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