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
Colour Me Kubrick
Frank Rich
Dear Wendy
Marshall Walker
Blessed
Detective Lauderdale
Mars: Pioneering the Planet
The Magnificent Ambersons
Uncle George
Hamilton Mattress
Senor Balustrade (voice)
The Breed
Fusco
Town & Country
Barney
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Sergei Diaghilev
Animated Epics: Moby Dick
Starbucks (voice)
The Omega Code
Sir Percival Lloyd
Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking
Narrator (voice)
Like Father, Like Santa
Santa Claus
Something to Believe In
Car Dealer
This World, Then the Fireworks
Jake Krutz
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
The Man
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Kiril
Virgin Mary
judge Marulic
Funny Bones
Al
Death Machine
John Carpenter
Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
Narrator
The NeverEnding Story III
Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
Predators of the Wild: African Survival
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
Narrator
Age of Treason
Senator Garrus
The Milky Life
Julian Reilly
The Cement Garden
Commander Hunt (voice)
Predators of the Wild: Hawk
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Snake
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Tiger
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Wolf
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula
Narrator
A River Runs Through It
Murphy
Gummed Labels
Dust Devil
Capt. Cornelius Beyman
Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Shark
Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Lion
Narrator
Hear My Song
Mr. X
The Pope Must Die
Cardinal Verucci
Predators of the Wild: Bats
Narrator
Hardware
Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
Batman
Eckhardt
Monkeys
James Hoffman
American Gothic
Teddy
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Harry Howler
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
August T. Mirch
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Myron Spellman
A State of Emergency
Earl Linton
Haunted Honeymoon
Reporter
Biggles
Chuck
White Nights
Chuck Malarek
Zina
Walter Adams
Dreamchild
1st Radio Actor
Water
Ben
Black Carrion
Lou Delmart
Curse of the Pink Panther
Taxi Driver
Trail of the Pink Panther
Taxi Driver
The Tempest
Caliban
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Major Eaton
Before Water Lilies
Mel
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
Sphinx
Don, Tour Guide
Flash Gordon
Munson
Rabbit Pie Day
Kolossov
Hussy
1st. Punter
Bad Timing
Col. Taylor
Charlie Muffin
U.S. Embassy Photographer
Hanover Street
Beef
The Lady Vanishes
Party Guest
The Lost Boys
Charles Frohman
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Lloyd Edens
Come Back, Little Sheba
Postman
Valentino
Fatty
Star Wars
Red Six (Porkins)
The Ambassadors
Little Bilham
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Sgt. Fitzpatrick
The Paradise Run
Party Guest
Big Zapper
Kono's Henchman