom_selleck-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_tom_selleck.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Selleck and John Hillerman star on <em>Magnum, P.I.<\/em> on CBS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After being cast in <em>Magnum, P.I.<\/em>, he shot only four additional pictures between 1980 and 1996, with his final film performance coming in <em>A Very Brady Sequel<\/em>.<\/p><div id=\"morty-492659347\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 1975, Hillerman was a co-star in <em>Ellery Queen<\/em> as Simon Brimmer, a radio detective who hosted a radio show and tried to outsmart the title character (Jim Hutton).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2854\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2854 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_on_betty-white-show-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_on_betty-white-show-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_on_betty-white-show-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_on_betty-white-show-560x448.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_on_betty-white-show-260x208.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_on_betty-white-show-160x128.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_on_betty-white-show.jpg 878w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Hillerman, Betty White, and Georgia Engel star on The Betty White Show Monday s on CBS (1977)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From 1976 to 1980, he had a recurring role as Mr. Conners on the sitcom <em>One Day at a Time<\/em>, and he co-starred as Betty White&#8217;s estranged husband on <em>The Betty White Show<\/em> (1977-1978). He is perhaps best remembered for his role as former British Army Sergeant Major Jonathan Higgins in <em>Magnum, P.I.<\/em> (1980\u20131988), for which he learned an English accent by listening to a recording of Laurence Olivier reciting Hamlet. He considered Higgins his favorite role, and described the character in a 1988 interview as &#8220;think[ing] he&#8217;s the only sane character [in the show], and everyone else is stark raving mad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2851 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_magnum-pi-e1511132870209-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_magnum-pi-e1511132870209-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_magnum-pi-e1511132870209-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_magnum-pi-e1511132870209-560x556.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_magnum-pi-e1511132870209-260x258.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_magnum-pi-e1511132870209-160x159.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_magnum-pi-e1511132870209.jpg 563w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In 1982, Hillerman starred in the television pilot of <em>Tales of the Gold Monkey<\/em>, as a German villain named Fritz the Monocle. He hosted the 1984 David Hemmings-directed puzzle video <em>Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2849\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2849 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/john_hillerman_1990-e1511132923374-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Hillerman on THE HOGAN FAMILY- Saturdays at 8:30 on CBS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1990, Hillerman returned to television to perform for one season as Lloyd Hogan in the sitcom <em>The Hogan Family<\/em>. That same year, he portrayed Dr. Watson to Edward Woodward&#8217;s Sherlock Holmes in Hands of a Murderer.<\/p>\n<p>In 1993, he appeared in <em>Berlin Break<\/em> for one season. He played the role of Mac MacKenzie, a former spy and currently the proprietor of Mac&#8217;s, a bar in West Berlin considered to be neutral territory during the Cold War. Mac teamed up with two jobless spies as investigators: Valentin Renko (Nicholas Clay), an ex-KGB agent, and Willy Richter (Kai Wulff), an ex-BND (West German secret service) operative. The show reunited him with Jeff MacKay, who portrayed &#8220;Mac&#8221; MacReynolds in <em>Magnum <\/em>P.I..<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"medfordtrails-20\";\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"manual\";\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\namzn_assoc_design = \"enhanced_links\";\namzn_assoc_asins = \"B00DYQ1G78\";\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit\";\namzn_assoc_linkid = \"da8a5c3b075a1a02944a9b6a72a38fd3\";\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><br \/>\nAfter Hillerman retired from acting in 1999, he returned to his home state of Texas. 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