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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

123

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-02-02

Day of Death

2022-05-28 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Greenville, South Carolina, USA

Also Known As

William Mauldin Hopkins

بو هاپکینز

Bo Hopkins

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

The Wild Bunch

1969

The Wild Bunch

as

Clarence 'Crazy' Lee

U Turn

1997

U Turn

as

Ed

American Graffiti

1973

American Graffiti

as

Joe Young

White Lightning

1973

White Lightning

as

Ray Boone

The Day of the Locust

1975

The Day of the Locust

as

Earle Shoop

The Getaway

1972

The Getaway

as

Frank Jackson

Center of the Web

1992

Center of the Web

as

Frank Allesendro

The Killer Elite

1975

The Killer Elite

as

Jerome Miller

More American Graffiti

1979

More American Graffiti

as

Little Joe

Uncle Sam

1996

Uncle Sam

as

Sgt. Twining

Night Shadows

1984

Night Shadows

as

Sheriff Will Stewart

The Nickel Ride

1975

The Nickel Ride

as

Turner

A Crack in the Floor

2001

A Crack in the Floor

as

Sheriff Talmidge

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

1972

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

as

Dixie Brick

Cheyenne Warrior

1994

Cheyenne Warrior

as

Jack Andrews

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

1986

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

as

Sheriff John Jensen

The Bridge at Remagen

1969

The Bridge at Remagen

as

Cpl. Grebs

Posse

1975

Posse

as

Wesley

OP Center

1995

OP Center

as

Dan McCaskey

Dayton's Devils

1968

Dayton's Devils

as

Truck Driver

Tentacles

1977

Tentacles

as

Will Gleason

Monte Walsh

1970

Monte Walsh

as

Jumpin' Joe Joslin

The Ballad of Little Jo

1993

The Ballad of Little Jo

as

Frank Badger

Nightmare at Noon

1988

Nightmare at Noon

as

Reilly

Cowboy Up

2002

Cowboy Up

as

Ray Drupp

The Fifth Floor

1978

The Fifth Floor

as

Carl

The Newton Boys

1998

The Newton Boys

as

K.P. Aldrich

Casino

1980

Casino

as

Stoney

Sweet Sixteen

1983

Sweet Sixteen

as

Sheriff Dan Burke

The Thousand Plane Raid

1969

The Thousand Plane Raid

as

Capt. Douglass

Ghost Dancing

1983

Ghost Dancing

as

Dave Groves

Painted Hero

1997

Painted Hero

as

Brownie

What Comes Around

1985

What Comes Around

as

Tom Hawkins

Fever Lake

1997

Fever Lake

as

Sheriff Harris

Rodeo Girl

1980

Rodeo Girl

as

Will Garrett

Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell!

1990

Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell!

as

Sheriff Jon Farlock

Inside Monkey Zetterland

1992

Inside Monkey Zetterland

as

Mike Zetterland

The Legend of Wolf Mountain

1992

The Legend of Wolf Mountain

as

Steven Haynes

The Kansas City Massacre

1975

The Kansas City Massacre

as

Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd

A Small Town in Texas

1976

A Small Town in Texas

as

Sheriff Duke

The Final Alliance

1990

The Final Alliance

as

Sheriff Whistler

The Plutonium Incident

1980

The Plutonium Incident

as

Art Reeves

President's Target

1989

President's Target

as

Marty Rogers

Blood Ties

1991

Blood Ties

as

Chief Hunter

Time Served

1999

Time Served

as

Mr. D

Crisis in Sun Valley

1978

Crisis in Sun Valley

as

Buchanan

Big Bad John

1990

Big Bad John

as

Lester

The Bounty Hunter

1989

The Bounty Hunter

as

Sheriff Bennett

The Runaway Barge

1975

The Runaway Barge

as

Earl Owens

Macho Callahan

1971

Macho Callahan

as

Yancy

City of Ghosts

2002

City of Ghosts

as

(Uncredited)

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

1994

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

as

Rattlesnake Reynolds

Phantoms

1998

Phantoms

as

Agent Hawthorne

The Feminine Touch

1995

The Feminine Touch

as

Capt. Hogan

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

1978

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

as

Eddie Lee Haskell

Shade

2003

Shade

as

Lieutenant Scarne

Trapper County War

1989

Trapper County War

as

Sheriff Sam Frost

Texas Payback

1994

Texas Payback

as

Sheriff Bishop

The Moonshine War

1970

The Moonshine War

as

Bud Blackwell

Beggarman, Thief

1979

Beggarman, Thief

as

Bunny Dwyer

Vice

2000

Vice

as

Jamie Barnett

The Invasion of Johnson County

1976

The Invasion of Johnson County

as

George Dunning

A Little Christmas Business

2013

A Little Christmas Business

as

Coach Morris

Riders in the Storm

1995

Riders in the Storm

as

Billy Van Owen

Getting to Know You

1999

Getting to Know You

as

Officer Caminetto

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

Hillbilly Elegy

as

Papaw

Radioland Murders

1994

Radioland Murders

as

Billy's Father

R.I.O.T.: The Movie

1996

R.I.O.T.: The Movie

as

Harry McQue

Pitcher and the Pin-Up

2003

Pitcher and the Pin-Up

as

Coach Stangel

Cat Ballou

1971

Cat Ballou

as

Clay

The Thundering 8th

2000

The Thundering 8th

as

Col. Thompson

The A-Team

The A-Team

as

Charles Drew

Dynasty

Dynasty

as

Matthew Blaisdel

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

as

Harper Haggen

Nichols

Nichols

as

Kansas

The Hitchhiker

The Hitchhiker

as

Lew Bridgeman

The Rat Patrol

The Rat Patrol

as

Bo Randall

Bonanza

Bonanza

as

Stretch Logan

OP Center

OP Center

as

Dan McCaskey

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

as

John Cooper

The Wild Wild West

The Wild Wild West

as

Zack Garrison

Aspen

Aspen

as

Budd Townsend

Finder of Lost Loves

Finder of Lost Loves

as

William Davis / Drew Gilbert

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

as

Wes Anderson

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Scott Larkin

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Ray Jenkins

Doc Elliot

Doc Elliot

as

Eldred McCoy

Production

Shade

2003

Shade

as

Crew

Directing