John Benedict Hillerman (born December 20, 1932) is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe winning American character actor.

Attended The University of Texas at Austin.

(1996) Reports of the death of Mr. Hillerman were confused with the death of another John Hillerman. This Mr. Hillerman is alive and well.

Has played the character "Jonathan Higgins" on four separate television shows.

He is a native Texan, thus his British accent in Magnum is fake.

He developed his British accent by watching and listening to the performances of Lawrence Olivier.

Once received a fan letter from a British Lord which read, "You are a credit to the Empire.".