William Hootkins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 5, 1948
- Died
- October 23, 2005 (aged 57)
- Birthplace
- Dallas, Texas, USA
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
Known For
Filmography
Ancestors Of Ancient Rome: The Etruscans
Movie · as Self / Narrator
Colour Me Kubrick
Movie · as Frank Rich
Dear Wendy
Movie · as Marshall Walker
Blessed
Movie · as Detective Lauderdale
Mars: Pioneering the Planet
Movie
Hamilton Mattress
Movie · as Senor Balustrade (voice)
The Magnificent Ambersons
Movie · as Uncle George
The Breed
Movie · as Fusco
Town & Country
Movie · as Barney
Justice League
TV · as Commander (voice) · 1 ep
Animated Epics: Moby Dick
Movie · as Starbucks (voice)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Movie · as Sergei Diaghilev
The Miracle Maker
Movie · as Lucifer (voice)
American Gangster
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
The Omega Code
Movie · as Sir Percival Lloyd
Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The West Wing
TV · as U.S. Translator · 1 ep
Like Father, Like Santa
Movie · as Santa Claus
Something to Believe In
Movie · as Car Dealer
This World, Then the Fireworks
Movie · as Jake Krutz
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Movie · as The Man
Extreme Machines
TV · as Narrator · 60 eps
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Movie · as Kiril
Death Machine
Movie · as John Carpenter
Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
Movie · as Narrator
Funny Bones
Movie · as Al
The Miracle of Medjugorje
Movie · as judge Marulic
Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
Movie · as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: African Survival
Movie · as Narrator
The NeverEnding Story III
Movie · as Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
TV · as Loch Ness Monster (voice) · 1 ep
Iron Man
TV · as Crimson Dynamo (voice) · 1 ep
The Cement Garden
Movie · as Commander Hunt (voice)
Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula
Movie · as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear
Movie · as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Wolf
Movie · as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Tiger
Movie · as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Snake
Movie · as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Hawk
Movie · as Narrator
The Milky Life
Movie · as Julian Reilly
Age of Treason
Movie · as Senator Garrus
A River Runs Through It
Movie · as Murphy
Dust Devil
Movie · as Capt. Cornelius Beyman
Predators of the Wild: Lion
Movie · as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Shark
Movie · as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
Movie · as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
Movie · as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
Movie · as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
Movie · as Narrator
Gummed Labels
Movie
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TV · as Diaghilev · 1 ep
Hear My Song
Movie · as Mr. X
Predators of the Wild: Bats
Movie · as Narrator
The Pope Must Die
Movie · as Cardinal Verucci
The Princess and the Goblin
Movie · as Curdie's Father (voice)
Hardware
Movie · as Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
Chancer
TV · as Moody · 1 ep
Batman
Movie · as Eckhardt
Monkeys
Movie · as James Hoffman
Crusoe
Movie · as Auctioneer
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as FBI Agent Burt · 1 ep
American Gothic
Movie · as Teddy
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Myron Spellman
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
Movie · as August T. Mirch
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Movie · as Harry Howler
The New Statesman
TV · as Willoughby Guzzler · 1 ep
Biggles
Movie · as Chuck
A State of Emergency
Movie · as Earl Linton
Haunted Honeymoon
Movie · as Reporter
White Nights
Movie · as Chuck Malarek
Zina
Movie · as Walter Adams
Dreamchild
Movie · as First Radio Actor
Water
Movie · as Ben
Lytton's Diary
TV · as Sam Wexler · 1 ep
Black Carrion
Movie · as Lou Delmart
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
TV · as Lou Delmart · 1 ep
Curse of the Pink Panther
Movie · as Taxi Driver
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
TV · as Frank Dorr · 1 ep
Blackadder
TV · as Monk · 1 ep
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
TV · as Hamilton Betts · 1 ep
Trail of the Pink Panther
Movie · as Taxi Driver
The Tempest
Movie · as Caliban
Remington Steele
TV · as Chester Harcourt · 1 ep
Cagney & Lacey
TV · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as FBI Agent, Phil Cooper, Buddy Bliss · 2 eps
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Movie · as Major Eaton
Sphinx
Movie · as Don, Tour Guide
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Movie · as Winston Churchill
Before Water Lilies
Movie · as Mel
Bergerac
TV · as Eugene Field, Karl Goldman · 1 ep
Flash Gordon
Movie · as Munson
Bad Timing
Movie · as Col. Taylor
Hussy
Movie · as 1st. Punter
Rabbit Pie Day
Movie · as Kolossov
Oppenheimer
TV · as FBI Agent · 2 eps
The Lady Vanishes
Movie · as Party Guest
Hanover Street
Movie · as Beef
Charlie Muffin
Movie · as U.S. Embassy Photographer
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Peter Bligh, Harry Chester · 2 eps
The Lost Boys
Movie · as Charles Frohman
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Movie · as Lloyd Edens
Clouds of Glory
TV · as Reverend Dewey · 1 ep
Taxi
TV · as Agent #2 · 1 ep
The Lost Boys
TV · as Charles Frohman · 3 eps
Life at Stake
TV · as EECOM Liebergot · 1 ep
Star Wars
Movie · as Red Six (Porkins)
Valentino
Movie · as Fatty
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Movie · as Sgt. Fitzpatrick
Come Back, Little Sheba
Movie · as Postman
The Ambassadors
Movie · as Little Bilham
Premiere
TV · as Kolossov · 1 ep
The Paradise Run
Movie · as Party Guest
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV · as Postman · 1 ep
Yanks Go Home
TV · as Colonel Richter · 1 ep
NOVA
TV · as Voice of Methuselah · 1 ep
Playhouse
TV · as Mr. Bowles · 1 ep
Big Zapper
Movie · as Kono's Henchman
Van der Valk
TV · as Frank Garvin · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Little Bilham · 1 ep