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Bo Hopkins

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Feb 2, 1938 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Greenville, 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.

Known For

Acting
2025Passion & Poetry: Getaway in TexasSelf (archive footage)
2020Hillbilly ElegyPapaw
2013A Little Christmas BusinessCoach Morris
2005Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam PeckinpahSelf
2003ShadeLieutenant Scarne
2003Pitcher and the Pin-UpCoach Stangel
2002Cowboy UpRay Drupp
2002City of Ghosts(Uncredited)
2001A Crack in the FloorSheriff Talmidge
2001Choosing MatthiasDoc
2000Big Brother TroubleOddo
2000ViceJamie Barnett
2000The Thundering 8thCol. Thompson
1999From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood MoneySheriff Lawson
1999Time ServedMr. D
1999Getting to Know YouOfficer Caminetto
1998The Newton BoysK.P. Aldrich
1998Lunker LakeMitch Swindell
1998PhantomsAgent Hawthorne
1997U TurnEd
1997Painted HeroBrownie
1997Fever LakeSheriff Harris
1997The Angry Beavers
1996Uncle SamSgt. Twining
1996Shaughnessy: The Iron MarshalRip Bartlett
1996R.I.O.T.: The MovieHarry McQue
1995OP CenterDan McCaskey
1995The Feminine TouchCapt. Hogan
1995Riders in the StormBilly Van Owen
1995OP CenterDan McCaskey
1994Cheyenne WarriorJack Andrews
1994Wyatt Earp: Return to TombstoneRattlesnake Reynolds
1994Texas PaybackSheriff Bishop
1994Radioland MurdersBilly's Father
1993The Ballad of Little JoFrank Badger
1992Center of the WebFrank Allesendro
1992Inside Monkey ZetterlandMike Zetterland
1992The Legend of Wolf MountainSteven Haynes
1991Blood TiesChief Hunter
1990Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell!Sheriff Jon Farlock
1990The Final AllianceSheriff Whistler
1990Big Bad JohnLester
1989President's TargetMarty Rogers
1989The Bounty HunterSheriff Bennett
1989Trapper County WarSheriff Sam Frost
1988Nightmare at NoonReilly
1986A Smoky Mountain ChristmasSheriff John Jensen
1986Louis L'Amour's Down the Long HillsJud
1986MatlockSheriff
1985What Comes AroundTom Hawkins
1985Dark Horse
1984Night ShadowsSheriff Will Stewart
1984E. Nick: A Legend in His Own MindSelf
1984Crazy like a FoxLowell
1984Finder of Lost LovesWilliam Davis / Drew Gilbert
1984Murder, She WroteScott Larkin
1984Murder, She WroteRay Jenkins
1983Sweet SixteenSheriff Dan Burke
1983Ghost DancingDave Groves
1983The A-TeamCharles Drew
1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983The HitchhikerLew Bridgeman
1982Hotel
1982Matt Houston
1981DynastyMatthew Blaisdel
1980CasinoStoney
1980Rodeo GirlWill Garrett
1980The Plutonium IncidentArt Reeves
1979More American GraffitiLittle Joe
1979Beggarman, ThiefBunny Dwyer
1979The Last Ride of the Dalton GangBilly Doolin
1979Beggarman, ThiefBunny Dwyer
1979SupertrainDamien O'Toole
1978Midnight ExpressTex
1978The Fifth FloorCarl
1978Crisis in Sun ValleyBuchanan
1978Thaddeus Rose and EddieEddie Lee Haskell
1977TentaclesWill Gleason
1977AspenBudd Townsend
1976A Small Town in TexasSheriff Duke
1976The Invasion of Johnson CountyGeorge Dunning
1976Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage RunawaySwan
1976Charlie's AngelsBeau Creel
1976Charlie's AngelsWes Anderson
1975The Day of the LocustEarle Shoop
1975The Killer EliteJerome Miller
1975The Nickel RideTurner
1975PosseWesley
1975Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William CalleyProsecuting attorney
1975The Kansas City MassacreCharles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
1975The Runaway BargeEarl Owens
1974The Manhunter
1974Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
1974The Rockford FilesJohn Cooper
1973American GraffitiJoe Young
1973White LightningRay Boone
1973The Man Who Loved Cat DancingBilly
1973Doc Elliot
1973Doc ElliotEldred McCoy
1972The GetawayFrank Jackson
1972The Culpepper Cattle Co.Dixie Brick
1972The Only Way HomeOrval
1972The Rookies
1971Macho CallahanYancy
1971Cat BallouClay
1971NicholsKansas
1970Monte WalshJumpin' Joe Joslin
1970The Moonshine WarBud Blackwell
1969The Wild BunchClarence 'Crazy' Lee
1969The Bridge at RemagenCpl. Grebs
1969The Thousand Plane RaidCapt. Douglass
1968Dayton's DevilsTruck Driver
1968Hawaii Five-OJeb
1968The Mod Squad
1968The Mod SquadArnie
1967Ironside
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967The Guns of Will SonnettBen Merceen
1966The Rat PatrolBo Randall
1965The Wild Wild WestZack Garrison
1962The VirginianWill
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1960The Andy Griffith ShowGeorge
1959BonanzaStretch Logan
1955GunsmokeHarper Haggen
Production
2003ShadeExecutive Producer