William Hootkins
Birthday
1948/07/05
Day of death
2005/10/23 (57 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
Also know as
Bill Hootkins, William Michael Hootkins
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...Read more
Acting
(1977) Star Wars
as Red Six (Porkins)
(1981) Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Major Eaton
(1989) Batman
as Eckhardt
(1992) A River Runs Through It
as Murphy
(1995) Death Machine
as John Carpenter
(1980) Flash Gordon
as Munson
(1989) Monkeys
as James Hoffman
(1979) The Lady Vanishes
as Party Guest
(1992) Dust Devil
as Capt. Cornelius Beyman
(2004) Blessed
as Detective Lauderdale
(1986) Biggles
as Chuck
(1990) Hardware
as Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
(1980) Bad Timing
as Col. Taylor
(1996) The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Kiril
(1979) Hanover Street
as Beef
(1982) Trail of the Pink Panther
as Taxi Driver
(1977) Valentino
as Fatty
(1993) The Cement Garden
as Commander Hunt (voice)
(1985) White Nights
as Chuck Malarek
(1981) Sphinx
as Don, Tour Guide
(2000) Animated Epics: Moby Dick
as Starbucks (voice)
(2001) The Breed
as Fusco
(1987) American Gothic
as Teddy
(1991) Hear My Song
as Mr. X
(1977) Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Sgt. Fitzpatrick
(1987) The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Myron Spellman
(1992) Predators of the Wild: Lion
as Narrator
(1993) Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula
as Narrator
(1993) Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear
as Narrator
(1993) Predators of the Wild: Wolf
as Narrator
(1992) Predators of the Wild: Shark
as Narrator
(1993) Predators of the Wild: Tiger
as Narrator
(1992) Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
as Narrator
(1994) Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
as Narrator
(1993) Predators of the Wild: Snake
as Narrator
(1992) Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
as Narrator
(1993) Predators of the Wild: Hawk
as Narrator
(1992) Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
as Narrator
(1991) Predators of the Wild: Bats
as Narrator
(1992) Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
as Narrator
(1994) Predators of the Wild: African Survival
as Narrator
(1995) Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
as Narrator
(1997) This World, Then the Fireworks
as Jake Krutz
(1986) A State of Emergency
as Earl Linton
(1977) Come Back, Little Sheba
as Postman
(1987) U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
as August T. Mirch
(1983) Curse of the Pink Panther
as Taxi Driver
(1998) Like Father, Like Santa
as Santa Claus
(1987) Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Harry Howler
(1977) The Ambassadors
as Little Bilham
(1980) Hussy
as 1st. Punter
(1985) Zina
as Walter Adams
(1985) Dreamchild
as 1st Radio Actor
(2003) Mars: Pioneering the Planet
as ---
(2002) Hamilton Mattress
as Senor Balustrade (voice)
(1985) Water
as Ben
(1993) The Milky Life
as Julian Reilly
(1986) Haunted Honeymoon
as Reporter
(1981) The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Winston Churchill
(1995) Funny Bones
as Al
(2005) Colour Me Kubrick
as Frank Rich
(1978) The Lost Boys
as Charles Frohman
(1995) Virgin Mary
as judge Marulic
(1973) Big Zapper
as Kono's Henchman
(1998) Something to Believe In
as Car Dealer
(2002) The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
as Sergei Diaghilev
(1982) The Tempest
as Caliban
(1991) The Pope Must Die
as Cardinal Verucci
(1997) Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
as The Man
(1979) Charlie Muffin
as U.S. Embassy Photographer
(1978) The Billion Dollar Bubble
as Lloyd Edens
(1976) The Paradise Run
as Party Guest
(1994) The NeverEnding Story III
as Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
(1993) Age of Treason
as Senator Garrus
(1981) Before Water Lilies
as Mel
(2005) Dear Wendy
as Marshall Walker
(1999) The Omega Code
as Sir Percival Lloyd
(2002) The Magnificent Ambersons
as Uncle George
(2001) Town & Country
as Barney
(1984) Black Carrion
as Lou Delmart
(1980) Rabbit Pie Day
as Kolossov
(1999) Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking
as Narrator (voice)
(1982) Remington Steele
as Chester Harcourt
(1981) Bergerac
as Eugene Field
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Peter Bligh
(1992) The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Diaghilev
(1982) Cagney & Lacey
as ---
(1978) Lillie
as ---
(1972) Van der Valk
as Frank Garvin
(1976) Yanks Go Home
as ---
(1984) Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as Lou Delmart
(1989) Agatha Christie's Poirot
as FBI Agent Burt
(1983) Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
as Frank Dorr
(2001) Justice League
as Commander (voice)
(1978) Clouds of Glory
as Reverend Dewey
(1974) NOVA
as Voice of Methuselah
(1999) The West Wing
as U.S. Translator
(1976) Laurence Olivier Presents
as Postman
(1978) Taxi
as Liquor Authority Agent
(1978) The Lost Boys
as Charles Frohman
(1994) Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
as Loch Ness Monster (voice)
(1983) Blackadder
as Monk
(1983) Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
as Hamilton Betts
(1981) Bergerac
as Karl Goldman
(1994) Iron Man
as Crimson Dynamo (voice)
(1997) Extreme Machines
as Narrator
(1987) The New Statesman
as Willoughby Guzzler
(1982) American Playhouse
as Phil Cooper
(2000) American Gangster
as Narrator
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Harry Chester
(1974) Playhouse
as Mr. Bowles