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.

Known For

American Experience

The UnXplained

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

The Majestic

First Ladies

Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia

Marilyn and the Mob

All Movies (35)

Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream2026 · as Self (archive footage)
The Real Spies Among Friends2022 · as Self (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin2021 · as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty2020 · as arcive footage
MLK/FBI2020 · as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin vs the FBI2019 · as Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood2018 · as Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man2018 · as Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer2017 · as Self (archive footage)
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words2014 · as Self (archive footage)
19712014 · as Self (archive footage)
Documenting John Grierson2014
Freedom Summer2014 · as Self (voice) (archive footage)
After Newtown: Guns in America2013 · as Self - first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (archive footage)
Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live2013 · as Self (archive footage)
Who Bombed Judi Bari?2012 · as Self (archive footage)
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics2010 · as Self (archive footage)
COINTELPRO 1012010 · as Self (archive footage)
Roads to Memphis2010 · as Self (archive footage)
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer2008 · as Self (archive footage)
Oswald's Ghost2007 · as Self (archive footage)
J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions2006
Heir To An Execution2004 · as Self (archive footage)
The Majestic2001 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures2001 · as Self (archive footage)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist1998 · as Self (archive footage)
The Real Malcolm X1992
Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen: Fatal Females1992
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975 · as Self (archive footage)
Hearts and Minds1974 · as Self (archive footage)
Revolution Underway1968
The FBI Story1959 · as J. Edgar Hoover (uncredited)
A Day With The F.B.I.1951 · as Self
Communism Condemned1947 · as Self
Youth in Crisis1943 · as Self

All TV Shows (9)

Marilyn and the Mob2026 · as archive footage
Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia2026 · as Self
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything2021 · as Self (archive footage)
Ku Klux Klan: An American Story2020 · as Self - FBI Director (voice) (archive footage)
First Ladies2020 · as Self (archive footage)
The UnXplained2019 · as Self (archive footage)
Rogues Gallery1997 · as Self (archive footage)
American Experience1988 · as Self (voice) (archive footage)
American Experience1988 · as Self (archive footage)