Arthur Hill (actor) Arthur Edward Spence Hill was a Canadian actor best known for appearances in British and American theatre, films, and television. He attended the University of British Columbia and continued his acting studies in Seattle, Washington .Early life and education Hill was born in Melfort, Saskatchewan , the son of Edith Georgina and Olin Drake Hill, a lawyer. Hill served as a mechanic in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II and attended the University of British Columbia , where he studied law, but was lured to the stage.Career Hill made his Broadway debut as Cornelius Hackl in the 1957 revival of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker . In 1963 he won the Tony Award for Best Dramatic Actor for his portrayal of George in the original Broadway production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? . His other Broadway credits include Ben Gant in the original production of Ketti Frings's Look Homeward, Angel , All the Way Home , Something More! , and More Stately Mansions . He played Dr. Jeremy Stone in the film adaptation of Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain . Other film work included roles in The Ugly American with Marlon Brando , Harper , Richard Lester's Petulia with George C. Scott, The Chairman , Sam Peckinpah's The Killer Elite , Michael Crichton's Futureworld , A Bridge Too Far , and his narration on the film version of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes . Arguably, Hill's most famous acting role was that of lawyer Owen Marshall , the lead role in the 1971–74 TV series Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law . He appeared on many other series, including The Reporter , a 1964 drama starring Harry Guardino . He also played Grandpa Lansford Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie . In 1966 he appeared as a special guest star in the TV show episode "The Carriers", in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode "The Monster from the Inferno"; in 1967 in the TV show The Invaders episode "The Leeches"; and was a guest star in the pilot episode of Murder, She Wrote in 1984, returning to that same role in an episode in 1990. The same year he played the governor of California in a Columbo episode, Agenda for Murder ; this was his last onscreen role.Death Hill died in a Pacific Palisades, California , nursing home, aged 84, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease . His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean. He is survived by his second wife, son and stepdaughter. Hill and his first wife, Peggy, were married 56 years before her death in 1998, also of Alzheimer's.Selected filmography I Was a Male War Bride as Dependents Clearing Officer Miss Pilgrim's Progress as American Vice-Consul The Body Said No! as Robin King Mister Drake's Duck as American Vice Consul Scarlet Thread as Shaw Salute the Toff as Ted Harrison You're Only Young Twice as Mystery Man Penny Princess as Representative of Johnson K. Johnson Paul Temple Returns as Cranmer Guest A Day to Remember as Al Life with the Lyons as Slim Cassidy The Crowded Day as Alice's Escort Raising a Riot as American Sergeant The Deep Blue Sea as Jackie Jackson The Young Doctors as Tomaselli The Ugly American as Grainger In the Cool of the Day as Sam Bonner Moment to Moment as Neil Stanton Harper as Albert Graves Petulia as Barney The Chairman as Shelby Don't Let the Angels Fall as Robert Rabbit, Run as Rev. Jack Eccles The Pursuit of Happiness as John Popper The Andromeda Strain as Dr. Jeremy Stone The Killer Elite as Cap Collis Futureworld as Duffy A Bridge Too Far as U.S. Medical Colonel The Champ as Mike A Little Romance as Richard King as Governor Revenge of the Stepford Wives as Dale 'Diz' Corbett Dirty Tricks as Professor Prosser The Amateur as Brewer Making Love as Henry Something Wicked This Way Comes as Narrator Murder in Space as Vice President One Magic Christmas as Caleb Grainger A Fine Mess
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