- Geboren am
- Verstorben23. Oktober 2005 · Santa Monica, Kalifornien, USA (Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs)
- GeburtsnameWilliam Michael Hootkins
- Spitzname
- Bill
- Größe1,70 m
- William Hootkins wurde am 5 Juli 1948 in Dallas, Texas, USA geboren. Er war Schauspieler, bekannt für Jäger des verlorenen Schatzes (1981), Star Wars: Episode IV - Eine neue Hoffnung (1977) und Batman (1989). Er war mit Carolyn Robb und Polly Hootkins verheiratet. Er starb am 23 Oktober 2005 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- EhepartnerCarolyn Robb(24. Juli 2005 - 23. Oktober 2005) (er verstorben)Polly Hootkins(27. April 1973 - 19. Januar 2005) (geschieden)
- Studied astrophysics and Chinese linguistics while attending Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey.
- Was interviewed by the FBI shortly after the JFK assassination. He had been taking Russian language lessons from Ruth Paine, the woman with whom Marina Oswald ( Lee Harvey Oswald's wife) was staying with at the time.
- Moved to the UK after his friend John Lithgow recommended that he go there.
- Was originally slated to play the role of Dennis Nedry in 1993's Jurassic Park (1993), but was replaced after Steven Spielberg saw Wayne Knight's performance in Basic Instinct (1992).
- He lived in London, England for thirty years before moving to Los Angeles in 2002 where he lived the rest of his life.
- [about his role in Star Wars: Episode IV - Eine neue Hoffnung (1977)] In a sense, my career's been downhill ever since. Fans still come to greet me at the stage door with action figures of my character and embarrassing photographs for me to sign.
- Batman (1989) - $400,000
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