William 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
Known For
Red Six (Porkins)
Star Wars
Major Eaton
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Eckhardt
Batman
Murphy
A River Runs Through It
John Carpenter
Death Machine
Munson
Flash Gordon
James Hoffman
Monkeys
Party Guest
The Lady Vanishes
Capt. Cornelius Beyman
Dust Devil
Detective Lauderdale
Blessed
Chuck
Biggles
Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
Hardware
Col. Taylor
Bad Timing
Kiril
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Beef
Hanover Street
Taxi Driver
Trail of the Pink Panther
Fatty
Valentino
Commander Hunt (voice)
The Cement Garden
Chuck Malarek
White Nights
Don, Tour Guide
Sphinx
Starbucks (voice)
Моби Дик
Fusco
The Breed
Teddy
American Gothic
Mr. X
Hear My Song
Sgt. Fitzpatrick
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Myron Spellman
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Lion
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Wolf
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Shark
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Tiger
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Snake
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Hawk
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Bats
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: African Survival
Narrator
Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
Jake Krutz
This World, Then the Fireworks
Earl Linton
A State of Emergency
Postman
Come Back, Little Sheba
August T. Mirch
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
Taxi Driver
Curse of the Pink Panther
Santa Claus
Like Father, Like Santa
Harry Howler
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Little Bilham
The Ambassadors
1st. Punter
Hussy
Walter Adams
Zina
1st Radio Actor
Dreamchild
Mars: Pioneering the Planet
Senor Balustrade (voice)
Hamilton Mattress
Ben
Water
Julian Reilly
La vida láctea
Reporter
Haunted Honeymoon
Winston Churchill
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Al
Funny Bones
Frank Rich
Colour Me Kubrick
Charles Frohman
The Lost Boys
judge Marulic
Gospa, The Miracle of Medjugorje
Kono's Henchman
Big Zapper
Car Dealer
Something to Believe In
Sergei Diaghilev
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Caliban
The Tempest
Cardinal Verucci
The Pope Must Die
The Man
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
U.S. Embassy Photographer
Charlie Muffin
Lloyd Edens
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Party Guest
The Paradise Run
Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
Die unendliche Geschichte III - Rettung aus Phantásien
Senator Garrus
Age of Treason
Mel
Before Water Lilies
Marshall Walker
Dear Wendy
Sir Percival Lloyd
The Omega Code
Uncle George
The Magnificent Ambersons
Barney
Town & Country
Lou Delmart
Black Carrion
Kolossov
Rabbit Pie Day
Narrator (voice)
Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
82
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-07-05
Place of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Bill Hootkins