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
Fotos
Películas (87)
Ancestors Of Ancient Rome: The Etruscans
2013 · Self / Narrator
Colour Me Kubrick
2005 · Frank Rich
Dear Wendy
2005 · Marshall Walker
Blessed
2004 · Detective Lauderdale
Mars: Pioneering the Planet
2003
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002 · Uncle George
Hamilton Mattress
2002 · Senor Balustrade (voice)
Legado de sangre
2001 · Fusco
Enredos de sociedad
2001 · Barney
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000 · Sergei Diaghilev
El Señor de los milagros
2000 · Lucifer (voice)
Animated Epics: Moby Dick
2000 · Starbucks (voice)
The Omega Code
1999 · Sir Percival Lloyd
Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking
1999 · Narrator (voice)
Like Father, Like Santa
1998 · Santa Claus
Something to Believe In
1998 · Car Dealer
This World, Then the Fireworks
1997 · Jake Krutz
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997 · The Man
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996 · Kiril
The Miracle of Medjugorje
1995 · judge Marulic
Funny Bones
1995 · Al
Death Machine
1995 · John Carpenter
Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
1995 · Narrator
The NeverEnding Story III
1994 · Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
1994 · Narrator
Predators of the Wild: African Survival
1994 · Narrator
Age of Treason
1993 · Senator Garrus
The Milky Life
1993 · Julian Reilly
The Cement Garden
1993 · Commander Hunt (voice)
Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula
1993 · Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear
1993 · Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Wolf
1993 · Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Hawk
1993 · Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Tiger
1993 · Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Snake
1993 · Narrator
A River Runs Through It
1992 · Murphy
Gummed Labels
1992
Dust Devil
1992 · Capt. Cornelius Beyman
Predators of the Wild: Lion
1992 · Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Shark
1992 · Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
1992 · Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
1992 · Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
1992 · Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
1992 · Narrator
Hear My Song
1991 · Mr. X
The Pope Must Die
1991 · Cardinal Verucci
The Princess and the Goblin
1991 · Curdie's Father (voice)
Predators of the Wild: Bats
1991 · Narrator
Hardware
1990 · Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
Batman
1989 · Eckhardt
Crusoe
1989 · Auctioneer
Monkeys
1989 · James Hoffman
American Gothic
1987 · Teddy
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 · Harry Howler
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
1987 · August T. Mirch
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987 · Myron Spellman
A State of Emergency
1986 · Earl Linton
Haunted Honeymoon
1986 · Reporter
Biggles
1986 · Chuck
White Nights
1985 · Chuck Malarek
Zina
1985 · Walter Adams
Dreamchild
1985 · First Radio Actor
Water
1985 · Ben
Black Carrion
1984 · Lou Delmart
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983 · Taxi Driver
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982 · Taxi Driver
The Tempest
1982 · Caliban
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Major Eaton
Before Water Lilies
1981 · Mel
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981 · Winston Churchill
Sphinx
1981 · Don, Tour Guide
Flash Gordon
1980 · Munson
Rabbit Pie Day
1980 · Kolossov
Hussy
1980 · 1st. Punter
Bad Timing
1980 · Col. Taylor
Charlie Muffin
1979 · U.S. Embassy Photographer
Hanover Street
1979 · Beef
The Lady Vanishes
1979 · Party Guest
The Lost Boys
1978 · Charles Frohman
The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978 · Lloyd Edens
Come Back, Little Sheba
1977 · Postman
Valentino
1977 · Fatty
Star Wars
1977 · Red Six (Porkins)
The Ambassadors
1977 · Little Bilham
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977 · Sgt. Fitzpatrick
The Paradise Run
1976 · Party Guest
Big Zapper
1973 · Kono's Henchman
Series (32)
Justice League
2001 · Commander (voice)
American Gangster
2000 · Narrator
The West Wing
1999 · U.S. Translator
Extreme Machines
1997 · Narrator
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994 · Loch Ness Monster (voice)
Iron Man
1994 · Crimson Dynamo (voice)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · Diaghilev
Chancer
1990 · Moody
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · FBI Agent Burt
The New Statesman
1987 · Willoughby Guzzler
Lytton's Diary
1985 · Sam Wexler
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984 · Lou Delmart
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983 · Hamilton Betts
Blackadder
1983 · Monk
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
1983 · Frank Dorr
Remington Steele
1982 · Chester Harcourt
Cagney & Lacey
1982
American Playhouse
1982 · FBI Agent, Phil Cooper, Buddy Bliss
Bergerac
1981 · Eugene Field, Karl Goldman
Oppenheimer
1980 · FBI Agent
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Peter Bligh, Harry Chester
The Lost Boys
1978 · Charles Frohman
Taxi
1978 · Agent #2
Clouds of Glory
1978 · Reverend Dewey
Life at Stake
1978 · EECOM Liebergot
Premiere
1977 · Kolossov
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976 · Postman
Yanks Go Home
1976 · Colonel Richter
Playhouse
1974 · Mr. Bowles
NOVA
1974 · Voice of Methuselah
Van der Valk
1972 · Frank Garvin
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Little Bilham