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William Hootkins‌

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William Hootkins

Dallas, Texas, USA

William Hootkins

Dallas, Texas, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1948-07-05

Popularity

star3.4

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

Movie Credits

Star Wars

Star Wars‌
star8.2
calendar 1977

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark‌
star7.9
calendar 1981

Batman

Batman‌
star7.2
calendar 1989

A River Runs Through It

A River Runs Through It‌
star7.0
calendar 1992

Death Machine

Death Machine‌
star5.8
calendar 1995

Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon‌
star6.2
calendar 1980

Monkeys

Monkeys‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes‌
star6.0
calendar 1979

Dust Devil

Dust Devil‌
star6.4
calendar 1992

Blessed

Blessed‌
star4.8
calendar 2004

Biggles

Biggles‌
star5.2
calendar 1988

Hardware

Hardware‌
star5.9
calendar 1990

Bad Timing

Bad Timing‌
star6.5
calendar 1980

The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Dr. Moreau‌
star4.9
calendar 1996

Hanover Street

Hanover Street‌
star5.6
calendar 1979

Trail of the Pink Panther

Trail of the Pink Panther‌
star5.2
calendar 1982

Valentino

Valentino‌
star5.9
calendar 1977

The Cement Garden

The Cement Garden‌
star6.8
calendar 1993

White Nights

White Nights‌
star6.7
calendar 1985

Sphinx

Sphinx‌
star5.5
calendar 1981

Animated Epics: Moby Dick

Animated Epics: Moby Dick‌
star9.0
calendar 2000

The Breed

The Breed‌
star5.3
calendar 2001

American Gothic

American Gothic‌
star5.9
calendar 1987

Hear My Song

Hear My Song‌
star5.9
calendar 1991

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming‌
star6.4
calendar 1977

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes‌
star5.2
calendar 1987

Predators of the Wild: Lion

Predators of the Wild: Lion‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula

Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear

Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Predators of the Wild: Wolf

Predators of the Wild: Wolf‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Predators of the Wild: Shark

Predators of the Wild: Shark‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Predators of the Wild: Tiger

Predators of the Wild: Tiger‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators

Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard

Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Predators of the Wild: Snake

Predators of the Wild: Snake‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear

Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Predators of the Wild: Hawk

Predators of the Wild: Hawk‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted

Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Predators of the Wild: African Survival

Predators of the Wild: African Survival‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale

Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive

Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive‌
star0.0
calendar 1995

Predators of the Wild: Bats

Predators of the Wild: Bats‌
star0.0
calendar 1991

This World, Then the Fireworks

This World, Then the Fireworks‌
star4.8
calendar 1997

A State of Emergency

A State of Emergency‌
star1.3
calendar 1986

Come Back, Little Sheba

Come Back, Little Sheba‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart

U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart‌
star0.0
calendar 1987

Curse of the Pink Panther

Curse of the Pink Panther‌
star4.6
calendar 1983

Like Father, Like Santa

Like Father, Like Santa‌
star5.0
calendar 1998

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace‌
star4.6
calendar 1987

The Ambassadors

The Ambassadors‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Hussy

Hussy‌
star4.7
calendar 1980

Zina

Zina‌
star5.4
calendar 1985

Dreamchild

Dreamchild‌
star6.7
calendar 1985

Mars: Pioneering the Planet

Mars: Pioneering the Planet‌
star8.0
calendar 2003

Hamilton Mattress

Hamilton Mattress‌
star6.4
calendar 2002

Water

Water‌
star5.8
calendar 1985

The Milky Life

The Milky Life‌
star3.0
calendar 1993

Haunted Honeymoon

Haunted Honeymoon‌
star5.4
calendar 1986

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

Funny Bones

Funny Bones‌
star6.5
calendar 1995

Colour Me Kubrick

Colour Me Kubrick‌
star5.7
calendar 2005

The Lost Boys

The Lost Boys‌
star8.0
calendar 1978

Virgin Mary

Virgin Mary‌
star4.6
calendar 1995

Big Zapper

Big Zapper‌
star4.0
calendar 1973

Something to Believe In

Something to Believe In‌
star2.5
calendar 1998

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades‌
star5.0
calendar 2000

The Tempest

The Tempest‌
star5.5
calendar 1982

The Pope Must Diet

The Pope Must Diet‌
star4.9
calendar 1991

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Charlie Muffin

Charlie Muffin‌
star5.5
calendar 1979

The Billion Dollar Bubble

The Billion Dollar Bubble‌
star7.0
calendar 1978

The Paradise Run

The Paradise Run‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

The NeverEnding Story III

The NeverEnding Story III‌
star4.5
calendar 1994

Age of Treason

Age of Treason‌
star5.8
calendar 1993

Before Water Lilies

Before Water Lilies‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

Dear Wendy

Dear Wendy‌
star5.8
calendar 2005

The Omega Code

The Omega Code‌
star4.7
calendar 1999

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons‌
star5.8
calendar 2002

Town & Country

Town & Country‌
star4.5
calendar 2001

Black Carrion

Black Carrion‌
star6.0
calendar 1984

Rabbit Pie Day

Rabbit Pie Day‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking

Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Tv Credits

Remington Steele

Remington Steele‌
star7.1
calendar 1982

Bergerac

Bergerac‌
star6.4
calendar 1981

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected‌
star6.7
calendar 1979

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles‌
star6.5
calendar 1992

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey‌
star6.9
calendar 1982

Lillie

Lillie‌
star8.2
calendar 1978

Van der Valk

Van der Valk‌
star5.8
calendar 1972

Yanks Go Home

Yanks Go Home‌
star5.0
calendar 1976

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense‌
star6.4
calendar 1984

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot‌
star8.1
calendar 1989

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye‌
star6.6
calendar 1983

Justice League

Justice League‌
star8.1
calendar 2001

Clouds of Glory

Clouds of Glory‌
star5.0
calendar 1978

NOVA

NOVA‌
star6.8
calendar 1974

The West Wing

The West Wing‌
star8.3
calendar 1999

Laurence Olivier Presents

Laurence Olivier Presents‌
star7.0
calendar 1976

Taxi

Taxi‌
star7.2
calendar 1978

The Lost Boys

The Lost Boys‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters‌
star7.8
calendar 1994

Blackadder

Blackadder‌
star8.0
calendar 1983

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime‌
star6.1
calendar 1983

Bergerac

Bergerac‌
star6.4
calendar 1981

Iron Man

Iron Man‌
star6.6
calendar 1994

Extreme Machines

Extreme Machines‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

The New Statesman

The New Statesman‌
star7.5
calendar 1987

American Playhouse

American Playhouse‌
star6.0
calendar 1982

American Gangster

American Gangster‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected‌
star6.7
calendar 1979

Playhouse

Playhouse‌
star7.0
calendar 1974