Bo Hopkins

Bo Hopkins

1938-02-02 – 2022-05-28 (age 84) Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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Biography

Bo Hopkins (February 2, 1938 – May 28, 2022) was an American actor. Β 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.

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Known For

Midnight Express
Midnight Express

1978

as Tex

Shade
Shade

2003

as Lieutenant Scarne

Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy

2020

as Papaw

American Graffiti
American Graffiti

1973

as Joe Young

The Getaway
The Getaway

1972

as Frank Jackson

U Turn
U Turn

1997

as Ed

The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch

1969

as Clarence 'Crazy' Lee

Posse
Posse

1975

as Wesley

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Phantoms
Phantoms

1998

as Agent Hawthorne

The Bridge at Remagen
The Bridge at Remagen

1969

as Cpl. Grebs

White Lightning
White Lightning

1973

as Ray Boone

Macho Callahan
Macho Callahan

1971

as Yancy

Radioland Murders
Radioland Murders

1994

as Billy's Father

Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Sixteen

1983

as Sheriff Dan Burke

More American Graffiti
More American Graffiti

1979

as Little Joe

Casino
Casino

1980

as Stoney

The Plutonium Incident
The Plutonium Incident

1980

as Art Reeves

The Killer Elite
The Killer Elite

1975

as Jerome Miller

Tentacles
Tentacles

1977

as Will Gleason