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name: "J. William Fulbright"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/j-william-fulbright"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 April 1905"
died: "9 February 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:51:35.118513+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# J. William Fulbright

Actor. Born 9 April 1905 in Sumner, Missouri. Died 9 February 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 April 1905, Sumner, Missouri
- **Died:** 9 February 1995
- **Also known as:** J. W. Fulbright, JW Fulbright, J.W. Fulbright, James William Fulbright
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3231543

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Hearts and Minds*](https://film.one/film/hearts-and-minds.md) (82)

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## Biography

J. William Fulbright was an American politician who served as a Democratic senator from Arkansas from 1945 to 1974. He chaired the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations for much of that time and appeared as himself in the 1974 documentary *Hearts and Minds*.

Fulbright was born in 1905 and died in 1995. He is also featured in archive footage in later documentaries including *The Most Dangerous Man in America* (2009) and *The Martha Mitchell Effect* (2022).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hearts and Minds* (1974), Fi1m 82, as Self - Senator — [page](https://film.one/film/hearts-and-minds.md)

## Also known for

- *The Martha Mitchell Effect* (2022), Self (archive footage)
- *The Most Dangerous Man in America* (2009), Self - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage)

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