
Basil Hoffman
Biography
Basil Harry Hoffman (January 18, 1938 — September 17, 2021) was an American actor with a film and television career spanning five decades, mostly in supporting roles. He starred in films with many award-winning directors, including Alan Pakula and Robert Redford. He has also authored two books about acting, including Acting and How to Be Good at It.…
Filmography
For the People
2002 · 10.0

Maggie
1981 · 10.0
Mimi & Me
1991 · 9.0

America on Parade
1976 · 9.0

The West Wing
1999 · 8.3

Seinfeld
1989 · 8.2

Columbo
1971 · 8.1

Sledge Hammer!
1986 · 8.0

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975 · 8.0

M*A*S*H
1972 · 8.0

The Twilight Zone
1985 · 7.7

All the President's Men
1976 · 7.7

The Rockford Files
1974 · 7.6

Hill Street Blues
1981 · 7.6

The Practice
1997 · 7.6

Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 7.5

Sanford and Son
1972 · 7.5

Ellery Queen
1975 · 7.5

Eerie, Indiana
1991 · 7.5

Scout's Honor
1980 · 7.5

The Great Ice Rip-Off
1974 · 7.5

Ordinary People
1980 · 7.5

The Artist
2011 · 7.4

Beauty and the Beast
1987 · 7.4

Barney Miller
1975 · 7.4

Night Court
1984 · 7.3

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997 · 7.3

Kojak
1973 · 7.3

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · 7.3

Out of the Blue
1979 · 7.3

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · 7.2

The Waltons
1972 · 7.1

Kindred: The Embraced
1996 · 7.1

Matlock
1986 · 7.0

Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979 · 7.0

Welcome Home, Jellybean
1984 · 7.0

The Pineville Heist
2016 · 7.0

Ace Crawford, Private Eye
1983 · 6.7

Love’s Dark Ride
1978 · 6.7

Culture
1997 · 6.7

Kidco
1984 · 6.6

The Last Word
2017 · 6.6

The Milagro Beanfield War
1988 · 6.6

My Favorite Year
1982 · 6.6

All of Me
1984 · 6.5

The Elvira Show
1993 · 6.5

Down with Love
2003 · 6.1

The Electric Horseman
1979 · 6.1

Night Shift
1982 · 6.1

Love at First Bite
1979 · 6.1

Comes a Horseman
1978 · 6.0

Hail, Caesar!
2016 · 5.9

Switch
1991 · 5.9

Mommy I Didn't Do It
2017 · 5.9

The Ratings Game
1984 · 5.7

The Box
2009 · 5.6

American Raspberry
1977 · 5.6

Falcon Crest
1981 · 5.6

Lady Liberty
1971 · 5.5

Lambada
1990 · 5.5

Communion
1989 · 5.4

The Ice Runner
1992 · 5.3

At Long Last Love
1975 · 5.1

Rio, I Love You
2014 · 4.8

3 Geezers!
2013 · 3.9

Throwdown
2014 · 3.2

Lucky Louie
2023 · 0.0

Mr. Roberts
2019 · 0.0

Third Act
2022 · 0.0
When Life Gives You Lemons
2010 · 0.0
Surreal Estate
2011 · 0.0

Discovering Ella
2023 · 0.0
The French American
2015 · 0.0