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J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover

ActingJanuary 1, 1895(died age 77)Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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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.

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Filmography (41)

Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream

2026·Self (archive footage)

Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2021·Self (archive footage)

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

2021·Self (archive footage)

Other Credits (5)

Queen of the Mob

Persons in Hiding

MLK/FBI

2020·Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

2020·arcive footage

2020·Self (archive footage)

Ku Klux Klan: An American Story

2020·Self - FBI Director (voice) (archive footage)

Chaplin vs the FBI

2019·Self (archive footage)

2019·Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man

2018·Self (archive footage)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018·Self (archive footage)

Arthur Miller: Writer

2017·Self (archive footage)

2014·Self (voice) (archive footage)

Documenting John Grierson

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

2014·Self (archive footage)

2014·Self (archive footage)

After Newtown: Guns in America

2013·Self - first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (archive footage)

Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live

2013·Self (archive footage)

Who Bombed Judi Bari?

2012·Self (archive footage)

2010·Self (archive footage)

Roads to Memphis

2010·Self (archive footage)

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

2010·Self (archive footage)

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

2008·Self (archive footage)

2007·Self (archive footage)

J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions

Heir To An Execution

2004·Self (archive footage)

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

2001·Self (archive footage)

2001·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1998·Self (archive footage)

1997·Self (archive footage)

The Real Malcolm X

Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen: Fatal Females

American Experience

1988·Self (voice) (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975·Self (archive footage)

Hearts and Minds

1974·Self (archive footage)

Revolution Underway

1959·J. Edgar Hoover (uncredited)

A Day With The F.B.I.

Communism Condemned

Youth in Crisis

Undercover Doctor

1939·Book