The John Hillerman Thread

J.J. Walters · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:52 pm Post subject: The John Hillerman Thread

aka Jonathan Quayle Higgins III ....

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Danno · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 12:02 pm Post subject:

What is Higgy-Baby doing these days... does anyone know?

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J.J. Walters · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject:

He retired from acting and is living the good life on a ranch somewhere in Texas. His last acting credit was a brief appearance in 'A Very Brady Sequel' (1996). Coincidentally, in the same year, another actor named 'John Hillerman' died. For a while there, many people thought our John Hillerman (aka Higgie-Baby) had died!

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rubber chicken · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject:

Has anyone seen Hillerman in other movies? He's had so many roles, usually a few scenes a movie, or even just one line sometimes. A lot of his appearances were in now famous movies too. Here's a list of some that I've seen.

Chinatown
Paper Moon
The Last Picture Show
Blazing Saddles
High Plains Drifter
What's Up, Doc?
Hands of a Murderer - in this, he puts his English accent to use as Sherlock Holmes' Dr. Watson!
They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! - sequel to In the Heat of the Night, he has one line as a reporter. He's there and gone, funny for a Magnum P.I. fan to see.

It's always great seeing him in these movies, I can't help but smile.

Here's his filmography.

Waltstasz · Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject:

I get a kick out of seeing him in movies too. I can only remember him in Blazing Saddles as Howard Johnson. Laughing

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J.J. Walters · Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject:

Hey there rubber chicken. Welcome to MM!

Yeah, it's great to see him in some of those early career movies, especially Chinatown, one of my favorite movies ever.

I still havn't seen Hands of a Murderer. I've been dying to see that for what feels like forever!

My favorite role of his (besides Higgins, of course) is Fritz the evil Nazi from the Tales of the Gold Monkey pilot. Complete with monocle and German accent. Wink

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lutherhgillis · Fleet Admiral Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 528

James,

You didn't miss much by not seeing "hands of a murder". It was not well written. John does a good job, as we would expect.

John was the best actor by far on MPI. I'm glad they chose to develop the character. The show would not have been the same without him.

Luther H Gillis

Jean-Claude Fornier · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 12:03 am Post subject:

Really amazing John Hillermann is from Texas (where there's a typical strong accent) and he's speaking with a so good english accent !
(easier role for him as Elmo Ziller, the Texan rodeo owner)

Higgins (a.k.a. Punky) is one of my favorite characters. He is honest, right, honourable, rigorous. Maybe difficult to live with him sometimes, but he's the type of guy you can count on.

Mack · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:47 am Post subject:

I would have to agree with you Jean Claude about Hillerman's acting ability. On a different subject, has anyone ever had a pair of JQH's shoes. I remember wearing those in the 1970's as a kid, used to call them Wallabee"s.

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Doc Ibold · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:31 am Post subject:

I have a feeling that "Murder By Night" is Mr. Hillerman'a actual voice.

I read on Yahoo or somewhere that through his dramatic training, he learned to ditch his "thick Southern drawl".

(Their words, not mine).

However, his knack for dialects/accents is, to paraphrase, extraordinary.

Rock on JH, Rock on!

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