William Hootkins
- Atuação
- 5 de julho de 1948 · Dallas, Texas, USA
- 23 de outubro de 2005
Biografia
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
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Filmografia
- Ancestors Of Ancient Rome: The Etruscans · Self / Narrator
- Totalmente Kubrick · Frank Rich
- Querida Wendy · Marshall Walker
- Reencarnação · Detective Lauderdale
- Mars: Pioneering the Planet
- A Queda do Poder · Uncle George
- Hamilton Mattress · Senor Balustrade (Voz)
- Liga da Justiça · Commander (Voz)
- Cidade Dos Vampiros · Fusco
- Ricos, Bonitos e Infiéis · Barney
- American Gangster · Narrator
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades · Sergei Diaghilev
- O Senhor dos Milagres · Lucifer (Voz)
- Моби Дик · Starbucks (Voz)
- Omega Code · Sir Percival Lloyd
- West Wing: Nos Bastidores do Poder · U.S. Translator
- Survivor Science: The Dead Man Walking · Narrator (Voz)
- Like Father, Like Santa · Santa Claus
- Something to Believe In · Car Dealer
- This World, Then the Fireworks · Jake Krutz
- Extreme Machines · Narrator
- Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest · The Man
- A Ilha do Dr. Moreau · Kiril
- Gospa · judge Marulic
- Rir É Viver · Al
- A Máquina da Morte · John Carpenter
- Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive · Narrator
- Aaahh!!! Monstros · Loch Ness Monster (Voz)
- A História Sem Fim 3 · Bark Troll / Falkor (Voz)
- Homem de Ferro · Crimson Dynamo (Voz)
- Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators · Narrator
- Predators of the Wild: African Survival · Narrator
- Age of Treason · Senator Garrus
- La vida láctea · Julian Reilly
- The Cement Garden · Commander Hunt (Voz)
- Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula · Narrator
- Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear · Narrator
- Predators of the Wild: Wolf · Narrator
- Predators of the Wild: Hawk · Narrator
- Predators of the Wild: Tiger · Narrator
- Predators of the Wild: Snake · Narrator
- Nada É Para Sempre · Murphy
- Gummed Labels
- O Colecionador de Almas · Capt. Cornelius Beyman
- O Jovem Indiana Jones · Diaghilev
- Predators of the Wild: Lion · Narrator
- Predators of the Wild: Shark · Narrator
- Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear · Narrator
- Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard · Narrator
- Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale · Narrator
- Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted · Narrator
- Escute Minha Canção · Mr. X
- The Pope Must Die · Cardinal Verucci
- A Princesa e o Duende · Curdie's Father (Voz)
- Predators of the Wild: Bats · Narrator
- Hardware - O Destruidor do Futuro · Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
- Batman · Eckhardt
- Crusoé · Auctioneer
- Monkeys · James Hoffman
- Agatha Christie's Poirot · FBI Agent Burt
- The New Statesman · Willoughby Guzzler
- Os Anfitriões · Teddy
- Superman IV: Em Busca da Paz · Harry Howler
- U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart · August T. Mirch
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes · Myron Spellman
- A State of Emergency · Earl Linton
- Lua-de-Mel Assombrada · Reporter
- Biggles · Chuck
- O Sol da Meia-Noite · Chuck Malarek
- Zina · Walter Adams
- Dreamchild · First Radio Actor
- Ilha dos Malucos · Ben
- Lytton's Diary · Sam Wexler
- Black Carrion · Lou Delmart
- Brinquedo de Criança · Lou Delmart
- Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime · Hamilton Betts
- A Maldição da Pantera Cor-de-Rosa · Taxi Driver
- Blackadder · Monk
- Philip Marlowe, Private Eye · Frank Dorr
- A Trilha da Pantera Cor-de-Rosa · Taxi Driver