William Atherton

William Etherton Knight was born on July 30, 1947 in Orange. He has abilities and looks that could easily lead him to the stars, but nevertheless, he struggles mainly in supporting roles in films with a small budget. William began his career in high school and became one of the youngest members of the New Haven Long Island Port Theatre troupe. After studying at Pasadena Playhouse and Carnegie Tech, William briefly worked on the New York scene. In 1972, he played his debut film The New Centurions. more

William Etherton Knight was born on July 30, 1947 in Orange. He has abilities and looks that could easily lead him to the stars, but nevertheless, he struggles mainly in supporting roles in films with a small budget.

William began his career in high school and became one of the youngest members of the New Haven Long Island Port Theatre troupe. After studying at Pasadena Playhouse and Carnegie Tech, William briefly worked on the New York scene.

In 1972, he played his debut film The New Centurions. He went on to delight critics periodically with elaborate interpretations of second (and sometimes first) roles in films such as The Sugarland Express, The Day of the Locust, and Looking for Mr. Goodbar.

In addition to this, Etherton is active in television, both in films and miniseries. Since the mid-80s, Etherton has played the roles of either bureaucrats or ambitious young people with little indiscriminate means to achieve an end. See the first two parts of "Die Hard".