William Hootkins
Acting
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
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movieAncestors Of Ancient Rome: The Etruscans
2013
Self / Narrator
movieColour Me Kubrick
2005
Frank Rich
movieDear Wendy
2005
Marshall Walker
movieBlessed
2004
Detective Lauderdale
movieThe Magnificent Ambersons
2002
Uncle George
movieHamilton Mattress
2002
Senor Balustrade (voice)
tvJustice League
2001
Commander (voice)
movieThe Breed
2001
Fusco
movieTown & Country
2001
Barney
tvAmerican Gangster
2000
Narrator
movieThe Miracle Maker
2000
Lucifer (voice)
movieAnimated Epics: Moby Dick
2000
Starbucks (voice)
movieThe Omega Code
1999
Sir Percival Lloyd
tvThe West Wing
1999
U.S. Translator
movieSurvivor Science: The Dead Man Walking
1999
Narrator (voice)
movieLike Father, Like Santa
1998
Santa Claus
movieSomething to Believe In
1998
Car Dealer
movieThis World, Then the Fireworks
1997
Jake Krutz
tvExtreme Machines
1997
Narrator
movieVirgin Mary
1995
judge Marulic
movieDeath Machine
1995
John Carpenter
tvAaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
Loch Ness Monster (voice)
movieThe NeverEnding Story III
1994
Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
tvIron Man
1994
Crimson Dynamo (voice)
movieAge of Treason
1993
Senator Garrus
movieThe Milky Life
1993
Julian Reilly
movieThe Cement Garden
1993
Commander Hunt (voice)
movieDust Devil
1992
Capt. Cornelius Beyman
movieThe Pope Must Die
1991
Cardinal Verucci
movieThe Princess and the Goblin
1991
Curdie's Father (voice)
movieHardware
1990
Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
movieBatman
1989
Eckhardt
movieMonkeys
1989
James Hoffman
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
FBI Agent Burt
tvThe New Statesman
1987
Willoughby Guzzler
movieSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
Harry Howler
movieU.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
1987
August T. Mirch
movieThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987
Myron Spellman
movieA State of Emergency
1986
Earl Linton
movieHaunted Honeymoon
1986
Reporter
movieBiggles
1986
Chuck
movieWhite Nights
1985
Chuck Malarek
movieZina
1985
Walter Adams
movieDreamchild
1985
1st Radio Actor
tvLytton's Diary
1985
Sam Wexler
movieBlack Carrion
1984
Lou Delmart
tvHammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
Lou Delmart
tvAgatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
Hamilton Betts
movieCurse of the Pink Panther
1983
Taxi Driver
tvBlackadder
1983
Monk
tvPhilip Marlowe, Private Eye
1983
Frank Dorr
movieTrail of the Pink Panther
1982
Taxi Driver
tvRemington Steele
1982
Chester Harcourt
movieThe Tempest
1982
Caliban
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
FBI Agent / Phil Cooper / Buddy Bliss
tvBergerac
1981
Eugene Field / Karl Goldman
movieRaiders of the Lost Ark
1981
Major Eaton
movieThe Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
Winston Churchill
movieSphinx
1981
Don, Tour Guide
movieFlash Gordon
1980
Munson
movieRabbit Pie Day
1980
Kolossov
movieHussy
1980
1st. Punter
movieBad Timing
1980
Col. Taylor
movieCharlie Muffin
1979
U.S. Embassy Photographer
movieThe Lady Vanishes
1979
Party Guest
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
Peter Bligh / Harry Chester
movieThe Lost Boys
1978
Charles Frohman
tvThe Lost Boys
1978
Charles Frohman
tvTaxi
1978
Liquor Authority Agent
Clouds of Glory
1978
Reverend Dewey
movieThe Billion Dollar Bubble
1978
Lloyd Edens
Premiere
1977
Kolossov
movieValentino
1977
Fatty
movieStar Wars
1977
Red Six (Porkins)
movieThe Ambassadors
1977
Little Bilham
movieTwilight's Last Gleaming
1977
Sgt. Fitzpatrick
movieThe Paradise Run
1976
Party Guest
tvPlayhouse
1974
Mr. Bowles
tvNOVA
1974
Voice of Methuselah
movieBig Zapper
1973
Kono's Henchman
tvVan der Valk
1972
Frank Garvin
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Little Bilham