Acting
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
Filmography
Ancestors Of Ancient Rome: The Etruscans
Film · 2013
Colour Me Kubrick
Film · 2005
Dear Wendy
Film · 2005
Blessed
Film · 2004
Mars: Pioneering the Planet
Film · 2003
Hamilton Mattress
Film · 2002
The Magnificent Ambersons
Film · 2002
The Breed
Film · 2001
Town & Country
Film · 2001
Justice League
Series · 2001
Animated Epics: Moby Dick
Film · 2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Film · 2000
The Miracle Maker
Film · 2000
American Gangster
Series · 2000
The Omega Code
Film · 1999
Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking
Film · 1999
The West Wing
Series · 1999
Like Father, Like Santa
Film · 1998
Something to Believe In
Film · 1998
This World, Then the Fireworks
Film · 1997
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Film · 1997
Extreme Machines
Series · 1997
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Film · 1996
Death Machine
Film · 1995
Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
Film · 1995
Funny Bones
Film · 1995
The Miracle of Medjugorje
Film · 1995
Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
Film · 1994
Predators of the Wild: African Survival
Film · 1994
The NeverEnding Story III
Film · 1994
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Series · 1994
Iron Man
Series · 1994
The Cement Garden
Film · 1993
Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula
Film · 1993
Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear
Film · 1993
Predators of the Wild: Wolf
Film · 1993
Predators of the Wild: Tiger
Film · 1993
Predators of the Wild: Snake
Film · 1993
Predators of the Wild: Hawk
Film · 1993
The Milky Life
Film · 1993
Age of Treason
Film · 1993
A River Runs Through It
Film · 1992
Dust Devil
Film · 1992
Predators of the Wild: Lion
Film · 1992
Predators of the Wild: Shark
Film · 1992
Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
Film · 1992
Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
Film · 1992
Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
Film · 1992
Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
Film · 1992
Gummed Labels
Film · 1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Series · 1992
Hear My Song
Film · 1991
Predators of the Wild: Bats
Film · 1991
The Pope Must Die
Film · 1991
The Princess and the Goblin
Film · 1991
Hardware
Film · 1990
Batman
Film · 1989
Monkeys
Film · 1989
Crusoe
Film · 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Series · 1989
American Gothic
Film · 1987
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Film · 1987
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
Film · 1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Film · 1987
The New Statesman
Series · 1987
Biggles
Film · 1986
A State of Emergency
Film · 1986
Haunted Honeymoon
Film · 1986
White Nights
Film · 1985
Zina
Film · 1985
Dreamchild
Film · 1985
Water
Film · 1985
Lytton's Diary
Series · 1985
Black Carrion
Film · 1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Series · 1984
Curse of the Pink Panther
Film · 1983
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
Series · 1983
Blackadder
Series · 1983
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Series · 1983
Trail of the Pink Panther
Film · 1982
The Tempest
Film · 1982
Remington Steele
Series · 1982
Cagney & Lacey
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Film · 1981
Sphinx
Film · 1981
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Film · 1981
Before Water Lilies
Film · 1981
Bergerac
Series · 1981
Bergerac
Series · 1981
Flash Gordon
Film · 1980
Bad Timing
Film · 1980
Hussy
Film · 1980
Rabbit Pie Day
Film · 1980
Oppenheimer
Series · 1980
The Lady Vanishes
Film · 1979
Hanover Street
Film · 1979
Charlie Muffin
Film · 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979
The Lost Boys
Film · 1978
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Film · 1978
Clouds of Glory
Series · 1978
Taxi
Series · 1978
The Lost Boys
Series · 1978
Star Wars
Film · 1977
Valentino
Film · 1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Film · 1977
Come Back, Little Sheba
Film · 1977
The Ambassadors
Film · 1977
Premiere
Series · 1977
The Paradise Run
Film · 1976
Laurence Olivier Presents
Series · 1976
Yanks Go Home
Series · 1976
NOVA
Series · 1974
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Big Zapper
Film · 1973
Van der Valk
Series · 1972
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965