Ancestors Of Ancient Rome: The Etruscans
2013 · Movie
as Self / Narrator
William Hootkins
1948-07-05
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Dallas, Texas, USA
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
Colour Me Kubrick
2005 · Movie
as Frank Rich
Dear Wendy
2005 · Movie
as Marshall Walker
Blessed
2004 · Movie
as Detective Lauderdale
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Mars: Pioneering the Planet
2003 · Movie
Hamilton Mattress
2002 · Movie
as Senor Balustrade (voice)
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002 · Movie
as Uncle George
The Breed
2001 · Movie
as Fusco
Town & Country
2001 · Movie
as Barney
Justice League
2001 · TV Show
as Commander (voice)
Animated Epics: Moby Dick
2000 · Movie
as Starbucks (voice)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000 · Movie
as Sergei Diaghilev
The Miracle Maker
2000 · Movie
as Lucifer (voice)
American Gangster
2000 · TV Show
as Narrator
The Omega Code
1999 · Movie
as Sir Percival Lloyd
Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking
1999 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The West Wing
1999 · TV Show
as U.S. Translator
Like Father, Like Santa
1998 · Movie
as Santa Claus
Something to Believe In
1998 · Movie
as Car Dealer
This World, Then the Fireworks
1997 · Movie
as Jake Krutz
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997 · Movie
as The Man
Extreme Machines
1997 · TV Show
as Narrator
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996 · Movie
as Kiril
Death Machine
1995 · Movie
as John Carpenter
Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
1995 · Movie
as Narrator
Funny Bones
1995 · Movie
as Al
Virgin Mary
1995 · Movie
as judge Marulic
Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
1994 · Movie
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: African Survival
1994 · Movie
as Narrator
The NeverEnding Story III
1994 · Movie
as Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994 · TV Show
as Loch Ness Monster (voice)
Iron Man
1994 · TV Show
as Crimson Dynamo (voice)
The Cement Garden
1993 · Movie
as Commander Hunt (voice)
Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula
1993 · Movie
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear
1993 · Movie
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Wolf
1993 · Movie
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Tiger
1993 · Movie
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Snake
1993 · Movie
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Hawk
1993 · Movie
as Narrator
The Milky Life
1993 · Movie
as Julian Reilly
Age of Treason
1993 · Movie
as Senator Garrus
A River Runs Through It
1992 · Movie
as Murphy
Dust Devil
1992 · Movie
as Capt. Cornelius Beyman
Predators of the Wild: Lion
1992 · Movie
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Shark
1992 · Movie
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
1992 · Movie
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
1992 · Movie
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
1992 · Movie
as Narrator
Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
1992 · Movie
as Narrator
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Gummed Labels
1992 · Movie
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · TV Show
as Diaghilev
Hear My Song
1991 · Movie
as Mr. X
Predators of the Wild: Bats
1991 · Movie
as Narrator
The Pope Must Die
1991 · Movie
as Cardinal Verucci
The Princess and the Goblin
1991 · Movie
as Curdie's Father (voice)
Hardware
1990 · Movie
as Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
Batman
1989 · Movie
as Eckhardt
Monkeys
1989 · Movie
as James Hoffman
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV Show
as FBI Agent Burt
American Gothic
1987 · Movie
as Teddy
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987 · Movie
as Myron Spellman
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
1987 · Movie
as August T. Mirch
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 · Movie
as Harry Howler
The New Statesman
1987 · TV Show
as Willoughby Guzzler
Biggles
1986 · Movie
as Chuck
A State of Emergency
1986 · Movie
as Earl Linton
Haunted Honeymoon
1986 · Movie
as Reporter
White Nights
1985 · Movie
as Chuck Malarek
Zina
1985 · Movie
as Walter Adams
Dreamchild
1985 · Movie
as 1st Radio Actor
Water
1985 · Movie
as Ben
Lytton's Diary
1985 · TV Show
as Sam Wexler
Black Carrion
1984 · Movie
as Lou Delmart
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984 · TV Show
as Lou Delmart
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983 · Movie
as Taxi Driver
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
1983 · TV Show
as Frank Dorr
Blackadder
1983 · TV Show
as Monk
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983 · TV Show
as Hamilton Betts
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982 · Movie
as Taxi Driver
The Tempest
1982 · Movie
as Caliban
Remington Steele
1982 · TV Show
as Chester Harcourt
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · TV Show
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
as FBI Agent, Phil Cooper, Buddy Bliss
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Movie
as Major Eaton
Sphinx
1981 · Movie
as Don, Tour Guide
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981 · Movie
as Winston Churchill
Before Water Lilies
1981 · Movie
as Mel
Bergerac
1981 · TV Show
as Eugene Field, Karl Goldman
Flash Gordon
1980 · Movie
as Munson
Bad Timing
1980 · Movie
as Col. Taylor
Hussy
1980 · Movie
as 1st. Punter
Rabbit Pie Day
1980 · Movie
as Kolossov
The Lady Vanishes
1979 · Movie
as Party Guest
Hanover Street
1979 · Movie
as Beef
Charlie Muffin
1979 · Movie
as U.S. Embassy Photographer
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV Show
as Peter Bligh, Harry Chester
The Lost Boys
1978 · Movie
as Charles Frohman
The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978 · Movie
as Lloyd Edens
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Clouds of Glory
1978 · TV Show
as Reverend Dewey
Taxi
1978 · TV Show
as Liquor Authority Agent
The Lost Boys
1978 · TV Show
as Charles Frohman
Star Wars
1977 · Movie
as Red Six (Porkins)
Valentino
1977 · Movie
as Fatty
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977 · Movie
as Sgt. Fitzpatrick
Come Back, Little Sheba
1977 · Movie
as Postman
The Ambassadors
1977 · Movie
as Little Bilham
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Premiere
1977 · TV Show
as Kolossov
The Paradise Run
1976 · Movie
as Party Guest
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Yanks Go Home
1976 · TV Show
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976 · TV Show
as Postman
NOVA
1974 · TV Show
as Voice of Methuselah
Playhouse
1974 · TV Show
as Mr. Bowles
Big Zapper
1973 · Movie
as Kono's Henchman
Van der Valk
1972 · TV Show
as Frank Garvin
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV Show
as Little Bilham
