William Hootkins
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William Michael Hootkins was born on July 5, 1948, in Dallas, Texas. He moved to London, England in the early '70s and lived there up until 2002. Hootkins was an actor at Theatre Intime while attending Princeton University where he learned how to speak fluent Mandarin Chinese. He also trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and attended St. Marks, where he was in the same theater group as Tommy Lee Jones. The imposingly bulky and heavyset Hootkins first began acting in films and TV shows alike in the mid '70s. His more noteworthy parts include the first of the Rebel fighter pilots to get killed while attacking the Death Star in "Star Wars", scientist Topol's bumbling oaf assistant in "Flash Gordon", Major Eaton, sent by the US government in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", one of Rod Steiger's demented sons in "American Gothic", a corrupt police lieutenant in "Batman", a disgusting sleazy voyeur in "Hardware", a coarse South African police chief in "Dust Devil", the mysterious and duplicitous Mr. X in "Hear My Song", a haughty corporate executive in "Death Machine", Santa Claus in "Like Father, Like Santa", and an opera-singing vampire in "The Breed". Moreover, Hootkins had small parts in two "Pink Panther" pictures: he's a taxi driver in both "The Trail of the Pink Panther" and "Curse of the Pink Panther". Among the TV shows he did guest spots on are "Yanks Go Home", "Agony", "Play for Today", "Tales of the Unexpected", "The Life and Times of David Lloyd George", "Brett Maverick", "Cagney and Lacey", "Taxi", "Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense", "Poirot", "Chancer", "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", "The Tomorrow People", "The West Wing", and "Absolute Power". Hootkins received many accolades for his outstanding performance as Sir Alfred Hitchcock in Terry Johnson's hit play "Hitchcock Blonde". In addition to his substantial film and TV credits, Hootkins was also a popular and prolific voice artist who recorded dozens of plays for BBC Radio Drama; he supplied the voices for such iconic individuals as Orson Welles, J. Edgar Hoover, and Winston Churchill. William Hootkins died of pancreatic cancer on October 23, 2005. IMDb Mini Biography
Known for
Credits
Star Wars (1977)
as Red Six (Porkins)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
as Major Eaton
Batman (1989)
as Eckhardt
Hardware (1990)
as Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
A River Runs Through It (1992)
as Murphy
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
as Harry Howler
Dreamchild (1985)
as First Radio Actor
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
as Sgt. Fitzpatrick
Flash Gordon (1980)
as Munson
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
as Taxi Driver
Funny Bones (1995)
as Al
The Breed (2001)
as Fusco
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
as Kiril
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
as Taxi Driver
Biggles (1986)
as Chuck
The Miracle of Medjugorje (1995)
as judge Marulic
Valentino (1977)
as Fatty
The NeverEnding Story III (1994)
as Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
Sphinx (1981)
as Don, Tour Guide
White Nights (1985)
as Chuck Malarek
The Lady Vanishes (1979)
as Party Guest
Death Machine (1995)
as John Carpenter
Zina (1985)
as Walter Adams
Hanover Street (1979)
as Beef
The Princess and the Goblin (1991)
as Curdie's Father (voice)
Colour Me Kubrick (2005)
as Frank Rich
The Tempest (1982)
as Caliban
Age of Treason (1993)
as Senator Garrus
Monkeys (1989)
as James Hoffman
Water (1985)
as Ben
The Miracle Maker (2000)
as Lucifer (voice)
The Pope Must Die (1991)
as Cardinal Verucci
The Cement Garden (1993)
as Commander Hunt (voice)
Hear My Song (1991)
as Mr. X
Blessed (2004)
as Detective Lauderdale
Dust Devil (1992)
as Capt. Cornelius Beyman
Town & Country (2001)
as Barney
Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
as Reporter
This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)
as Jake Krutz
Bad Timing (1980)
as Col. Taylor
American Gothic (1987)
as Teddy
Gummed Labels (1992)
Actor
The Magnificent Ambersons (2002)
as Uncle George
Dear Wendy (2005)
as Marshall Walker
The Omega Code (1999)
as Sir Percival Lloyd
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (2000)
as Sergei Diaghilev
Something to Believe In (1998)
as Car Dealer
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)
as Myron Spellman
A State of Emergency (1986)
as Earl Linton
Crusoe (1989)
as Auctioneer
The Milky Life (1993)
as Julian Reilly
Hussy (1980)
as 1st. Punter
Like Father, Like Santa (1998)
as Santa Claus
Ancestors Of Ancient Rome: The Etruscans (2013)
as Self / Narrator
The Billion Dollar Bubble (1978)
as Lloyd Edens
Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula (1993)
as Narrator
Mars: Pioneering the Planet (2003)
Actor
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart (1987)
as August T. Mirch
Predators of the Wild: Hawk (1993)
as Narrator
Hamilton Mattress (2002)
as Senor Balustrade (voice)
Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear (1993)
as Narrator
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest (1997)
as The Man
Charlie Muffin (1979)
as U.S. Embassy Photographer
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981)
as Winston Churchill
Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
Big Zapper (1973)
as Kono's Henchman
Rabbit Pie Day (1980)
as Kolossov
Predators of the Wild: Lion (1992)
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted (1992)
as Narrator
Come Back, Little Sheba (1977)
as Postman
The Paradise Run (1976)
as Party Guest
Predators of the Wild: African Survival (1994)
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard (1992)
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale (1992)
as Narrator
Animated Epics: Moby Dick (2000)
as Starbucks (voice)
Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive (1995)
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators (1994)
as Narrator
The Ambassadors (1977)
as Little Bilham
The Lost Boys (1978)
as Charles Frohman
Black Carrion (1984)
as Lou Delmart
Predators of the Wild: Shark (1992)
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Snake (1993)
as Narrator
Before Water Lilies (1981)
as Mel
Predators of the Wild: Wolf (1993)
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Tiger (1993)
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Bats (1991)
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear (1992)
as Narrator