William Hootkins
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
- 2005 · Colour Me Kubrick as Frank Rich
- 2005 · Dear Wendy as Marshall Walker
- 2004 · Blessed as Detective Lauderdale
- 2003 · Mars: Pioneering the Planet as
- 2002 · The Magnificent Ambersons as Uncle George
- 2002 · Hamilton Mattress as Senor Balustrade (voice)
- 2001 · Justice League as Commander (voice)
- 2001 · The Breed as Fusco
- 2001 · Town & Country as Barney
- 2000 · American Gangster as Narrator
- 2000 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades as Sergei Diaghilev
- 2000 · Animated Epics: Moby Dick as Starbucks (voice)
- 1999 · The Omega Code as Sir Percival Lloyd
- 1999 · The West Wing as U.S. Translator
- 1999 · Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Like Father, Like Santa as Santa Claus
- 1998 · Something to Believe In as Car Dealer
- 1997 · This World, Then the Fireworks as Jake Krutz
- 1997 · Extreme Machines as Narrator
- 1997 · Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest as The Man
- 1996 · The Island of Dr. Moreau as Kiril
- 1995 · Virgin Mary as judge Marulic
- 1995 · Funny Bones as Al
- 1995 · Death Machine as John Carpenter
- 1995 · Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive as Narrator
- 1994 · Aaahh!!! Real Monsters as Loch Ness Monster (voice)
- 1994 · The NeverEnding Story III as Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
- 1994 · Iron Man as Crimson Dynamo (voice)
- 1994 · Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators as Narrator
- 1994 · Predators of the Wild: African Survival as Narrator
- 1993 · Age of Treason as Senator Garrus
- 1993 · The Milky Life as Julian Reilly
- 1993 · The Cement Garden as Commander Hunt (voice)
- 1993 · Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula as Narrator
- 1993 · Predators of the Wild: Snake as Narrator
- 1993 · Predators of the Wild: Hawk as Narrator
- 1993 · Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear as Narrator
- 1993 · Predators of the Wild: Wolf as Narrator
- 1993 · Predators of the Wild: Tiger as Narrator
- 1992 · A River Runs Through It as Murphy
- 1992 · Dust Devil as Capt. Cornelius Beyman
- 1992 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Diaghilev
- 1992 · Predators of the Wild: Lion as Narrator
- 1992 · Predators of the Wild: Shark as Narrator
- 1992 · Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale as Narrator
- 1992 · Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear as Narrator
- 1992 · Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard as Narrator
- 1992 · Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted as Narrator
- 1991 · Hear My Song as Mr. X
- 1991 · The Pope Must Diet as Cardinal Verucci
- 1991 · Predators of the Wild: Bats as Narrator
- 1990 · Hardware as Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
- 1989 · Batman as Eckhardt
- 1989 · Monkeys as James Hoffman
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as FBI Agent Burt
- 1987 · The New Statesman as Willoughby Guzzler
- 1987 · American Gothic as Teddy
- 1987 · Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Harry Howler
- 1987 · U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart as August T. Mirch
- 1987 · The Return of Sherlock Holmes as Myron Spellman
- 1986 · A State of Emergency as Earl Linton
- 1986 · Haunted Honeymoon as Reporter
- 1986 · Biggles as Chuck
- 1985 · White Nights as Chuck Malarek
- 1985 · Zina as Walter Adams
- 1985 · Dreamchild as 1st Radio Actor
- 1985 · Water as Ben
- 1984 · Black Carrion as Lou Delmart
- 1984 · Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense as Lou Delmart
- 1983 · Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime as Hamilton Betts
- 1983 · Curse of the Pink Panther as Taxi Driver
- 1983 · Blackadder as Monk
- 1983 · Philip Marlowe, Private Eye as Frank Dorr
- 1982 · Trail of the Pink Panther as Taxi Driver
- 1982 · Remington Steele as Chester Harcourt
- 1982 · The Tempest as Caliban
- 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as
- 1982 · American Playhouse as Phil Cooper
- 1981 · Bergerac as Eugene Field
- 1981 · Bergerac as Karl Goldman
- 1981 · Raiders of the Lost Ark as Major Eaton
- 1981 · Before Water Lilies as Mel
- 1981 · The Life and Times of David Lloyd George as Winston Churchill
- 1981 · Sphinx as Don, Tour Guide
- 1980 · Rabbit Pie Day as Kolossov
- 1980 · Flash Gordon as Munson
- 1980 · Hussy as 1st. Punter
- 1980 · Bad Timing as Col. Taylor
- 1979 · Charlie Muffin as U.S. Embassy Photographer
- 1979 · Hanover Street as Beef
- 1979 · The Lady Vanishes as Party Guest
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Peter Bligh
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Harry Chester
- 1978 · The Lost Boys as Charles Frohman
- 1978 · The Lost Boys as Charles Frohman
- 1978 · Lillie as
- 1978 · Taxi as Liquor Authority Agent
- 1978 · Clouds of Glory as Reverend Dewey
- 1978 · The Billion Dollar Bubble as Lloyd Edens
- 1977 · Come Back, Little Sheba as Postman
- 1977 · Valentino as Fatty
- 1977 · Star Wars as Red Six (Porkins)
- 1977 · The Ambassadors as Little Bilham
- 1977 · Twilight's Last Gleaming as Sgt. Fitzpatrick
- 1976 · Laurence Olivier Presents as Postman
- 1976 · Yanks Go Home as
- 1976 · The Paradise Run as Party Guest
- 1974 · Playhouse as Mr. Bowles
- 1974 · NOVA as Voice of Methuselah
- 1973 · Big Zapper as Kono's Henchman
- 1972 · Van der Valk as Frank Garvin