Peter Hooten

American actor

Peter Hooten
Peter Hooten (1992)
Born	John Peter Hooten (1950-11-29) November 29, 1950 (age 73) Clermont, Florida, U.S.
Education	Ithaca College
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1968–present

John Peter Hooten (born November 29, 1950) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the title character in the television film Dr. Strange (1978).

Career

Hooten started acting in 1968 at the age of 17. He appeared as an uncredited extra in Midnight Cowboy. He attended Ithaca College in upstate New York. His first speaking role was a 1969 appearance on the TV drama Marcus Welby, M.D.. Later, he played the title character in the 1978 TV film Dr. Strange and appeared as a guest star in The Waltons, Mod Squad and Mannix.

TV and filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	Midnight Cowboy	Extra	Movie
1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Richard Ross	TV series
1970	The Bold Ones: The Protectors	Clancy Austin	TV series
1970	Tribes	Scrunch	TV movie
1971	Dan August	Troy Stedman	TV series
1972	Night of Terror	Chris Arden	TV movie
1972	Mod Squad	Jim Styles	TV series
1972	Mannix	Don Wilkerson	TV series
1972	The Waltons	Jamie	TV series
1975	Slashed Dreams	Robert	Movie
1975	One of Our Own	Dr. Madison	TV movie
1975	Prisoners	Unknown	Independent Film
1975	A Woman for All Men	Paul McCoy	Movie
1975	Bronk	Unknown	TV series
1976	The Student Body	Carter	Movie
1977	Orca	Paul	Movie
1978	The Inglorious Bastards^[1]	Tony	Movie
1978	The Fifth Commandment	Leo Redder	Movie
1978	Dr. Strange	Dr. Stephen Strange	TV movie
1980	Dan August: Once Is Never Enough	Troy Stedman	TV movie
1981	Fantasies	Damir	Movie
1982	2020 Texas Gladiators	Halakron	Movie
1982	The Soldier	The Soldier's Force	Movie
1982	Born Beautiful	Tony	TV movie
1987	Tempi di guerra	Captain Rosen	Movie
1987	Brothers in Blood	Charlie	Movie
1988	Just a Damned Soldier	Unknown	Movie
1990	Night Killer	Axel	Movie
2007	In Search of Steve Ditko	Dr. Strange (Archive footage)	TV movie documentary
2013	House of Blood	Frank Martin	Movie
2017	Souleater	Sheriff Buford Talley	Movie

Personal life

Hooten and the poet James Merrill were romantic partners from 1983 until the death of the latter in 1995. After 16 years in New York City, and some time in Connecticut, Hooten moved to St. Augustine, Florida.^[1] As of 2009, Hooten has lived in Sarasota, Florida.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Bardi, Joe (August 19, 2009). "A "spaghetti war" film classic: Sarasota's Peter Hooten on his role in the original Inglorious Bastards". Creative Loafing. I felt really good and I worked a long time on it," Hooten says, lingering over a double espresso and chocolate cake in the dining room at the Sarasota Ritz-Carlton. And I got really good people together. And we shot it in Cambridge; it was the right atmosphere. … It's not mainstream, but God, it was a labor of love. So who's going to see that? But it will be in the libraries when Inglorious Bastards goes bye-bye. Nobody's going to remember anybody for that.