J. Edgar Hoover
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Freedom Summer
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
2014
Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Documenting John Grierson
2014
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2018
A Day With The F.B.I.
as Self
1951
The FBI Story
as J. Edgar Hoover (uncredited)
1959
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Youth in Crisis
as Self
1943
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2001
COINTELPRO 101
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Hearts and Minds
as Self (archive footage)
1974
Revolution Underway
1968
J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions
2006
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
as Self (archive footage)
2012
After Newtown: Guns in America
as Self - first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (archive footage)
2013
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Oswald's Ghost
as Self (archive footage)
2007
TV Appearances
American Experience
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
1988
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
as Self (archive footage)
2021
The UnXplained
as Self (archive footage)
2019
First Ladies
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Ku Klux Klan: An American Story
as Self - FBI Director (voice) (archive footage)
2020
American Experience
as Self (archive footage)
1988
Rogues Gallery
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia
as Self
2026