J. Edgar Hoover

Acting

Born 01/01/1895
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died 02/05/1972

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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Known For

Marilyn and the Mob
2026
Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia
2026
Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream
2026
Follow That Bishop!
2023
The Real Spies Among Friends
2022
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
Ku Klux Klan: An American Story
2020
First Ladies
2020
MLK/FBI
2020
Chaplin vs the FBI
2019
The UnXplained
2019
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
2014
1971
2014
Freedom Summer
2014
After Newtown: Guns in America
2013
Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live
2013
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
2012
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010
COINTELPRO 101
2010
Roads to Memphis
2010
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008
Oswald's Ghost
2007
J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions
2006
Heir To An Execution
2004
The Majestic
2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
Rogues Gallery
1997
The Real Malcolm X
1992
American Experience
1988
American Experience
1988
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Hearts and Minds
1974
Network First
Revolution Underway
1968
The FBI Story
1959
A Day With The F.B.I.
1951
Communism Condemned
1947
Youth in Crisis
1943