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William Hootkins
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Acting
Birthday
1948-07-05,Dallas, Texas, USA
Gender
Male
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

Filmography

8.204

Star Wars
1977-05-25

Raiders of the Lost Ark

7.928

Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981-06-12

7.23

Batman
1989-06-21

A River Runs Through It

7

A River Runs Through It
1992-10-09

5.754

Death Machine
1995-05-02

6.211

Flash Gordon
1980-09-01

0

Monkeys
1989-02-08

The Lady Vanishes

6

The Lady Vanishes
1979-04-30

6.402

Dust Devil
1992-07-11

4.8

Blessed
2004-05-16

5.2

Biggles
1988-01-29

5.9

Hardware
1990-09-14

6.5

Bad Timing
1980-03-02

The Island of Dr. Moreau

4.878

The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996-08-23

5.6

Hanover Street
1979-05-18

Trail of the Pink Panther

5.193

Trail of the Pink Panther
1982-12-03

5.9

Valentino
1977-09-07

The Cement Garden

6.8

The Cement Garden
1993-02-20

6.7

White Nights
1985-11-22

5.5

Sphinx
1981-02-11

Animated Epics: Moby Dick

9

Animated Epics: Moby Dick
2000-01-01

5.342

The Breed
2001-07-19

American Gothic

5.9

American Gothic
1987-08-17

5.9

Hear My Song
1991-12-27

Twilight's Last Gleaming

6.4

Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977-02-09

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

5.2

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987-01-10

Predators of the Wild: Lion

0

Predators of the Wild: Lion
1992-01-01

Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula

0

Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula
1993-01-01

Predators of the Wild: Shark

0

Predators of the Wild: Shark
1992-01-01

Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear

0

Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear
1993-01-01

Predators of the Wild: Wolf

0

Predators of the Wild: Wolf
1993-01-01

Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators

0

Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
1994-01-01

Predators of the Wild: Hawk

0

Predators of the Wild: Hawk
1993-01-01

Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear

0

Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
1992-01-01

Predators of the Wild: Tiger

0

Predators of the Wild: Tiger
1993-01-01

Predators of the Wild: Snake

0

Predators of the Wild: Snake
1993-01-01

Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard

0

Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
1992-01-01

Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale

0

Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
1992-01-01

Predators of the Wild: African Survival

0

Predators of the Wild: African Survival
1994-01-01

Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive

0

Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
1995-01-01

Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted

0

Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
1992-01-01

Predators of the Wild: Bats

0

Predators of the Wild: Bats
1991-01-01

This World, Then the Fireworks

4.8

This World, Then the Fireworks
1997-07-11

A State of Emergency

1.3

A State of Emergency
1986-11-01

Come Back, Little Sheba

0

Come Back, Little Sheba
1977-12-31

U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart

0

U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
1987-03-27

Curse of the Pink Panther

4.6

Curse of the Pink Panther
1983-08-12

Like Father, Like Santa

5

Like Father, Like Santa
1998-12-01

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

4.6

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987-07-24

The Ambassadors

0

The Ambassadors
1977-03-13

5.4

Zina
1985-11-01

4.7

Hussy
1980-05-01

6.7

Dreamchild
1985-10-04

Mars: Pioneering the Planet

8

Mars: Pioneering the Planet
2003-08-10

Hamilton Mattress

6.4

Hamilton Mattress
2002-01-01

5.8

Water
1985-01-11

3

The Milky Life
1993-02-23

Haunted Honeymoon

5.4

Haunted Honeymoon
1986-07-25

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

0

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981-03-04

6.5

Funny Bones
1995-09-20

Colour Me Kubrick

5.651

Colour Me Kubrick
2005-10-06

8

The Lost Boys
1978-10-11

4.6

Virgin Mary
1995-10-12

4

Big Zapper
1973-07-05

Something to Believe In

2.5

Something to Believe In
1998-05-08

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

5

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000-07-13

5.5

The Tempest
1982-09-24

The Pope Must Diet

4.9

The Pope Must Diet
1991-06-21

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

0

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997-01-19

5.5

Charlie Muffin
1979-12-11

The Billion Dollar Bubble

7

The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978-06-08

The Paradise Run

0

The Paradise Run
1976-04-05

The NeverEnding Story III

4.5

The NeverEnding Story III
1994-10-26

5.8

Age of Treason
1993-06-20

Before Water Lilies

0

Before Water Lilies
1981-03-24

5.813

Dear Wendy
2005-02-04

4.692

The Omega Code
1999-10-15

The Magnificent Ambersons

5.8

The Magnificent Ambersons
2002-01-12

4.5

Town & Country
2001-04-27

6

Black Carrion
1984-11-12

0

Rabbit Pie Day
1980-11-10

Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking

0

Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking
1999-08-12

Remington Steele

7.084

Remington Steele
1982-10-01

6.4

Bergerac
1981-10-18

Tales of the Unexpected

6.7

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

6.5

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992-03-04

6.9

Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25

8.2

Lillie
1978-09-24

5.8

Van der Valk
1972-09-13

5

Yanks Go Home
1976-11-22

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

6.4

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984-09-05

Agatha Christie's Poirot

8.1

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989-01-08

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

6.6

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
1983-04-16

8.1

Justice League
2001-11-17

Clouds of Glory

5

Clouds of Glory
1978-07-09

6.8

NOVA
1974-03-03

8.3

The West Wing
1999-09-22

Laurence Olivier Presents

7

Laurence Olivier Presents
1976-12-05

7.2

Taxi
1978-09-12

0

The Lost Boys
1978-10-11

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

7.8

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994-10-29

8

Blackadder
1983-06-15

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

6.071

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983-10-09

6.4

Bergerac
1981-10-18

6.6

Iron Man
1994-09-24

Extreme Machines

0

Extreme Machines
1997-04-26

The New Statesman

7.5

The New Statesman
1987-09-13

American Playhouse

5.667

American Playhouse
1982-01-12

American Gangster

0

American Gangster
2000-08-10

Tales of the Unexpected

6.7

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

7

Playhouse
1974-03-13