John Hillerman News from United Press International. On Dec. 20, 1989, the United States invaded Panama to oust Manuel Noriega and install the duly elected civilian government.

John Hillerman, who played stuffed-shirt Higgins to Tom Selleck’s freewheeling detective Thomas Magnum in the 1980s TV series “Magnum, P.I.” has died, his nephew said Thursday.

LOS ANGELES -- John Hillerman, a Texan who played stuffed-shirt Higgins to Tom Selleck's freewheeling detective Thomas Magnum in the 1980s TV series Magnum, P.I. has died, his nephew said Thursday.

John Hillerman, who played stuffed-shirt Higgins to Tom Selleck's freewheeling detective Thomas Magnum in the 1980s TV series "Magnum, P.I." has died, his nephew said Thursday. Hillerman was 84.

John Hillerman, sardonic character actor who starred in ‘Magnum, P.I.,’ dies at 84 November 9, 2017 More than 7 years ago John Hillerman and Betty White at the Emmy Awards in 1985.

John Hillerman, left, with Tom Selleck on the set of "Magnum, P.I." CBS, via Photofest A Texas-born actor who played a likably snobbish British caretaker on the hit television show “Magnum, P.I ...