Separated at Birth
Aussie Dave | Dec 30, 2005 | 1 comment
Arab Knesset Member/traitor Mohammad Barakeh, and Star Wars favorite Porkins.
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An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.Filed Under: Separated at Birth
Ah! as it happens, the actor who played Porkins — William Hootkins — recently (late October) died of pancreatic cancer.
By all accounts (at least those online), a nice guy. see, for example
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc/browse_thread/thread/c89b83849de43e18/56b512b4ab84e5a1?lnk=st&q=%22William+Hootkins%22&rnum=1#56b512b4ab84e5a1
You can hear him on a 19-cd “audio book” narrating Moby Dick!