We've lost Red Six...

Sad news today. William Hootkins has died. Oh, you might know him by a few other names.

Like Jek Porkins (Red Six) from Star Wars: (Ep IV, A New Hope).

or...

The "bureaucratic fool", Major Eaton, from Raiders of the Lost Ark

or...

Lieutenant Eckhart, from Batman

He was a helluva character actor that made his way into several of my favorite films (and a small, walk-on part in a second season Blackadder epidose ["Great booze up, Edmund!"]).

R.I.P. Porkins