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William Hootkins

William Hootkins

Actor · Born 1948-07-05 · Dallas, Texas, USA

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Biography

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". Moreov…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Star Wars (1977) — Red Six (Porkins)
  2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) — Major Eaton
  3. Batman (1989) — Eckhardt
  4. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) — Harry Howler
  5. A River Runs Through It (1992) — Murphy
  6. Flash Gordon (1980) — Munson
  7. Justice League (2001) — Commander (voice)
  8. The West Wing (1999) — U.S. Translator
  9. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) — Kiril
  10. Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) — FBI Agent Burt
  11. Blackadder (1983) — Monk
  12. The NeverEnding Story III (1994) — Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
  13. Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1994) — Loch Ness Monster (voice)
  14. Hardware (1990) — Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
  15. Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) — Taxi Driver
  16. Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) — Taxi Driver
  17. Taxi (1978) — Liquor Authority Agent
  18. Haunted Honeymoon (1986) — Reporter
  19. Bad Timing (1980) — Col. Taylor
  20. Dust Devil (1992) — Capt. Cornelius Beyman
  21. White Nights (1985) — Chuck Malarek
  22. Remington Steele (1982) — Chester Harcourt
  23. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) — Diaghilev
  24. Death Machine (1995) — John Carpenter
  25. Dear Wendy (2005) — Marshall Walker
  26. NOVA (1974) — Voice of Methuselah
  27. American Gothic (1987) — Teddy
  28. Iron Man (1994) — Crimson Dynamo (voice)
  29. Hanover Street (1979) — Beef
  30. The Cement Garden (1993) — Commander Hunt (voice)
  31. Colour Me Kubrick (2005) — Frank Rich
  32. Town & Country (2001) — Barney
  33. Biggles (1986) — Chuck
  34. Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) — Sgt. Fitzpatrick
  35. The Breed (2001) — Fusco
  36. Cagney & Lacey (1982)
  37. The Lady Vanishes (1979) — Party Guest
  38. The Omega Code (1999) — Sir Percival Lloyd
  39. Blessed (2004) — Detective Lauderdale
  40. Funny Bones (1995) — Al