Acting · Dallas, Texas, USA · Born July 5, 1948
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
MovieAncestors Of Ancient Rome: The Etruscans
2013
as Self / Narrator
MovieColour Me Kubrick
2005
as Frank Rich
MovieDear Wendy
2005
as Marshall Walker
MovieBlessed
2004
as Detective Lauderdale
Mars: Pioneering the Planet
2003
MovieThe Magnificent Ambersons
2002
as Uncle George
MovieHamilton Mattress
2002
as Senor Balustrade (voice)
TVJustice League
2001
as Commander (voice)
MovieThe Breed
2001
as Fusco
MovieTown & Country
2001
as Barney
TVAmerican Gangster
2000
as Narrator
MovieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000
as Sergei Diaghilev
MovieThe Miracle Maker
2000
as Lucifer (voice)
MovieAnimated Epics: Moby Dick
2000
as Starbucks (voice)
MovieThe Omega Code
1999
as Sir Percival Lloyd
TVThe West Wing
1999
as U.S. Translator
MovieSurvivor Science: The Dead Man Walking
1999
as Narrator (voice)
MovieLike Father, Like Santa
1998
as Santa Claus
MovieSomething to Believe In
1998
as Car Dealer
MovieThis World, Then the Fireworks
1997
as Jake Krutz
TVExtreme Machines
1997
as Narrator
MovieRhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997
as The Man
MovieThe Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
as Kiril
MovieVirgin Mary
1995
as judge Marulic
MovieFunny Bones
1995
as Al
MovieDeath Machine
1995
as John Carpenter
MovieTime Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
1995
as Narrator
TVAaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
as Loch Ness Monster (voice)
MovieThe NeverEnding Story III
1994
as Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
TVIron Man
1994
as Crimson Dynamo (voice)
MoviePredators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
1994
as Narrator
MoviePredators of the Wild: African Survival
1994
as Narrator
MovieAge of Treason
1993
as Senator Garrus
MovieThe Milky Life
1993
as Julian Reilly
MovieThe Cement Garden
1993
as Commander Hunt (voice)
MoviePredators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula
1993
as Narrator
MoviePredators of the Wild: Polar Bear
1993
as Narrator
MoviePredators of the Wild: Wolf
1993
as Narrator
MoviePredators of the Wild: Tiger
1993
as Narrator
MoviePredators of the Wild: Snake
1993
as Narrator
MoviePredators of the Wild: Hawk
1993
as Narrator
MovieA River Runs Through It
1992
as Murphy
Gummed Labels
1992
MovieDust Devil
1992
as Capt. Cornelius Beyman
TVThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Diaghilev
MoviePredators of the Wild: Lion
1992
as Narrator
MoviePredators of the Wild: Shark
1992
as Narrator
MoviePredators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
1992
as Narrator
MoviePredators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
1992
as Narrator
MoviePredators of the Wild: Killer Whale
1992
as Narrator
MoviePredators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
1992
as Narrator
MovieHear My Song
1991
as Mr. X
MovieThe Pope Must Die
1991
as Cardinal Verucci
MovieThe Princess and the Goblin
1991
as Curdie's Father (voice)
MoviePredators of the Wild: Bats
1991
as Narrator
MovieHardware
1990
as Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
MovieBatman
1989
as Eckhardt
MovieMonkeys
1989
as James Hoffman
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as FBI Agent Burt
TVThe New Statesman
1987
as Willoughby Guzzler
MovieAmerican Gothic
1987
as Teddy
MovieSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Harry Howler
MovieU.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
1987
as August T. Mirch
MovieThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987
as Myron Spellman
MovieA State of Emergency
1986
as Earl Linton
MovieHaunted Honeymoon
1986
as Reporter
MovieBiggles
1986
as Chuck
MovieWhite Nights
1985
as Chuck Malarek
MovieZina
1985
as Walter Adams
MovieDreamchild
1985
as 1st Radio Actor
MovieWater
1985
as Ben
TVLytton's Diary
1985
as Sam Wexler
MovieBlack Carrion
1984
as Lou Delmart
TVHammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
as Lou Delmart
TVAgatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
as Hamilton Betts
MovieCurse of the Pink Panther
1983
as Taxi Driver
TVBlackadder
1983
as Monk
TVPhilip Marlowe, Private Eye
1983
as Frank Dorr
MovieTrail of the Pink Panther
1982
as Taxi Driver
TVRemington Steele
1982
as Chester Harcourt
MovieThe Tempest
1982
as Caliban
TVCagney & Lacey
1982
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as FBI Agent
TVBergerac
1981
as Eugene Field
MovieRaiders of the Lost Ark
1981
as Major Eaton
MovieBefore Water Lilies
1981
as Mel
MovieThe Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
as Winston Churchill
MovieSphinx
1981
as Don, Tour Guide
MovieFlash Gordon
1980
as Munson
MovieRabbit Pie Day
1980
as Kolossov
MovieHussy
1980
as 1st. Punter
MovieBad Timing
1980
as Col. Taylor
MovieCharlie Muffin
1979
as U.S. Embassy Photographer
MovieHanover Street
1979
as Beef
MovieThe Lady Vanishes
1979
as Party Guest
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Peter Bligh
MovieThe Lost Boys
1978
as Charles Frohman
TVThe Lost Boys
1978
as Charles Frohman
TVTaxi
1978
as Liquor Authority Agent
Clouds of Glory
1978
as Reverend Dewey
MovieThe Billion Dollar Bubble
1978
as Lloyd Edens
MovieCome Back, Little Sheba
1977
as Postman
Premiere
1977
as Kolossov
MovieValentino
1977
as Fatty
MovieStar Wars
1977
as Red Six (Porkins)
MovieThe Ambassadors
1977
as Little Bilham
MovieTwilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Sgt. Fitzpatrick
TVLaurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Postman
Yanks Go Home
1976
MovieThe Paradise Run
1976
as Party Guest
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Mr. Bowles
TVNOVA
1974
as Voice of Methuselah
MovieBig Zapper
1973
as Kono's Henchman
TVVan der Valk
1972
as Frank Garvin
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Little Bilham
