William Hootkins
86 movies · 30 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 5, 1948
- Died
- Oct 23, 2005 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- 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
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William Hootkins: movies and TV shows
Acting (116)
- 2005 Colour Me Kubrick
as Frank Rich
- 2005 Dear Wendy
as Marshall Walker
- 2004 Blessed
as Detective Lauderdale
- 2003
- 2002 The Magnificent Ambersons
as Uncle George
- 2002 Hamilton Mattress
as Senor Balustrade (voice)
- 2001
- 2001 The Breed
as Fusco
- 2001 Town & Country
as Barney
- 2000
- 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)
- 1999 The Omega Code
as Sir Percival Lloyd
- 1999
- 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
- 1997 Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
as The Man
- 1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Kiril
- 1995 The Miracle of Medjugorje
as judge Marulic
- 1995 Funny Bones
as Al
- 1995 Death Machine
as John Carpenter
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994 The NeverEnding Story III
as Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
- 1994
- 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: 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
- 1992 A River Runs Through It
as Murphy
- 1992
- 1992 Dust Devil
as Capt. Cornelius Beyman
- 1992
- 1992 Predators of the Wild: Lion
as Narrator
- 1992 Predators of the Wild: Shark
as Narrator
- 1992 Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
as Narrator
- 1992 Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
as Narrator
- 1992 Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
as Narrator
- 1992 Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
as Narrator
- 1991 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
- 1990 Hardware
as Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
- 1989 Batman
as Eckhardt
- 1989 Crusoe
as Auctioneer
- 1989 Monkeys
as James Hoffman
- 1989
- 1987
- 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
- 1985
- 1984 Black Carrion
as Lou Delmart
- 1984
- 1983
- 1983 Curse of the Pink Panther
as Taxi Driver
- 1983
- 1983
- 1982 Trail of the Pink Panther
as Taxi Driver
- 1982
- 1982 The Tempest
as Caliban
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981
- 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 Flash Gordon
as Munson
- 1980 Rabbit Pie Day
as Kolossov
- 1980
- 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
- 1978 The Lost Boys
as Charles Frohman
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978 The Billion Dollar Bubble
as Lloyd Edens
- 1977 Come Back, Little Sheba
as Postman
- 1977
- 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
- 1976
- 1976 The Paradise Run
as Party Guest
- 1974
- 1974
- 1973 Big Zapper
as Kono's Henchman
- 1972
- 1965
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 2013