1. John Hillerman was born in Denison, Texas, the son of Christopher Benedict John Hillerman, a gas station owner, and Lenora Joan.
14 Facts About John Hillerman
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John Hillerman's father was the grandson of immigrants from Germany and Holland, and his mother the daughter of immigrants from Austria and Germany.
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John Hillerman was a first cousin once removed of author Tony Hillerman.
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John Hillerman developed an interest in opera at the age of ten, and traveled to Dallas to watch Metropolitan Opera productions.
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John Hillerman attended St Xavier's Academy, and after graduation, he attended the University of Texas at Austin for three years, majoring in journalism.
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John Hillerman served four years in the United States Air Force, working in maintenance in a B-36 wing of the Strategic Air Command, and achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant.
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John Hillerman worked steadily thereafter in motion pictures and television through the 1970s, including notable supporting roles in the 1974 films Chinatown and Blazing Saddles.
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In 1975, John Hillerman was a co-star in Ellery Queen as Simon Brimmer, a radio detective who hosted a radio show and tried to outsmart the title character.
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John Hillerman appeared in season 2, episode 4 of Wonder Woman as a Nazi spy.
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In 1982, John Hillerman starred in the television pilot of Tales of the Gold Monkey, as a German villain named Fritz the Monocle.
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John Hillerman hosted the 1984 David Hemmings-directed puzzle video Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link.
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In 1990, John Hillerman returned to television as Lloyd Hogan in the sixth and final season of the sitcom The Hogan Family.
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John Hillerman played the role of Mac MacKenzie, a former spy and currently the proprietor of Mac's, a bar in West Berlin considered to be neutral territory during the Cold War.
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John Hillerman's body was donated to the University of Houston for medical research.