William Hootkins
Acting
Born: July 5, 1948 · Dallas, Texas, USA
Died: October 23, 2005 (aged 57)
Highest Rated
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
Star Wars
1977
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
Batman
1989
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
A River Runs Through It
1992
Flash Gordon
1980
Justice League
2001
The West Wing
1999
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Blackadder
1983
The NeverEnding Story III
1994
Photos (1)
Movies (84)
Star Wars
Red Six (Porkins)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Major Eaton
A River Runs Through It
Murphy
Trail of the Pink Panther
Taxi Driver
Batman
Eckhardt
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Kiril
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Sgt. Fitzpatrick
Flash Gordon
Munson
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Harry Howler
Bad Timing
Col. Taylor
Haunted Honeymoon
Reporter
The Miracle Maker
Lucifer (voice)
Town & Country
Barney
The NeverEnding Story III
Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
Hardware
Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
White Nights
Chuck Malarek
Curse of the Pink Panther
Taxi Driver
Funny Bones
Al
Biggles
Chuck
Death Machine
John Carpenter
Hanover Street
Beef
The Cement Garden
Commander Hunt (voice)
This World, Then the Fireworks
Jake Krutz
The Lady Vanishes
Party Guest
Dreamchild
1st Radio Actor
Sphinx
Don, Tour Guide
Valentino
Fatty
The Omega Code
Sir Percival Lloyd
Dear Wendy
Marshall Walker
The Princess and the Goblin
Curdie's Father (voice)
The Miracle of Medjugorje
judge Marulic
Crusoe
Auctioneer
Hussy
1st. Punter
American Gothic
Teddy
Dust Devil
Capt. Cornelius Beyman
The Breed
Fusco
A State of Emergency
Earl Linton
Like Father, Like Santa
Santa Claus
The Pope Must Die
Cardinal Verucci
Age of Treason
Senator Garrus
Water
Ben
Something to Believe In
Car Dealer
Zina
Walter Adams
Colour Me Kubrick
Frank Rich
The Lost Boys
Charles Frohman
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
August T. Mirch
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Sergei Diaghilev
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Myron Spellman
Blessed
Detective Lauderdale
Come Back, Little Sheba
Postman
The Tempest
Caliban
Hear My Song
Mr. X
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Lloyd Edens
The Magnificent Ambersons
Uncle George
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
Hamilton Mattress
Senor Balustrade (voice)
The Milky Life
Julian Reilly
Monkeys
James Hoffman
Charlie Muffin
U.S. Embassy Photographer
Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear
Narrator
Big Zapper
Kono's Henchman
Black Carrion
Lou Delmart
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
The Man
Predators of the Wild: Wolf
Narrator
Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking
Narrator (voice)
Predators of the Wild: Bats
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: African Survival
Narrator
Animated Epics: Moby Dick
Starbucks (voice)
The Paradise Run
Party Guest
The Ambassadors
Little Bilham
Predators of the Wild: Hawk
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
Narrator
Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Shark
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Snake
Narrator
Rabbit Pie Day
Kolossov
Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Lion
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Tiger
Narrator
Before Water Lilies
Mel
Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
Narrator
TV Shows (32)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
FBI Agent Burt · 1 eps
The West Wing
U.S. Translator · 1 eps
NOVA
Voice of Methuselah · 1 eps
Taxi
Agent #2 · 1 eps
American Playhouse
FBI Agent · 2 eps
American Playhouse
Phil Cooper · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Buddy Bliss · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Little Bilham · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Peter Bligh · 2 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Harry Chester · 1 eps
Remington Steele
Chester Harcourt · 1 eps
Cagney & Lacey
1 eps
Bergerac
Eugene Field · 1 eps
Bergerac
Karl Goldman · 1 eps
Playhouse
Mr. Bowles · 1 eps
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Loch Ness Monster (voice) · 1 eps
Blackadder
Monk · 1 eps
Justice League
Commander (voice) · 1 eps
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Diaghilev · 1 eps
Iron Man
Crimson Dynamo (voice) · 1 eps
Van der Valk
Frank Garvin · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Hamilton Betts · 1 eps
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Lou Delmart · 1 eps
The New Statesman
Willoughby Guzzler · 1 eps
Lytton's Diary
Sam Wexler · 1 eps
Oppenheimer
FBI Agent · 2 eps
Extreme Machines
Narrator · 60 eps
Laurence Olivier Presents
Postman · 1 eps
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
Frank Dorr · 1 eps
Yanks Go Home
Colonel Richter · 1 eps
The Lost Boys
Charles Frohman · 3 eps
American Gangster
Narrator · 3 eps
