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Basil Hoffman

Basil Hoffman

Actor · Born 1938-01-18 · Houston, Texas, USA

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Biography

Basil Harry Hoffman (January 18, 1938 — September 17, 2021) was an American actor with a film and television career spanning five decades, mostly in supporting roles. He starred in films with many award-winning directors, including Alan Pakula and Robert Redford. He has also authored two books about acting, including Acting and How to Be Good at It. Hoffman was born in Houston, Texas in January 1938, the son of Beulah (née Novoselsky) and David Hoffman, an antique dealer. He graduated from Tulane University; and he spent two years at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, receiving a scholarship for the second, graduating year. His thirteen years of work in New York included many plays, some roles in episodic television, a recurring character on One Life to Live on ABC, hundreds of commercials and a film role in Lady Liberty with Sophia Loren, directed by Mario Monicelli. He made his first trip to Los Angeles in 1974. In that season, he filmed a theatrical feature, At Long Last Love, for Peter Bogdanovich. In the years that followed he appeared in two television movies, television episodes of Kung Fu, The Rockford Files, Sanford and Son (2 roles), Police Woman, …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) — Longly (uncredited)
  2. Hail, Caesar! (2016) — Stu Schwartz (Accounting)
  3. The Artist (2011) — Auctioneer
  4. Seinfeld (1989) — Wig Salesman
  5. All the President's Men (1976) — Assistant Metro Editor
  6. The Box (2009) — Don Poates
  7. Columbo (1971) — Jason Danziger
  8. Down with Love (2003) — C. W. (uncredited)
  9. M*A*S*H (1972) — Major Pfiefer
  10. Ordinary People (1980) — Sloan
  11. The West Wing (1999) — Congressman
  12. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Milton Overguard
  13. All of Me (1984) — Court Clerk
  14. The Last Word (2017) — Christopher Georrge
  15. Beauty and the Beast (1987) — Trask
  16. Switch (1991) — Higgins
  17. The Twilight Zone (1985) — Mr. Steward (segment "Button, Button")
  18. Night Shift (1982) — Drollhauser
  19. Communion (1989) — Dr. Friedman
  20. Sledge Hammer! (1986) — Sam Steinway
  21. The Electric Horseman (1979) — Toland
  22. Kojak (1973) — Charlie Winston
  23. Night Court (1984) — Duane Sedgwick
  24. Matlock (1986) — Gary Springer
  25. The Rockford Files (1974) — Desk Clerk (uncredited)
  26. Hill Street Blues (1981) — Ed Greenglass (archive footage) (uncredited)
  27. My Favorite Year (1982) — Herb Lee
  28. Love at First Bite (1979) — Hotel Manager (uncredited)
  29. The Practice (1997) — Tucker's Atty. Art Hardiman (uncredited)
  30. The Waltons (1972) — Prof Ranney
  31. Sanford and Son (1972) — Store Owner
  32. The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) — In the Governor's Office
  33. Eerie, Indiana (1991) — Bert (uncredited)
  34. Comes a Horseman (1978) — George Bascomb
  35. Falcon Crest (1981) — Reverend Mustafa
  36. The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) — Dr. Michaels
  37. Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997) — Gerald Stanley (segment "The Dresser")
  38. Barney Miller (1975) — Allen Korbel
  39. Rio, I Love You (2014) — James (segment "La Fortuna")
  40. Ellery Queen (1975) — Technical Print Man, Harry