J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover

Known for
Acting
Born
January 1, 1895
Died
May 2, 1972 (aged 77)
Birthplace
Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

Filmography

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Network First poster

Network First

TV · 1 ep

2026
Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream poster

Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2026
Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia poster

Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2026
Marilyn and the Mob poster

Marilyn and the Mob

TV · as archive footage · 2 eps

2023
Follow That Bishop! poster

Follow That Bishop!

Movie · as himself

2022
The Real Spies Among Friends poster

The Real Spies Among Friends

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin poster

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything poster

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2020
MLK/FBI poster

MLK/FBI

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty poster

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

Movie · as arcive footage

2020
First Ladies poster

First Ladies

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2020
Ku Klux Klan: An American Story poster

Ku Klux Klan: An American Story

TV · as Self - FBI Director (voice) (archive footage) · 1 ep

2019
Chaplin vs the FBI poster

Chaplin vs the FBI

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
The UnXplained poster

The UnXplained

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2018
Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man

Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood poster

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
Arthur Miller: Writer poster

Arthur Miller: Writer

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
Freedom Summer poster

Freedom Summer

Movie · as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2014
Documenting John Grierson

Documenting John Grierson

Movie

2014
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words poster

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
1971 poster

1971

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2013
After Newtown: Guns in America poster

After Newtown: Guns in America

Movie · as Self - first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (archive footage)

2013
Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live poster

Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2012
Who Bombed Judi Bari? poster

Who Bombed Judi Bari?

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2010
COINTELPRO 101 poster

COINTELPRO 101

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2010
Roads to Memphis poster

Roads to Memphis

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2010
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics poster

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2008
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer poster

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2007
Oswald's Ghost poster

Oswald's Ghost

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2006
J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions poster

J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions

Movie

2004
Heir To An Execution poster

Heir To An Execution

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures poster

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2001
The Majestic poster

The Majestic

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist poster

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1997
Rogues Gallery poster

Rogues Gallery

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 3 eps

1992
The Real Malcolm X poster

The Real Malcolm X

Movie

1992
Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen: Fatal Females

Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen: Fatal Females

Movie

1988
American Experience poster

American Experience

TV · as Self (voice) (archive footage), Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1974
Hearts and Minds poster

Hearts and Minds

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1968
Revolution Underway poster

Revolution Underway

Movie

1959
The FBI Story poster

The FBI Story

Movie · as J. Edgar Hoover (uncredited)

1951
A Day With The F.B.I. poster

A Day With The F.B.I.

Movie · as Self

1947
Communism Condemned poster

Communism Condemned

Movie · as Self

1943
Youth in Crisis poster

Youth in Crisis

Movie · as Self