Person

J. Edgar Hoover

Acting · 1895–1972 · 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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  American Experience

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  The UnXplained

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  1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

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  First Ladies

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  The Majestic

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  Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

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  Marilyn and the Mob

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  The FBI Story

  J. Edgar Hoover (uncredited)

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  The Real Spies Among Friends

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  Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia

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• 2026Marilyn and the Mobarchive footage
• 2026Standoff: The FBI, Power and ParanoiaSelf
• 2026Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the DreamSelf (archive footage)
• 2023Follow That Bishop!himself
• 2022The Real Spies Among FriendsSelf (archive footage)
• 2021The Real Charlie ChaplinSelf (archive footage)
• 20211971: The Year That Music Changed EverythingSelf (archive footage)
• 2020Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Libertyarcive footage
• 2020Ku Klux Klan: An American StorySelf - FBI Director (voice) (archive footage)
• 2020First LadiesSelf (archive footage)
• 2020MLK/FBISelf (archive footage)
• 2019Chaplin vs the FBISelf (archive footage)
• 2019The UnXplainedSelf (archive footage)
• 2018Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
• 2018Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked ManSelf (archive footage)
• 2017Arthur Miller: WriterSelf (archive footage)
• 2014Nixon by Nixon: In His Own WordsSelf (archive footage)
• 20141971Self (archive footage)
• 2014Documenting John Grierson
• 2014Freedom SummerSelf (voice) (archive footage)
• 2013After Newtown: Guns in AmericaSelf - first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (archive footage)
• 2013Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to LiveSelf (archive footage)
• 2012Who Bombed Judi Bari?Self (archive footage)
• 2010Secret Origin: The Story of DC ComicsSelf (archive footage)
• 2010COINTELPRO 101Self (archive footage)
• 2010Roads to MemphisSelf (archive footage)
• 2008The Trials of J. Robert OppenheimerSelf (archive footage)
• 2007Oswald's GhostSelf (archive footage)
• 2006J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions
• 2004Heir To An ExecutionSelf (archive footage)
• 2001The MajesticSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2001It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International PicturesSelf (archive footage)
• 1998Scandalize My Name: Stories from the BlacklistSelf (archive footage)
• 1997Rogues GallerySelf (archive footage)
• 1992The Real Malcolm X
• 1992Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen: Fatal Females
• 1988American ExperienceSelf (voice) (archive footage)
• 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage)
• 1974Hearts and MindsSelf (archive footage)
• 1968Revolution Underway
• 1959The FBI StoryJ. Edgar Hoover (uncredited)
• 1951A Day With The F.B.I.Self
• 1947Communism CondemnedSelf
• 1943Youth in CrisisSelf
• 1940Queen of the MobBook
• 1940Parole FixerBook
• 1939Undercover DoctorBook
• 1939Persons in HidingBook