# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-hootkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:57:32.739Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-hootkins"
name: "William Hootkins"
slug: "william-hootkins"
description: "William Michael Hootkins was an American actor, long based in the United Kingdom. He was known to film audiences for his supporting roles in several blockbusters of the 1970s and 1980s, notably as Jek Porkins / Red Six in the original Star Wars (1977), Major Eaton in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and Lt. Max Eckhardt in Batman (1989). He also worked on the West End stage, originating the role of Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock Blonde."
tagline: "American actor (1948–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Hootkins_in_2002_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1948-07-05"
deathDate: "2005-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.04
  momentum:             16.12962689868751
  historical:           16.73835866666667
  currentAttention:     9.56
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393853/"
    handle:    "nm0393853"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump