William Hootkins

William Hootkins Movies and TV Shows

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

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 7/5/1948 (76 years old)
  • Place of birth: Dallas, Texas, USA
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
1996

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.6
48%
Death Machine
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 57%
role:
John Carpenter
1994

Action

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.6
57%
The NeverEnding Story III
IMDB 3.2
TMDB 44%
role:
Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
1994

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

3.2
44%
The Cement Garden
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 71%
role:
Commander Hunt (voice)
1993

Drama

7.0
71%
1992

Drama

7.2
71%
Dust Devil
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 64%
role:
Capt. Cornelius Beyman
1992

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

6.2
64%
Hardware
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 59%
role:
Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
1990

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.9
59%
Batman
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 72%
role:
Eckhardt
1989

Action

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.5
72%
1987

Horror

5.8
59%
1987

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

3.7
45%
Haunted Honeymoon
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 54%
role:
Reporter
Not available
1986

Comedy

Drama

Horror

Music

Mystery

5.6
54%
Not available
White Nights
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 68%
role:
Chuck Malarek
1985

Drama

Thriller

6.7
68%
1983

Comedy

Crime

4.3
46%
1982

Comedy

Crime

4.8
52%
1981

Action

Adventure

8.4
79%
Flash Gordon
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 62%
role:
Munson
1980

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.5
62%
Bad Timing
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 67%
role:
Col. Taylor
1980

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

6.9
67%
1979

Action

Adventure

Drama

Romance

War & Politics

6.0
56%
Star Wars
IMDB 8.6
TMDB 82%
role:
Red Six (Porkins)
1977

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.6
82%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving William Hootkins are, for example, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Death Machine and A River Runs Through It.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Amazon and iTunes.
The best StreamFat ratings are Star Wars (8.4), Raiders of the Lost Ark (8.2) and Batman (7.4).