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Bo Hopkins

Actor·1938–2022·Greenville, South Carolina, USA

13 horror credits

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.

Actor13 films

A Crack in the Floor

A Crack in the Floor

Sheriff Talmidge

2001
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

Sheriff Lawson

1999
Phantoms

Phantoms

Agent Hawthorne

1998 2.0
Fever Lake

Fever Lake

Sheriff Harris

1997
Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam

Sgt. Twining

1996
Blood Ties

Blood Ties

Chief Hunter

1991
Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell!

Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell!

Sheriff Jon Farlock

1990
Nightmare at Noon

Nightmare at Noon

Reilly

1988
Night Shadows

Night Shadows

Sheriff Will Stewart

1984
Sweet Sixteen

Sweet Sixteen

Sheriff Dan Burke

1983
The Fifth Floor

The Fifth Floor

Carl

1978 3.0
Tentacles

Tentacles

Will Gleason

1977 2.5
The Day of the Locust

The Day of the Locust

Earle Shoop

1975