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William Hootkins (1948–2005)


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... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (114 titles)
2005 Color Me Kubrick
Frank Rich
 
2005 Absolute Power (TV series)
US Ambassador
Spinning America (2005) … US Ambassador
 
2004 The West Wing (TV series)
U.S. Translator
Impact Winter (2004) … U.S. Translator
 
2004 EverQuest II (Video Game)
Generic Male Barbarian Merchant (voice) (as Bill Hootkins) / Generic Male Dark Elf (voice) (as Bill Hootkins) / Generic Male Dwarf (voice) (as Bill Hootkins) / …
 
2004 Steamboy
Additional Voices (voice: English version)
 
2004 Blessed
Detective Lauderdale
 
2004 Seven Journeys in the American West (TV movie)
Narrator
 
2004 Dear Wendy
Marshall Walker
 
2003 Justice League (TV series)
Commander
The Terror Beyond (2003) … Commander (voice)
 
2003 Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick (Video Game) (voice)
 
2002 Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (Video Game)
Dr. Maximillian Roivas (voice) (as Bill Hootkins)
 
2002 The Magnificent Ambersons (TV movie)
Uncle George
 
2002 Hamilton Mattress (TV short)
Senor Balustrade (voice)
 
2001 The Breed
Fusco
 
2001 Town & Country
Barney (as Bill Hootkins)
 
2001 American Voices (TV series)
Narrator
 
2000 The Miracle Maker
Lucifer (voice)
 
2000 Animated Epics: Moby Dick (TV movie)
Starbucks
 
1999 The Omega Code
Sir Percival Lloyd
 
1998 Like Father, Like Santa (TV movie)
Santa
 
1998 Seizures (short)
Arthur Kray
 
1998 Crash Bandicoot: Warped (Video Game)
Dingodile (voice)
 
1997 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (TV series)
Fisherman / Loch Ness Monster
Nuclear and Present Danger/Loch Ness Mess (1997) … Loch Ness Monster/Fisherman
 
1997 This World, Then the Fireworks
Jake Krutz
 
1995 Iron Man (TV series)
Crimson Dynamo
Not Far from the Tree (1995) … Crimson Dynamo (voice)
 
1995 Gospa
judge Marulic
 
1995 Funny Bones
Al
 
1995 Flight of the Amazon Queen (Video Game)
Frank Ironstein/Bellboy/Bud/John/Chef/Spaced out Prisoner (voice) (as Bill Hootkins)
 
1994 Death Machine
John Carpenter
 
1994 The Neverending Story III
Bark Troll (voice) / Falkor (voice)
 
1994 The Tomorrow People (TV series)
Colonel Cobb
The Monsoon Man: Part 1 (1994) … Colonel Cobb (credit only)
 
1993 The Cement Garden
Commander Hunt (voice)
 
1993 Age of Treason (TV movie)
Senator Garrus
 
1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV series)
Diaghilev
Barcelona, May 1917 (1992) … Diaghilev
 
1992 Dust Devil
Capt. Beyman
 
1992 The Legend of Prince Valiant (TV series)
Prince Giles
The Fist of Iron (1992) … Prince Giles (voice)
The Competitor (1992) … Prince Giles (voice)
The Walls of Tyranny (1992) (voice)
 
1992 Gummed Labels (TV movie)
Harold (Seducer Producer)
 
1992 La vida láctea
Julian Reilly
 
1991 The Princess and the Goblin (voice)
 
1991 Hear My Song
Mr. X
 
1991 The Pope Must Diet
Cardinal Verucci
 
1991 Chancer (TV series)
Moody
Remembrance (1991) … Moody
 
1983-1991 Bergerac (TV series)
Eugene Field / Karl Goldman
My Friend Charlie (1991) … Karl Goldman
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie (1983) … Eugene Field
 
1990 Capital City (TV series)
Jay
Shoes on the Wrong Feet (1990) … Jay
 
1990 Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series)
FBI Agent Burt
 
1989 Valerie (TV series)
Belize
Paris: Part 3 (1989) … Belize
Paris: Part 2 (1989) … Belize
Paris: Part 1 (1989) … Belize
 
1989 Monkeys (TV movie)
James Hoffman
 
1988 Wipe Out (TV mini-series)
Ron Kolofski
Episode #1.2 (1988) … Ron Kolofski
 
1986-1988 American Playhouse (TV series)
Phil Cooper
The Big Knife (1988)
Rocket to the Moon (1986) … Phil Cooper
 
1988 Crusoe
Auctioneer
 
1988 American Gothic
Teddy
 
1987 The New Statesman (TV series)
Willoughby Guzzler
Baa Baa Black Sheep (1987) … Willoughby Guzzler
 
1987 U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart (TV movie)
August Mirch
 
1987 The Return of Sherlock Holmes (TV movie)
Spelman
 
1986 Paradise Postponed (TV mini-series)
Bugloss
Living in the Past (1986) … Bugloss
 
1986 Haunted Honeymoon
Reporter
 
1986 Black-Adder II (TV series)
Monk
Beer (1986) … Monk
 
1986 Lytton's Diary (TV series)
Sam Wexler
The Ends and the Means (1986) … Sam Wexler
 
1985 White Nights
Chuck Malarek
 
1985 Dreamchild
1st Radio Actor
 
1985 Zina
Walter Adams
 
1985 Water
Ben
 
1984 Fox Mystery Theater (TV series)
Lou Delmart
Black Carrion (1984) … Lou Delmart
 
1983 Who Dares Wins (TV series)
Various Roles
 
1983 Whiz Kids (TV series)
Gregor
Red Star Rising (1983) … Gregor
 
1983 Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (TV series)
Hamilton Betts
The Affair of the Pink Pearl (1983) … Hamilton Betts
 
1983 Curse of the Pink Panther
Taxi Driver
 
1983 Taxi (TV series)
Liquor Authority Agent
Jim's Mario's (1983) … Liquor Authority Agent
 
1983 Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (TV series)
Frank Dorr
Finger Man (1983) … Frank Dorr
 
1983 Remington Steele (TV series)
Chester Harcourt
Vintage Steele (1983) … Chester Harcourt
 
1983 Cagney & Lacey (TV series)
Zachary Kendall
Date Rape (1983) … Zachary Kendall
 
1983 The Tempest (video)
Caliban
 
1982 Trail of the Pink Panther
Taxi Driver
 
1982 Bret Maverick (TV series)
Congressman Theodore Roosevelt
 
1980-1981 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Harry Chester / Peter Bligh
The Boy Who Talked with Animals (1981) … Harry Chester
Taste (1980) … Peter Bligh
 
1981 Play for Today (TV series)
Mel
Before Water Lilies (1981) … Mel
 
1981 Sphinx
Don
 
1981 Agony (TV series)
Herman Tweeder
Communications Breakdown (1981) … Herman Tweeder
 
1981 Out of Order (short)
 
1980 Oppenheimer (TV mini-series)
F.B.I. Agent
Episode #1.3 (1980) … F.B.I. Agent
Episode #1.2 (1980) … F.B.I. Agent
 
1980 Premiere (TV series)
Rabbit Pie Day (1980)
 
1980 Flash Gordon
Munson
 
1980 Just Liz (TV series)
Freddie
Episode #1.5 (1980) … Freddie
 
1980 Hussy
1st. Punter
 
1980 Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession
Col. Taylor
 
1979 A Deadly Game (TV movie)
U.S. Embassy Photographer
 
1979 Two Up, Two Down (TV series)
Hoover
I Know What You're Thinking (1979) … Hoover
 
1979 The Lady Vanishes
Party Guest
 
1979 Hanover Street
Beef
 
1978 Lillie (TV mini-series)
Colonel Cunningham
America (1978) … Colonel Cunningham
 
1978 Crown Court (TV series)
Barry Ferguson
Scalped: Part 1 (1978) … Barry Ferguson
 
1978 The Lost Boys (TV mini-series)
Charles Frohman
 
1978 ITV Sunday Night Drama (TV series)
Reverend Dewey
Clouds of Glory: William and Dorothy (1978) … Reverend Dewey
 
1978 The Billion Dollar Bubble (as Bill Hootkins)
 
1977 Come Back, Little Sheba (TV movie)
Postman (as Bill Hootkins)
 
1977 Van der Valk (TV series)
Frank Garvin
Dead on Arrival (1977) … Frank Garvin
 
1977 Yanks Go Home (TV series)
Colonel Richter
Some of Our Coal Is Missing (1977) … Colonel Richter
 
1977 Valentino
Fatty
 
1977 Star Wars
Red Six (Porkins)
 
1977 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Little Bilham
 
1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming
Sgt. Fitzpatrick (as Bill Hootkins)
 
1976 Plays for Britain (TV series)
Party guest
The Paradise Run (1976) … Party guest
 
1974 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
Mr. Bowles
Speed King (1974) … Mr. Bowles
 
1973 Big Zapper
Kono's henchman
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2004 Animals Behaving Badly (TV documentary) (narrator - as Bill Hootkins)
 
2004 The Big Sting (TV documentary) (narrator - as Bill Hootkins)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2013 Special Collector's Edition (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
Blu-ray: Pack Indiana Jones (2013) (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
2004 Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 L.A. 10,000 B.C. (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 Almighty Amphibians (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 Mars: Pioneering the Planet (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 Mysteries of the Smithsonian (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
2001 Nova (TV series documentary)
Voice of Methuselah
Methuselah Tree (2001) … Voice of Methuselah
 
2000 They Call Him Chantek (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1999 Wild Indonesia (TV series documentary)
Narrator
Creatures of Island Kingdoms (1999) … Narrator
The Mystery of Sulawesi (1999) … Narrator
Where Worlds Collide (1999) … Narrator
 
1997 Extreme Machines (TV series documentary)
Narrator
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2008 Blackadder Rides Again (TV documentary)
Freddie Frobisher (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

4/03: Played Alfred Hitchcock in "Hitchcock Blonde" at London's Royal Court Theatre. His co-star was Rosamund Pike. See more »

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Alternate Names:

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Trivia:

He and classmate Tommy Lee Jones have both appeared in films in the Batman series. Hootkins appeared in Batman, while Jones replaced Billy Dee Williams in Batman Forever. See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

Cancer