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
★8.2
MOVIE1977
Star Wars
as Red Six (Porkins)
★7.9
MOVIE1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Major Eaton
★7.2
MOVIE1989
Batman
as Eckhardt
★7.0
MOVIE1992
A River Runs Through It
as Murphy
★6.3
MOVIE1980
Flash Gordon
as Munson
★4.6
MOVIE1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Harry Howler
★4.9
MOVIE1996
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Kiril
★6.5
MOVIE1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Sgt. Fitzpatrick
★3.6
MOVIE1993
The Milky Life
as Julian Reilly
★5.9
MOVIE1990
Hardware
as Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
★6.7
MOVIE1985
White Nights
as Chuck Malarek
★6.6
MOVIE1995
Funny Bones
as Al
★5.2
MOVIE2001
The Breed
as Fusco
★4.6
MOVIE1983
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Taxi Driver
★4.5
MOVIE1994
The NeverEnding Story III
as Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
★6.6
MOVIE1985
Dreamchild
as 1st Radio Actor
★6.8
MOVIE1993
The Cement Garden
as Commander Hunt (voice)
★5.6
MOVIE1979
Hanover Street
as Beef
★6.0
MOVIE1982
The Tempest
as Caliban
★5.2
MOVIE1982
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Taxi Driver
★5.2
MOVIE1986
Biggles
as Chuck
★6.1
MOVIE2000
The Miracle Maker
as Lucifer (voice)
★5.8
MOVIE1977
Valentino
as Fatty
★6.0
MOVIE1979
The Lady Vanishes
as Party Guest
★5.9
MOVIE1991
Hear My Song
as Mr. X
★5.7
MOVIE1981
Sphinx
as Don, Tour Guide
★5.9
MOVIE1995
Death Machine
as John Carpenter
★5.0
MOVIE1991
The Pope Must Die
as Cardinal Verucci
★6.4
MOVIE1993
Age of Treason
as Senator Garrus
★6.0
MOVIE1985
Zina
as Walter Adams
★6.6
MOVIE1980
Bad Timing
as Col. Taylor
★6.1
MOVIE1985
Water
as Ben
★5.9
MOVIE2002
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Uncle George
★5.8
MOVIE1998
Like Father, Like Santa
as Santa Claus
★4.5
MOVIE1999
The Omega Code
as Sir Percival Lloyd
★5.4
MOVIE1986
Haunted Honeymoon
as Reporter
★7.0
MOVIE1989
Monkeys
as James Hoffman
★5.8
MOVIE1991
The Princess and the Goblin
as Curdie's Father (voice)
★4.9
MOVIE1980
Hussy
as 1st. Punter
★3.5
MOVIE1986
A State of Emergency
as Earl Linton
★4.5
MOVIE2001
Town & Country
as Barney
★5.2
MOVIE1997
This World, Then the Fireworks
as Jake Krutz
★5.9
MOVIE1987
American Gothic
as Teddy
★7.0
MOVIE1977
Come Back, Little Sheba
as Postman
★6.4
MOVIE1979
Charlie Muffin
as U.S. Embassy Photographer
★5.7
MOVIE2005
Colour Me Kubrick
as Frank Rich
★8.0
MOVIE1992
Gummed Labels
★8.0
MOVIE2003
Mars: Pioneering the Planet
★6.8
MOVIE2002
Hamilton Mattress
as Senor Balustrade (voice)
★5.8
MOVIE2005
Dear Wendy
as Marshall Walker
★6.3
MOVIE1992
Dust Devil
as Capt. Cornelius Beyman
★4.8
MOVIE2004
Blessed
as Detective Lauderdale
★5.5
MOVIE2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
as Sergei Diaghilev
★4.4
MOVIE1995
Virgin Mary
as judge Marulic
MOVIE1976
The Paradise Run
as Party Guest
★8.0
MOVIE1978
The Lost Boys
as Charles Frohman
★6.0
MOVIE1987
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Myron Spellman
★7.5
MOVIE1984
Black Carrion
as Lou Delmart
★5.0
MOVIE1998
Something to Believe In
as Car Dealer
MOVIE1981
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Winston Churchill
★8.5
MOVIE2000
Animated Epics: Moby Dick
as Starbucks (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE1978
The Billion Dollar Bubble
as Lloyd Edens
★7.0
MOVIE1977
The Ambassadors
as Little Bilham
MOVIE2013
Ancestors Of Ancient Rome: The Etruscans
as Self / Narrator
MOVIE1980
Rabbit Pie Day
as Kolossov
★4.0
MOVIE1973
Big Zapper
as Kono's Henchman
★9.0
MOVIE1987
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
as August T. Mirch
MOVIE1992
Predators of the Wild: Lion
as Narrator
★8.0
MOVIE1997
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
as The Man
MOVIE1999
Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1981
Before Water Lilies
as Mel
MOVIE1992
Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
as Narrator
MOVIE1994
Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
as Narrator
MOVIE1991
Predators of the Wild: Bats
as Narrator
MOVIE1993
Predators of the Wild: Snake
as Narrator
MOVIE1992
Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
as Narrator
MOVIE1993
Predators of the Wild: Wolf
as Narrator
MOVIE1993
Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula
as Narrator
MOVIE1994
Predators of the Wild: African Survival
as Narrator
MOVIE1993
Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear
as Narrator
MOVIE1992
Predators of the Wild: Shark
as Narrator
MOVIE1992
Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
as Narrator
MOVIE1993
Predators of the Wild: Tiger
as Narrator
MOVIE1993
Predators of the Wild: Hawk
as Narrator
MOVIE1992
Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
as Narrator
MOVIE1995
Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
as Narrator