'' (1973). Back, L-R:
Reni Santoni, Arthur Hill,
Lee Majors. Front:
Joan Darling and Christine Matchett In 1956, he appeared as an accused murderer in episode 17 of
Colonel March of Scotland Yard, a British
ITV television series starring
Boris Karloff. Hill's
Broadway theatre debut was in the 1957 revival of
Thornton Wilder's
The Matchmaker, playing Cornelius Hackl. In 1963, Hill received the
Tony Award for Best Dramatic Actor for his portrayal of George in the original Broadway production of ''
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Other Broadway credits include Ben Gant in the original production of Look Homeward, Angel (1957), All the Way Home (1960), Something More! (1964), and More Stately Mansions'' (1967). Hill starred as the villain opposite
Paul Newman's private eye in the 1966 mystery thriller
Harper. In
The Andromeda Strain (1971), Hill played Dr. Jeremy Stone. Other film work included
The Ugly American (1963),
Petulia (1968),
The Chairman (1969),
The Killer Elite (1975),
Futureworld (1976),
A Bridge Too Far (1977), and the narration of
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983). Hill's television work includes the 1964 television drama
The Reporter. He also appeared in several television episodes in 1966 and 1967, including:
Mission Impossible episode "The Carriers", the
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode "The Monster from the Inferno",
The F.B.I. episode "Flight to Harbin", and
The Invaders episode "The Leeches". From 1971 to 1974, Hill starred as lawyer Owen Marshall in the television series
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law. Another of his television roles was Grandpa Lansford Ingalls on
Little House on the Prairie (1976). Hill appeared in the 1984 pilot episode of
Murder, She Wrote and reprised his role in 1990. His final role was as a governor in the 1990
Columbo episode "Agenda for Murder". == Personal life ==