9.0
9.0
Animated Epics: Moby Dick
2000
as Starbucks (voice)
William Hootkins
Acting
Born:July 5, 1948
Died:October 23, 2005(aged 57)
Birthplace:Dallas, Texas, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Princeton University, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, St. Mark's School of Texas
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CommunityBiography
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 (79 movies)
8.2
8.2
Star Wars
1977
as Red Six (Porkins)
8.0
8.0
Mars: Pioneering the Planet
2003
8.0
8.0
The Lost Boys
1978
as Charles Frohman
7.9
7.9
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
as Major Eaton
7.2
7.2
Batman
1989
as Eckhardt
7.0
7.0
The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978
as Lloyd Edens
7.0
7.0
A River Runs Through It
1992
as Murphy
7.0
7.0
Come Back, Little Sheba
1977
as Postman
6.7
6.7
The Cement Garden
1993
as Commander Hunt (voice)
6.7
6.7
White Nights
1985
as Chuck Malarek
6.5
6.5
Bad Timing
1980
as Col. Taylor
6.5
6.5
Funny Bones
1995
as Al
6.5
6.5
Dreamchild
1985
as 1st Radio Actor
6.4
6.4
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Sgt. Fitzpatrick
6.3
6.3
Hamilton Mattress
2002
as Senor Balustrade (voice)
6.3
6.3
Dust Devil
1992
as Capt. Cornelius Beyman
6.2
6.2
Flash Gordon
1980
as Munson
6.0
6.0
Black Carrion
1984
as Lou Delmart
6.0
6.0
The Lady Vanishes
1979
as Party Guest
5.9
5.9
Hardware
1990
as Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
5.9
5.9
Death Machine
1995
as John Carpenter
5.9
5.9
American Gothic
1987
as Teddy
5.8
5.8
Dear Wendy
2005
as Marshall Walker
5.8
5.8
Hear My Song
1991
as Mr. X
5.8
5.8
Age of Treason
1993
as Senator Garrus
5.7
5.7
Valentino
1977
as Fatty
5.6
5.6
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002
as Uncle George
5.5
5.5
Sphinx
1981
as Don, Tour Guide
5.5
5.5
Hanover Street
1979
as Beef
5.5
5.5
The Tempest
1982
as Caliban
5.5
5.5
Charlie Muffin
1979
as U.S. Embassy Photographer
5.4
5.4
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000
as Sergei Diaghilev
5.4
5.4
Zina
1985
as Walter Adams
5.4
5.4
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987
as Myron Spellman
5.3
5.3
Haunted Honeymoon
1986
as Reporter
5.2
5.2
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
as Taxi Driver
5.2
5.2
Biggles
1986
as Chuck
5.1
5.1
The Breed
2001
as Fusco
5.0
5.0
Like Father, Like Santa
1998
as Santa Claus
4.9
4.9
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
as Kiril
4.8
4.8
Hussy
1980
as 1st. Punter
4.8
4.8
The Pope Must Die
1991
as Cardinal Verucci
4.7
4.7
Blessed
2004
as Detective Lauderdale
4.6
4.6
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Harry Howler
4.5
4.5
The Omega Code
1999
as Sir Percival Lloyd
4.5
4.5
The NeverEnding Story III
1994
as Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
4.4
4.4
Town & Country
2001
as Barney
4.1
4.1
Virgin Mary
1995
as judge Marulic
2.8
2.8
The Milky Life
1993
as Julian Reilly
2.5
2.5
Something to Believe In
1998
as Car Dealer
2.3
2.3
Big Zapper
1973
as Kono's Henchman
1.3
1.3
A State of Emergency
1986
as Earl Linton
Predators of the Wild: Lion
1992
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula
1993
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear
1993
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Wolf
1993
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Shark
1992
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Tiger
1993
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
1992
as Narrator
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
as Winston Churchill
Predators of the Wild: Snake
1993
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
1992
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Hawk
1993
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
1992
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Bats
1991
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
1992
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: African Survival
1994
as Narrator
Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
1995
as Narrator
The Ambassadors
1977
as Little Bilham
Rabbit Pie Day
1980
as Kolossov
Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Gummed Labels
1992
The Paradise Run
1976
as Party Guest
Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
1994
as Narrator
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997
as The Man
Before Water Lilies
1981
as Mel
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
1987
as August T. Mirch
Monkeys
1989
as James Hoffman
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