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William Hootkins

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

Personal information

Birthday

1948-07-05

Birth Place

Dallas, Texas, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A River Runs Through It

A River Runs Through It

1992

7.0

Movie
A State of Emergency

A State of Emergency

1986

1.3

Movie
poster

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

1994

7.8

TV
poster

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

1983

6.1

TV
poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

8.1

TV
Age of Treason

Age of Treason

1993

5.8

Movie
poster

American Gangster

2000

0.0

TV
American Gothic

American Gothic

1987

5.9

Movie
poster

American Playhouse

1982

6.0

TV
Animated Epics: Moby Dick

Animated Epics: Moby Dick

2000

9.0

Movie
Bad Timing

Bad Timing

1980

6.6

Movie
Batman

Batman

1989

7.2

Movie
Before Water Lilies

Before Water Lilies

1981

0.0

Movie
poster

Bergerac

1981

6.4

TV
Big Zapper

Big Zapper

1973

4.0

Movie
Biggles

Biggles

1986

5.2

Movie
Black Carrion

Black Carrion

1984

6.0

Movie
poster

Blackadder

1983

8.0

TV
Blessed

Blessed

2004

4.8

Movie
poster

Cagney & Lacey

1982

6.9

TV
Charlie Muffin

Charlie Muffin

1979

5.5

Movie
poster

Clouds of Glory

1978

5.0

TV
Colour Me Kubrick

Colour Me Kubrick

2005

5.7

Movie
Come Back, Little Sheba

Come Back, Little Sheba

1977

0.0

Movie
Curse of the Pink Panther

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983

4.7

Movie
Dear Wendy

Dear Wendy

2005

5.8

Movie
Death Machine

Death Machine

1995

5.8

Movie
Dreamchild

Dreamchild

1985

6.7

Movie
Dust Devil

Dust Devil

1992

6.4

Movie
poster

Extreme Machines

1997

0.0

TV
Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon

1980

6.2

Movie
Funny Bones

Funny Bones

1995

6.5

Movie
Hamilton Mattress

Hamilton Mattress

2002

6.4

Movie
poster

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

1984

6.4

TV
Hanover Street

Hanover Street

1979

5.6

Movie
Hardware

Hardware

1990

5.9

Movie
Haunted Honeymoon

Haunted Honeymoon

1986

5.4

Movie
Hear My Song

Hear My Song

1991

5.9

Movie
Hussy

Hussy

1980

4.7

Movie
poster

Iron Man

1994

6.6

TV
poster

Justice League

2001

8.1

TV
poster

Laurence Olivier Presents

1976

7.0

TV
Like Father, Like Santa

Like Father, Like Santa

1998

5.0

Movie
poster

Lillie

1978

8.2

TV
Mars: Pioneering the Planet

Mars: Pioneering the Planet

2003

8.0

Movie
Monkeys

Monkeys

1989

0.0

Movie
poster

NOVA

1974

6.9

TV
poster

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

1983

6.6

TV
poster

Playhouse

1974

7.0

TV
Predators of the Wild: African Survival

Predators of the Wild: African Survival

1994

0.0

Movie
Predators of the Wild: Bats

Predators of the Wild: Bats

1991

0.0

Movie
Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard

Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard

1992

0.0

Movie
Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators

Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators

1994

0.0

Movie
Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula

Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula

1993

0.0

Movie
Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear

Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear

1992

0.0

Movie
Predators of the Wild: Hawk

Predators of the Wild: Hawk

1993

0.0

Movie
Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted

Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted

1992

0.0

Movie
Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale

Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale

1992

0.0

Movie
Predators of the Wild: Lion

Predators of the Wild: Lion

1992

0.0

Movie
Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear

Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear

1993

0.0

Movie
Predators of the Wild: Shark

Predators of the Wild: Shark

1992

0.0

Movie
Predators of the Wild: Snake

Predators of the Wild: Snake

1993

0.0

Movie
Predators of the Wild: Tiger

Predators of the Wild: Tiger

1993

0.0

Movie
Predators of the Wild: Wolf

Predators of the Wild: Wolf

1993

0.0

Movie
Rabbit Pie Day

Rabbit Pie Day

1980

0.0

Movie
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981

7.9

Movie
poster

Remington Steele

1982

7.1

TV
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

1997

0.0

Movie
Something to Believe In

Something to Believe In

1998

2.5

Movie
Sphinx

Sphinx

1981

5.6

Movie
Star Wars

Star Wars

1977

8.2

Movie
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

1987

4.6

Movie
Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking

Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking

1999

0.0

Movie
poster

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

6.7

TV
poster

Taxi

1978

7.2

TV
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

2000

5.0

Movie
The Ambassadors

The Ambassadors

1977

0.0

Movie
The Billion Dollar Bubble

The Billion Dollar Bubble

1978

7.0

Movie
The Breed

The Breed

2001

5.3

Movie
The Cement Garden

The Cement Garden

1993

6.9

Movie
The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1996

4.9

Movie
The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

1979

6.0

Movie
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

1981

0.0

Movie
The Lost Boys

The Lost Boys

1978

8.0

Movie
poster

The Lost Boys

1978

0.0

TV
The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

2002

5.8

Movie
The Milky Life

The Milky Life

1993

3.0

Movie
The NeverEnding Story III

The NeverEnding Story III

1994

4.5

Movie
poster

The New Statesman

1987

7.5

TV
The Omega Code

The Omega Code

1999

4.7

Movie
The Paradise Run

The Paradise Run

1976

0.0

Movie
The Pope Must Diet

The Pope Must Diet

1991

4.9

Movie
The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

1987

5.2

Movie
The Tempest

The Tempest

1982

5.5

Movie
poster

The West Wing

1999

8.3

TV
poster

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

1992

6.5

TV
This World, Then the Fireworks

This World, Then the Fireworks

1997

4.8

Movie
Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive

Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive

1995

0.0

Movie
Town & Country

Town & Country

2001

4.4

Movie
Trail of the Pink Panther

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982

5.2

Movie
Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977

6.4

Movie
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart

U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart

1987

0.0

Movie
Valentino

Valentino

1977

5.9

Movie
poster

Van der Valk

1972

5.8

TV
Virgin Mary

Virgin Mary

1995

4.6

Movie
Water

Water

1985

5.8

Movie
White Nights

White Nights

1985

6.7

Movie
poster

Yanks Go Home

1976

5.0

TV
Zina

Zina

1985

5.4

Movie