J. Edgar Hoover is a 1987 American biographical drama television film written and directed by Robert L. Collins. It stars Treat Williams as the eponymous J. Edgar Hoover, the long-serving (1924 - 1972) Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The film is based on the 1979 book The Bureau: My 30 Years in Hoover's FBI by William C. Sullivan and William S. Brown, and dramatizes key points in Hoover's life between the time he joined the U.S. Justice Department in 1919 and his death in May 1972. It aired on Showtime on January 11, 1987. Cast Treat Williams - J. Edgar Hoover Robert Alan Browne - Gaston Means Mark Carlton - 1st Agent Andrew Duggan - Dwight D. Eisenhower Louise Fletcher - Annie M. Hoover Charles Hallahan - Joseph McCarthy Art Hindle - John F. Kennedy Erik Holland - William J. Burns James F. Kelly - Robert F. Kennedy (one of seven appearances as RFK) Paul Kent - Harry M. Daugherty Lee Kessler - Helen Gandy Charles Levin - Producer John McLiam - A. Mitchell Palmer F.J. O'Neil - Harry Vaughn Ford Rainey - Harlan Fiske Stone Joe Regalbuto - William C. Sullivan David Ogden Stiers - Franklin D. Roosevelt William Traylor - Nicholas Katzenbach Harvey Vernon - Senator George W. Norris Mills Watson - Senator Kenneth McKellar Anthony Palmer - Richard M. Nixon Rip Torn - Lyndon B. Johnson Don Draper - Maitre d' Paul Keith - Doctor Gracia Lee - Annie Cliff Murdock - Carl Mathews Michael Griswold - Congressman Hale Boggs Walker Edmiston - Harry S. Truman Robert Harper - Clyde Tolson External links 1987 television films 1987 films 1987 drama films 1980s biographical drama films 1980s English-language films American biographical drama films Biographical television films American drama television films Cultural depictions of Dwight D. Eisenhower Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy Cultural depictions of Robert F. Kennedy Cultural depictions of J. Edgar Hoover Cultural depictions of Lyndon B. Johnson Cultural depictions of Richard Nixon Cultural depictions of Franklin D. Roosevelt Cultural depictions of Harry S. Truman Films about the Federal Bureau of Investigation Films based on biographies Films directed by Robert L. Collins Films scored by J. Peter Robinson Showtime (TV network) films Television films based on books 1980s American films