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William Hootkins
Actor
Born July 5, 1948Died 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
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
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Filmography
| 2008 | Blackadder Rides Again · as Freddie Frobisher |
| 2005 | Color Me Kubrick · as Frank Rich |
| 2005 | Dear Wendy · as Marshall Walker |
| 2004 | Steamboy · as Cast |
| 2004 | Blessed · as Detective Lauderdale |
| 2004 | L.A. 10, 000 B.C. · as Narrator |
| 2003 | Absolute Power (TV Series) · as Us Ambassador |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Monsters We Met (TV Series) · as Narrator (us Version) |
| 2003 | Almighty Amphibians · as Narrator |
| 2001 | The Magnificent Ambersons · as Uncle George |
| 2001 | Hamilton Mattress · as Senor Balustrade (voice) |
| 2001 | Justice League (TV Series) · as Commander (voice) |
| 2001 | The Breed · as Fusco |
| 2001 | Town & Country · as Barney |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades · as Sergei Diaghilev |
| 1999 | Wild Indonesia (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1999 | The Miracle Maker · as Lucifer |
| 1999 | The West Wing (TV Series) · as U.s. Translator |
| 1999 | The Omega Code · as Sir Percival Lloyd |
| 1999 | Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1998 | Like Father, Like Santa · as Santa Claus |
| 1998 | Something to Believe In · as Car Dealer |
| 1998 | Extreme Machines (2010) (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1997 | This World, Then the Fireworks · as Jake Krutz |
| 1997 | Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest · as The Man |
| 1996 | The Island of Dr. Moreau · as Kiril |
| 1995 | Gospa · as Judge Marulic |
| 1995 | Funny Bones · as Al |
| 1994 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (TV Series) · as Loch Ness Monster (voice) |
| 1994 | The NeverEnding Story III · as Bark Troll / Falkor (voice) |
| 1994 | Iron Man (TV Series) · as Crimson Dynamo (voice) |
| 1994 | Death Machine · as John Carpenter |
| 1993 | The Milky Life · as Julian Reilly |
| 1993 | The Cement Garden · as Commander Hunt (voice) |
| 1993 | Age of Treason · as Senator Garrus |
| 1992 | The Tomorrow People (1992) (TV Series) · as Colonel Cobb |
| 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 |
| 1991 | Hear My Song · as Mr. X |
| 1991 | The Princess and the Goblin · as Curdie's Father |
| 1991 | The Legend of Prince Valiant (TV Series) · as Malcolm Monroe |
| 1991 | The Pope Must Diet · as Cardinal Verucci |
| 1990 | Hardware · as Lincoln Wineberg Jr. |
| 1990 | Chancer (TV Series) · as Moody |
| 1989 | Capital City (TV Series) · as Jay |
| 1989 | Batman · as Eckhardt |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Fbi Agent Burt |
| 1988 | Crusoe · as Auctioneer |
| 1987 | The New Statesman (1987) (TV Series) · as Willoughby Guzzler |
| 1987 | American Gothic · as Teddy |
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace · as Harry Howler |
| 1987 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes · as Myron Spellman |
| 1986 | A State of Emergency · as Earl Linton |
| 1986 | Paradise Postponed (TV Series) · as Benjamin K. Bugloss |
| 1986 | Haunted Honeymoon · as Reporter |
| 1986 | Biggles: Adventures in Time · as Chuck |
| 1986 | The Hogan Family (TV Series) · as Belize |
| 1985 | White Nights · as Chuck Malarek |
| 1985 | Zina · as Walter Adams |
| 1985 | Dreamchild · as 1st Radio Actor |
| 1985 | Water · as Ben |
| 1985 | Lytton's Diary (TV Series) · as Sam Wexler |
| 1984 | Hammer House of Mystery & Suspense (TV Series) · as Lou Delmart |
| 1983 | Who Dares Wins ... (TV Series) · as Various Roles (1983) |
| 1983 | Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (TV Series) · as Hamilton Betts |
| 1983 | Whiz Kids (TV Series) · as Gregor |
| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther · as Taxi Driver |
| 1983 | Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (TV Series) · as Frank Dorr |
| 1983 | The Tempest · as Caliban |
| 1982 | Blackadder (TV Series) · as Monk |
| 1982 | Trail of the Pink Panther · as Taxi Driver |
| 1982 | Remington Steele (TV Series) · as Chester Harcourt |
| 1981 | Bret Maverick (TV Series) · as Congressman Theodore Roosevelt |
| 1981 | Bergerac (TV Series) · as Karl Goldman |
| 1981 | Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark · as Major Eaton |
| 1981 | The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (TV Series) · as Winston Churchill |
| 1981 | Sphinx · as Don, Tour Guide |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Phil Cooper |
| 1980 | Oppenheimer (TV Series) · as F.b.i. Agent |
| 1980 | Flash Gordon · as Munson |
| 1980 | Hussy · as 1st. Punter |
| 1980 | Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession · as Col. Taylor |
| 1979 | A Deadly Game · as U.s. Embassy Photographer |
| 1979 | Hanover Street · as Beef |
| 1979 | The Lady Vanishes · as Party Guest |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Peter Bligh |
| 1979 | Agony (TV Series) · as Herman Tweeder |
| 1978 | The Lost Boys (TV Series) · as Charles Frohman |
| 1978 | Lillie (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Taxi (TV Series) · as Liquor Authority Agent |
| 1978 | The Billion Dollar Bubble · as Lloyd Edens |
| 1977 | Come Back, Little Sheba · as Postman |
| 1977 | Valentino · as Fatty |
| 1977 | Star Wars · as Red Six (porkins) |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming · as Sgt. Fitzpatrick |
| 1976 | Yanks Go Home (TV Series) |
| 1974 | NOVA (TV Series) · as Voice Of Methuselah |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mr. Bowles |
| 1973 | Big Zapper · as Kono's Henchman |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Barry Ferguson |
| 1972 | Van der Valk (TV Series) · as Frank Garvin |
| 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 |