Basil Hoffman
ActingBorn
January 18, 1938
Died
September 17, 2021
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
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 1…
Known For
Filmography
Discovering Ella
2023
Lucky Louie
2023
Third Act
2022
Mr. Roberts
2019
The Last Word
2017
Mommy I Didn't Do It
2017
The Pineville Heist
2016
Hail, Caesar!
2016
The French American
2015
Throwdown
2014
Rio, I Love You
2014
3 Geezers!
2013
Surreal Estate
2011
The Artist
2011
When Life Gives You Lemons
2010
The Box
2009
Down with Love
2003
Hefner: Unauthorized
1999
Culture
1997
The Elvira Show
1993
The Ice Runner
1992
Mimi & Me
1991
Switch
1991
Lambada
1990
Communion
1989
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988
The Ratings Game
1984
All of Me
1984
Welcome Home, Jellybean
1984
Games Mother Never Taught You
1982
My Favorite Year
1982
Night Shift
1982
Scout's Honor
1980
Ordinary People
1980
The Electric Horseman
1979
Love at First Bite
1979
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979
Comes a Horseman
1978
Love’s Dark Ride
1978
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
All the President's Men
1976
America on Parade
1976
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
Cage Without a Key
1975
At Long Last Love
1975
The Great Ice Rip-Off
1974
Lady Liberty
1971
For the People
2002
The West Wing
1999
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
The Practice
1997
Kindred: The Embraced
1996
Eerie, Indiana
1991
Seinfeld
1989
Beauty and the Beast
1987
Sledge Hammer!
1986
Matlock
1986
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
The Twilight Zone
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Night Court
1984
Falcon Crest
1981
Maggie
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
Out of the Blue
1979
Ellery Queen
1975
Barney Miller
1975
The Rockford Files
1974
Kojak
1973
M*A*S*H
1972
The Waltons
1972
Sanford and Son
1972
Columbo
1971