J. Edgar Hoover

Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1895, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died: May 2, 1972
Movies: 36

John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States.

Best-Known Movies

6.8

The Majestic

2001

7.6

Hearts and Minds

1974

7.0

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

2010

6.0

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018

6.2

The FBI Story

1959

7.7

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2021

7.1

Arthur Miller: Writer

2017

6.9

MLK/FBI

2020

6.7

1971

2014

8.0

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

2020

Filmography

2026	Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream	Self (archive footage)
2023	Follow That Bishop!	himself
2022	The Real Spies Among Friends	Self (archive footage)
2021	The Real Charlie Chaplin	Self (archive footage)
2020	Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty	arcive footage
2020	MLK/FBI	Self (archive footage)
2019	Chaplin vs the FBI	Self (archive footage)
2018	Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood	Self (archive footage)
2018	Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man	Self (archive footage)
2017	Arthur Miller: Writer	Self (archive footage)
2014	Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words	Self (archive footage)
2014	1971	Self (archive footage)
2014	Documenting John Grierson
2014	Freedom Summer	Self (voice) (archive footage)
2013	After Newtown: Guns in America	Self - first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (archive footage)
2013	Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live	Self (archive footage)
2012	Who Bombed Judi Bari?	Self (archive footage)
2010	Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics	Self (archive footage)
2010	COINTELPRO 101	Self (archive footage)
2010	Roads to Memphis	Self (archive footage)
2008	The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer	Self (archive footage)
2007	Oswald's Ghost	Self (archive footage)
2006	J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions
2004	Heir To An Execution	Self (archive footage)
2001	The Majestic	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001	It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures	Self (archive footage)
1998	Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist	Self (archive footage)
1992	The Real Malcolm X
1992	Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen: Fatal Females
1975	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Self (archive footage)
1974	Hearts and Minds	Self (archive footage)
1968	Revolution Underway
1959	The FBI Story	J. Edgar Hoover (uncredited)
1951	A Day With The F.B.I.	Self
1947	Communism Condemned	Self
1943	Youth in Crisis	Self

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