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person_profile-William Hootkins

William Hootkins Died at age: 57

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

William Hootkins

Date of Birth:

Jul 05, 1948

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 23, 2005

Biography of

William Hootkins

    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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Filmography of

William Hootkins

Found 76 Movies in total

Colour Me Kubrick

Frank Rich ( Actor )

... 2005

Dear Wendy

Marshall Walker ( Actor )

... 2005

Blessed

Detective Lauderdale ( Actor )

... 2004

... 2002

The Magnificent Ambersons

Uncle George ( Actor )

... 2002

The Breed

Fusco ( Actor )

... 2001

Town & Country

Barney ( Actor )

... 2001

The Omega Code

Sir Percival Lloyd ( Actor )

... 1999

Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1999

Like Father, Like Santa

Santa Claus ( Actor )

... 1998

Something to Believe In

Car Dealer ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1997

... 1997

... 1996

Virgin Mary

judge Marulic ( Actor )

... 1995

Funny Bones

Al ( Actor )

... 1995

Death Machine

John Carpenter ( Actor )

... 1995

... 1995

The NeverEnding Story III

Bark Troll / Falkor (voice) ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1994

... 1994

Age of Treason

Senator Garrus ( Actor )

... 1993

The Cement Garden

Commander Hunt (voice) ( Actor )

... 1993

... 1993

... 1993

... 1993

... 1993

... 1993

... 1993

A River Runs Through It

Murphy ( Actor )

... 1992

Dust Devil

Capt. Cornelius Beyman ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1992

... 1992

... 1992

... 1992

... 1992

... 1992

Hear My Song

Mr. X ( Actor )

... 1991

The Pope Must Die

Cardinal Verucci ( Actor )

... 1991

... 1991

Hardware

Lincoln Wineberg Jr. ( Actor )

... 1990

Batman

Eckhardt ( Actor )

... 1989

Monkeys

James Hoffman ( Actor )

... 1989

American Gothic

Teddy ( Actor )

... 1987

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Harry Howler ( Actor )

... 1987

U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart

August T. Mirch ( Actor )

... 1987

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Myron Spellman ( Actor )

... 1987

... 1986

Haunted Honeymoon

Reporter ( Actor )

... 1986

Biggles

Chuck ( Actor )

... 1986

White Nights

Chuck Malarek ( Actor )

... 1985

Zina

Walter Adams ( Actor )

... 1985

Dreamchild

1st Radio Actor ( Actor )

... 1985

Water

Ben ( Actor )

... 1985

Black Carrion

Lou Delmart ( Actor )

... 1984

Black Carrion

Lou Delmart ( Actor )

... 1984

Curse of the Pink Panther

Taxi Driver ( Actor )

... 1983

Trail of the Pink Panther

Taxi Driver ( Actor )

... 1982

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Major Eaton ( Actor )

... 1981

Before Water Lilies

Mel ( Actor )

... 1981

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

Winston Churchill ( Actor )

... 1981

Sphinx

Don, Tour Guide ( Actor )

... 1981

Flash Gordon

Munson ( Actor )

... 1980

Hussy

1st. Punter ( Actor )

... 1980

Bad Timing

Col. Taylor ( Actor )

... 1980

Charlie Muffin

U.S. Embassy Photographer ( Actor )

... 1979

Hanover Street

Beef ( Actor )

... 1979

The Lady Vanishes

Party Guest ( Actor )

... 1979

The Lost Boys

Charles Frohman ( Actor )

... 1978

The Billion Dollar Bubble

Lloyd Edens ( Actor )

... 1978

Come Back, Little Sheba

Postman ( Actor )

... 1977

Valentino

Fatty ( Actor )

... 1977

Star Wars

Red Six (Porkins) ( Actor )

... 1977

The Ambassadors

Little Bilham ( Actor )

... 1977

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Sgt. Fitzpatrick ( Actor )

... 1977

Big Zapper

Kono's Henchman ( Actor )

... 1973