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William Hootkins

Born 1948-07-05
Died 2005-10-23
📍 Dallas, Texas, USA

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

Filmography 112

Colour Me Kubrick
as Frank Rich
2005
Dear Wendy
as Marshall Walker
2005
Blessed
as Detective Lauderdale
2004
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Uncle George
2002
Hamilton Mattress
as Senor Balustrade (voice)
2002
Justice League
as Commander (voice)
2001
The Breed
as Fusco
2001
Town & Country
as Barney
2001
American Gangster
as Narrator
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
as Sergei Diaghilev
2000
The Miracle Maker
as Lucifer (voice)
2000
Animated Epics: Moby Dick
as Starbucks (voice)
2000
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)
1999
Like Father, Like Santa
as Santa Claus
1998
Something to Believe In
as Car Dealer
1998
This World, Then the Fireworks
as Jake Krutz
1997
Extreme Machines
as Narrator
1997
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
as The Man
1997
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Kiril
1996
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
1995
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
1994
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: Polar Bear
as Narrator
1993
Predators of the Wild: Wolf
as Narrator
1993
Predators of the Wild: Tiger
as Narrator
1993
Predators of the Wild: Snake
as Narrator
1993
Predators of the Wild: Hawk
as Narrator
1993
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: Grizzly Bear
as Narrator
1992
Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
as Narrator
1992
Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
as Narrator
1992
Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
as Narrator
1992
Hear My Song
as Mr. X
1991
The Pope Must Die
as Cardinal Verucci
1991
The Princess and the Goblin
as Curdie's Father (voice)
1991
Predators of the Wild: Bats
as Narrator
1991
Hardware
as Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
1990
Batman
as Eckhardt
1989
Monkeys
as James Hoffman
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as FBI Agent Burt
1989
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
1987
A State of Emergency
as Earl Linton
1986
Haunted Honeymoon
as Reporter
1986
Biggles
as Chuck
1986
White Nights
as Chuck Malarek
1985
Zina
as Walter Adams
1985
Dreamchild
as 1st Radio Actor
1985
Water
as Ben
1985
Lytton's Diary
as Sam Wexler
1985
Black Carrion
as Lou Delmart
1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as Lou Delmart
1984
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
1983
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Taxi Driver
1982
Remington Steele
as Chester Harcourt
1982
The Tempest
as Caliban
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982
American Playhouse
as Phil Cooper
1982
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
1981
Flash Gordon
as Munson
1980
Rabbit Pie Day
as Kolossov
1980
Hussy
as 1st. Punter
1980
Bad Timing
as Col. Taylor
1980
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
1979
The Lost Boys
as Charles Frohman
1978
The Lost Boys
as Charles Frohman
1978
Taxi
as Liquor Authority Agent
1978
Clouds of Glory
as Reverend Dewey
1978
The Billion Dollar Bubble
as Lloyd Edens
1978
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
1977
Laurence Olivier Presents
as Postman
1976
The Paradise Run
as Party Guest
1976
Playhouse
as Mr. Bowles
1974
NOVA
as Voice of Methuselah
1974
Big Zapper
as Kono's Henchman
1973
Van der Valk
as Frank Garvin
1972
BBC Play of the Month
as Little Bilham
1965