John Hillerman
Year Title Role Notes
1971 Sweet , Sweet Rachel Medical Examiner Television film
1972 The Sixth Sense Adrian Weems Episode : Once Upon a Chilling
1972 Mannix Larry Lawton Episode : Light and Shadow
1972 The Great Man 's Whiskers Major Underwood Television film
1973 Mannix J. H. Morell Episode : Silent Target
1974 Maude Drunk Episode : The Commuter Station
1974 Kojak Mark Gallant Episode : The Only Way Out
1974 The Law Thomas Rachel Television film
1975 Mannix Norman Thompson Episode : Search for a Dead Man
1975 The Bob Crane Show Dean Harrington Episode : The Son of the Campus Capers
1975-1976 Ellery Queen Simon Brimmer 8 episodes
1976 Serpico Raoul Christie Episode : Rapid Fire
1976 Hawaii Five-O Donald Blair Episode : Man on Fire
1976 Wonder Woman Conrad Steigler Episode : Wonder Woman vs Gargantua
1976-1980 One Day at a Time Mr. Connors 6 episodes
1977 Delvecchio Dr. Augustus Hamilton Episode : Licensed to Kill
1977-1978 The Betty White Show John Elliott 14 episodes
1978 Hawaii Five-O Nelson Bodine Episode : A Stranger in His Grave
1978 Little House on the Prairie Sterling Murdock Episode : Harriet 's Happening
1979 The Love Boat Ed Hartnett 2 episodes
Filmography -- Television
John Benedict Hillerman (December 20, 1932 - November 9, 2017) was an American actor best known for his starring role as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III on the television show Magnum, P.I. that aired from 1980 to 1988. For his role as Higgins, Hillerman earned five Golden Globe nominations, winning in 1981, and four Emmy nominations, winning in 1987. He retired from acting in 1999.