- Films
- 17
- Avg rating
- 6.49
- Peak run
- 1957’86
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
William by the numbers
Average
6.49
12 rated films
Vote weighted
6.63
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±1.06
rating spread
Career
40y
1957 to 1996
Total votes
690K
across every film
Best
7.9
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Worst
6.3
My Blue Heaven
Newest first
Filmography
| 1996 | Love Is All There Is | Monsignor | 5.1 | 1,571 |
| 1995 | The Jerky Boys | Don 'Uncle Freddy' Frederico | 4.8 | 3,069 |
| 1995 |  Forget Paris | Arthur | 6.5 | 13,983 |
| 1995 | The Maddening | Daddy | 4.8 | 1,052 |
| 1993 |  The Nightmare Before Christmas | Evil Scientist | 7.9 | 416K |
| 1991 | The Runestone | Lars Hagstrom | · | 953 |
| 1990 |  My Blue Heaven | Billy Sparrow | 6.3 | 24,334 |
| 1989 |  Sea of Love | Frank Keller Sr. | 6.8 | 49,309 |
| 1988 | Da | Drumm | · | 546 |
| 1986 |  The Name of the Rose | Ubertino de Casale | 7.7 | 129K |
| 1985 |  Prizzi's Honor | Don Corrado Prizzi | 6.7 | 28,916 |
| 1979 | Wise Blood | Preacher | 6.9 | 7,214 |
| 1976 | Mikey and Nicky | Sid Fine | 7.3 | 9,722 |
| 1975 | 92 in the Shade | Mr. Skelton | · | 732 |
| 1971 | Happy Birthday, Wanda June | Looseleaf Harper | · | 392 |
| 1971 | The Telephone Book | Man in Bed | · | 849 |
| 1957 | A Hatful of Rain | Apples | 7.1 | 1,796 |
Takes
On William Hickey
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1986William Hickey
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