About
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...
Known for
Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries • 1989
The West WingSeries • 1999
NOVASeries • 1974
Remington SteeleSeries • 1982
American PlayhouseSeries • 1982
TaxiSeries • 1978
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
Star WarsMovie • 1977
Raiders of the Lost ArkMovie • 1981
Tales of the UnexpectedSeries • 1979
Cagney & LaceySeries • 1982
BergeracSeries • 1981
PlayhouseSeries • 1974
The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSeries • 1992
Aaahh!!! Real MonstersSeries • 1994
BlackadderSeries • 1983
Justice LeagueSeries • 2001
BatmanMovie • 1989
Van der ValkSeries • 1972
Iron ManSeries • 1994
The New StatesmanSeries • 1987
Hammer House of Mystery and SuspenseSeries • 1984
A River Runs Through ItMovie • 1992
Agatha Christie's Partners in CrimeSeries • 1983