Cast
William Hootkins
Acting
Cast
William Hootkins
Known for
Acting
Born
1948-07-05
From
Dallas, Texas, USA
Died
2005-10-23
Also known as Bill Hootkins, William Michael Hootkins
Biography
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
Star Wars
as Red Six (Porkins)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Major Eaton
Batman
as Eckhardt
A River Runs Through It
as Murphy
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Harry Howler
Flash Gordon
as Munson
Valentino
as Fatty
The NeverEnding Story III
as Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
Death Machine
as John Carpenter
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Kiril
White Nights
as Chuck Malarek
Hardware
as Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
The Cement Garden
as Commander Hunt (voice)
Sphinx
as Don, Tour Guide
Water
as Ben
Town & Country
as Barney
Dear Wendy
as Marshall Walker
Funny Bones
as Al
American Gothic
as Teddy
The Tempest
as Caliban
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Taxi Driver
The Miracle Maker
as Lucifer (voice)
Black Carrion
as Lou Delmart
The Princess and the Goblin
as Curdie's Father (voice)
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Taxi Driver
Hanover Street
as Beef
This World, Then the Fireworks
as Jake Krutz
Zina
as Walter Adams
Haunted Honeymoon
as Reporter
Dust Devil
as Capt. Cornelius Beyman
Biggles
as Chuck
The Lady Vanishes
as Party Guest
Bad Timing
as Col. Taylor
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Sgt. Fitzpatrick
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Uncle George
The Pope Must Die
as Cardinal Verucci
Hear My Song
as Mr. X
Hussy
as 1st. Punter
Blessed
as Detective Lauderdale
The Omega Code
as Sir Percival Lloyd
The Breed
as Fusco
Colour Me Kubrick
as Frank Rich
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
as Sergei Diaghilev
Age of Treason
as Senator Garrus
Virgin Mary
as judge Marulic
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
as August T. Mirch
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Myron Spellman
The Paradise Run
as Party Guest
A State of Emergency
as Earl Linton
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Winston Churchill
The Billion Dollar Bubble
as Lloyd Edens
Dreamchild
as 1st Radio Actor
Hamilton Mattress
as Senor Balustrade (voice)
Come Back, Little Sheba
as Postman
The Lost Boys
as Charles Frohman
Something to Believe In
as Car Dealer
Predators of the Wild: Lion
as Narrator
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
as The Man
Rabbit Pie Day
as Kolossov
Mars: Pioneering the Planet
Animated Epics: Moby Dick
as Starbucks (voice)
The Milky Life
as Julian Reilly
Predators of the Wild: Bats
as Narrator
Before Water Lilies
as Mel
Big Zapper
as Kono's Henchman
Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
as Narrator
Charlie Muffin
as U.S. Embassy Photographer
Like Father, Like Santa
as Santa Claus
The Ambassadors
as Little Bilham
Monkeys
as James Hoffman
Predators of the Wild: Snake
as Narrator
Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking
as Narrator (voice)
Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Shark
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: African Survival
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Tiger
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Wolf
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula
as Narrator
Gummed Labels
Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Hawk
as Narrator