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| William Hootkins | |||||
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| Born | William Michael Hootkins July 5, 1948 Dallas, Texas | ||||
| Died | October 23, 2005 (Age 57) Santa Monica, California | ||||
| Characters played | Crimson Dynamo | ||||
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William Michael Hootkins (born July 5, 1948; died October 23, 2005) was an actor who played Crimson Dynamo in the Iron Man episode "Not Far From the Tree".
Biography[]
He had a short but memorable role in the original Star Wars film as X-Wing pilot Porkins, alongside Mark Hamill. He also had memorable roles in Raiders of the Lost Ark as Major Eaton and Batman as Lt Eckhardt.
Other notable works include Big Zapper, Twilight's Last Gleaming, Valentino, Clouds of Glory, The Lost Boys, The Lady Vanishes, BBC2 Playhouse, Flash Gordon, Oppenheimer, Tales of the Unexpected, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, Trail of the Pink Panther, Remington Steele, Curse of the Pink Panther, The Tempest, Water, Inside Out, Biggles: Adventures in Time, Haunted Honeymoon, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, American Gothic, Valerie, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Hardware, The Pope Must Diet, The Princess and the Goblin, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The Legend of Prince Valiant, The Tomorrow People, The NeverEnding Story III, Funny Bones, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Crash Bandicoot: Warped, The Omega Code, Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick, Justice League, EverQuest II, The West Wing, Dear Wendy, and Color Me Kubrick.
He died due to pancreatic cancer on October 23th, 2005.