Remembering Bill Hitchcock Hootkins…Date: 10 March 2006 Meanwhile, a memorial is being held for Rosamund Pike’s Hitchcock Blonde co-star, American stage and screen actor William Hootkins, who passed away in October last year (See News, 24 Oct 2005). His many screen credits include Star Wars, two Pink Panther films starring Peter Sellers, The Raiders of the Lost Ark, Three Men in a Restaurant, The Magnificent Ambersons, This World Then the Fireworks, The Island of Dr Moreau, Town & Country, A River Runs Through It and Colour Me Kubrick. Amongst his British stage credits were: Dreams in an Empty City and What a Way to Run a Revolution in the West End; Orpheus Descending at the Donmar Warehouse; The Dentist, The Watergate Tapes and Terry Johnson’s Insignificance at the Royal Court. A celebration of his life will take place at the Royal Court on Friday 17 March at 3.00pm. All are welcome but anyone wishing to attend must email an RSVP bill@hoot.net.
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