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Bo Hopkins

Acting
84 years oldGreenville, South Carolina, USA

Biography

Bo Hopkins (February 2, 1938 – May 28, 2022) was an American actor.  He appeared in more than 100 film and television roles in a career of more than 40 years, including the The Wild Bunch (1969), The Bridge at Remagen (1969), The Getaway (1972), American Graffiti (1973), The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973), The Killer Elite (1975), Posse (1975), A Small Town in Texas (1976), Midnight Express (1978), and More American Graffiti (1979). After Hopkins' first roles in major films in the early 1970s he appeared in White Lightning (1973). He starred or co-starred in a number of made-for-television movies of the mid-1970s, including Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley (1975), The Runaway Barge (1975), The Kansas City Massacre (1975), The Invasion of Johnson County (1976), Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976), Woman on the Run (1977), Thaddeus Rose and Eddie (1978), Crisis in Sun Valley (1978) and The Busters (1978). When Gretchen Corbett left the television series The Rockford Files in 1978, Hopkins replaced her character as Rockford's attorney John Cooper, ultimately appearing in 3 episodes. In 1981, Hopkins appeared in the first season of the prime time drama Dynasty as Matthew Blaisdel. His many other appearances on television included in miniseries Aspen (1977) and Beggarman, Thief (1979), and in episodes of Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Virginian, Nichols, The Rat Patrol, The Mod Squad, Hawaii Five-O, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, The A-Team, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, The Fall Guy, Crazy Like a Fox, Murder, She Wrote and Doc Elliot. Hopkins has a role in the video game Nuclear Strike. He plays Colonel LeMonde, a mercenary who steals a nuclear weapon. The 'Strike' team tracks him through Southeast Asia.Description above from the Wikipedia article Bo Hopkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Details

Born
February 2, 1938 - May 28, 2022 (age 84)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Known For
Acting

Also Known As

William Mauldin Hopkins
بو هاپکینز

Movies (47)

Hillbilly Elegy
6.7

Hillbilly Elegy

as Papaw

2020

A Little Christmas Business
3.2

A Little Christmas Business

as Coach Morris

2013

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
7.0

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

as Self

2005

Pitcher and the Pin-Up
6.2

Pitcher and the Pin-Up

as Coach Stangel

2003

Shade
6.2

Shade

as Lieutenant Scarne

2003

City of Ghosts
5.8

City of Ghosts

as (Uncredited)

2002

Cowboy Up
5.9

Cowboy Up

as Ray Drupp

2002

A Crack in the Floor
3.4

A Crack in the Floor

as Sheriff Talmidge

2001

Choosing Matthias
2.7

Choosing Matthias

as Doc

2001

Vice

Vice

as Jamie Barnett

2000

Big Brother Trouble
3.3

Big Brother Trouble

as Oddo

2000

The Thundering 8th

The Thundering 8th

as Col. Thompson

2000

Time Served
2.2

Time Served

as Mr. D

1999

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
4.6

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

as Sheriff Lawson

1999

Getting to Know You
7.5

Getting to Know You

as Officer Caminetto

1999

Lunker Lake

Lunker Lake

1998

The Newton Boys
6.1

The Newton Boys

as K.P. Aldrich

1998

Phantoms
5.4

Phantoms

as Agent Hawthorne

1998

Fever Lake
2.8

Fever Lake

as Sheriff Harris

1997

U Turn
6.6

U Turn

as Ed

1997

Painted Hero
4.8

Painted Hero

as Brownie

1997

Uncle Sam
4.8

Uncle Sam

as Sgt. Twining

1996

Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
5.0

Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal

as Rip Bartlett

1996

R.I.O.T.: The Movie
4.0

R.I.O.T.: The Movie

as Harry McQue

1996

Riders in the Storm
1.0

Riders in the Storm

as Billy Van Owen

1995

OP Center
5.9

OP Center

as Dan McCaskey

1995

The Feminine Touch
6.5

The Feminine Touch

as Capt. Hogan

1995

Texas Payback
5.0

Texas Payback

as Sheriff Bishop

1994

Radioland Murders
5.9

Radioland Murders

as Billy's Father

1994

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
6.5

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

as Rattlesnake Reynolds

1994

Cheyenne Warrior
7.2

Cheyenne Warrior

as Jack Andrews

1994

The Ballad of Little Jo
5.8

The Ballad of Little Jo

as Frank Badger

1993

Inside Monkey Zetterland
3.0

Inside Monkey Zetterland

as Mike Zetterland

1992

The Legend of Wolf Mountain
4.5

The Legend of Wolf Mountain

as Steven Haynes

1992

Center of the Web
3.0

Center of the Web

as Frank Allesendro

1992

Blood Ties
4.7

Blood Ties

as Chief Hunter

1991

Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell!
2.4

Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell!

as Sheriff Jon Farlock

1990

The Final Alliance
5.9

The Final Alliance

as Sheriff Whistler

1990

Big Bad John
4.0

Big Bad John

as Lester

1990

The Bounty Hunter
2.4

The Bounty Hunter

as Sheriff Bennett

1989

President's Target
4.0

President's Target

as Marty Rogers

1989

Trapper County War
3.5

Trapper County War

as Sheriff Sam Frost

1989

Nightmare at Noon
4.5

Nightmare at Noon

as Reilly

1988

A Smoky Mountain Christmas
5.8

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

as Sheriff John Jensen

1986

Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
5.8

Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills

as Jud

1986

What Comes Around
2.7

What Comes Around

as Tom Hawkins

1985

Dark Horse

Dark Horse

1985

TV Shows (3)