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William Hootkins
Actor
Died October 23, 2005 (57 years)
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
| 2008 | Blackadder Rides Again · as Freddie Frobisher |
| 2005 | Color Me Kubrick · as Frank Rich |
| 2005 | Dear Wendy · as Marshall Walker |
| 2004 | Steamboy · as (voice) |
| 2004 | Blessed · as Detective Lauderdale |
| 2003 | Mars: Pioneering the Planet · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Absolute Power (TV Series) · as US Ambassador |
| 2003 | Almighty Amphibians · as Narrator |
| 2002 | The Magnificent Ambersons · as Uncle George |
| 2001 | Town & Country · as Barney |
| 2001 | The Breed · as Fusco |
| 2001 | Justice League (TV Series) · as Commander (voice) |
| 2000 | The Miracle Maker · as Lucifer |
| 1999 | The Omega Code · as Sir Percival Lloyd |
| 1999 | The West Wing (TV Series) · as U.S. Translator |
| 1999 | Wild Indonesia (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1998 | Like Father, Like Santa · as Santa |
| 1998 | Something to Believe In · as Car Dealer |
| 1998 | Extreme Machines (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1997 | This World, Then the Fireworks · as Jake Krutz |
| 1996 | The Island of Dr. Moreau · as Kiril |
| 1995 | Funny Bones · as Al |
| 1995 | Gospa · as judge Marulic |
| 1994 | Death Machine · as John Carpenter |
| 1994 | The NeverEnding Story III · as Bark Troll / Falkor (voice) |
| 1994 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (TV Series) · as Fisherman |
| 1994 | Iron Man (TV Series) · as Crimson Dynamo (voice) |
| 1993 | The Cement Garden · as Commander Hunt (voice) |
| 1993 | Age of Treason · as Senator Garrus |
| 1992 | A River Runs Through It · as Murphy |
| 1992 | Dust Devil · as Capt. Cornelius Beyman |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series) · as Diaghilev |
| 1992 | The Tomorrow People (1992) (TV Series) · as Colonel Cobb |
| 1991 | The Princess and the Goblin · as Curdie's Father |
| 1991 | Hear My Song · as Mr. X |
| 1991 | The Pope Must Diet · as Cardinal Verucci |
| 1991 | The Legend of Prince Valiant (TV Series) · as Malcolm Monroe |
| 1990 | Chancer (TV Series) · as Moody |
| 1990 | Hardware · as Lincoln Wineberg Jr. |
| 1989 | Batman · as Eckhardt |
| 1989 | Capital City (TV Series) · as Jay |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as FBI Agent Burt |
| 1988 | Crusoe · as Auctioneer |
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace · as Harry Howler |
| 1987 | American Gothic · as Teddy |
| 1987 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes · as Spelman |
| 1987 | The New Statesman (1987) (TV Series) · as Willoughby Guzzler |
| 1986 | Biggles: Adventures in Time · as Chuck |
| 1986 | Haunted Honeymoon · as Reporter |
| 1986 | Paradise Postponed (TV Series) · as Benjamin K. Bugloss |
| 1986 | The Hogan Family (TV Series) · as Belize |
| 1985 | Dreamchild · as 1st Radio Actor |
| 1985 | A State of Emergency · as Unknown |
| 1985 | Zina · as Walter Adams |
| 1985 | Water · as Ben |
| 1985 | Lytton's Diary (TV Series) · as Sam Wexler |
| 1985 | White Nights · as Chuck Malarek |
| 1984 | Hammer House of Mystery & Suspense (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (TV Series) · as Frank Dorr |
| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther · as Taxi Driver |
| 1983 | Who Dares Wins ... (TV Series) · as Various Roles (1983) |
| 1982 | Trail of the Pink Panther · as Taxi Driver |
| 1982 | Blackadder (TV Series) · as Monk |
| 1982 | Remington Steele (TV Series) · as Chester Harcourt |
| 1981 | Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark · as Major Eaton |
| 1981 | Sphinx · as Don |
| 1981 | Bret Maverick (TV Series) · as Congressman Theodore Roosevelt |
| 1981 | Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Bergerac (TV Series) · as Eugene Field |
| 1981 | The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (TV Series) · as Winston Churchill |
| 1980 | Flash Gordon · as Munson |
| 1980 | Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession · as Col. Taylor |
| 1980 | Hussy · as 1st. Punter |
| 1980 | Oppenheimer (1980) (TV Series) · as F.B.I. Agent |
| 1979 | The Lady Vanishes · as Party Guest |
| 1979 | Hanover Street · as Beef |
| 1979 | A Deadly Game · as U.S. Embassy Photographer |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Peter Bligh |
| 1979 | Agony (TV Series) · as Herman Tweeder |
| 1978 | Lillie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1978 | Taxi (TV Series) · as Liquor Authority Agent |
| 1978 | The Lost Boys (TV Series) · as Charles Frohman |
| 1978 | The Billion Dollar Bubble · as Lloyd Edens |
| 1977 | Star Wars · as Red Six (Porkins) |
| 1977 | Valentino · as Fatty |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming · as Sgt. Fitzpatrick |
| 1976 | Laurence Olivier Presents (TV Series) · as Postman |
| 1974 | NOVA (TV Series) · as Voice of Methuselah |
| 1973 | Big Zapper · as Kono's Henchman |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mr. Bowles |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Barry Ferguson |
| 1972 | Van der Valk (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Mel |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Little Bilham |
| 1964 | Horizon (TV Series) · as Lloyd Edens |