J. Edgar Hoover
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1895
Died: May 2, 1972
Place of birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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
40 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
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Marilyn and the Mob
2026
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Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia
2026
4.0
Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream
2026
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Follow That Bishop!
2023
8.0
The Real Spies Among Friends
2022
7.7
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
7.5
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021
8.0
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
6.6
Ku Klux Klan: An American Story
2020
5.3
First Ladies
2020
6.9
MLK/FBI
2020
9.2
Chaplin vs the FBI
2019
6.6
The UnXplained
2019
5.9
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
20188.0
Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
2018
7.1
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
7.2
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
2014
6.7
1971
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Documenting John Grierson
2014
7.2
Freedom Summer
2014
9.5
After Newtown: Guns in America
2013
6.0
Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live
2013
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Who Bombed Judi Bari?
2012
7.0
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010
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COINTELPRO 101
2010
8.0
Roads to Memphis
2010
6.2
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008
6.0
Oswald's Ghost
2007
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J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions
2006
7.0
Heir To An Execution
2004
6.8
The Majestic
2001
7.4
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
8.3
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
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Rogues Gallery
1997
8.0
The Real Malcolm X
1992NR
Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen: Fatal Females
1992
6.5
American Experience
1988
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
7.6
Hearts and Minds
1974
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Revolution Underway
1968
6.2
The FBI Story
1959
2.0
A Day With The F.B.I.
1951
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Communism Condemned
1947
5.6
Youth in Crisis
1943
6.2
Queen of the Mob
1940
5.0
Parole Fixer
1940
6.7
Undercover Doctor
1939
3.8
Persons in Hiding
1939