Bo Hopkins
Born
2 February 1938 (88)
Place of Birth
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Also known as
William Mauldin 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...
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.
Filmography (40)
Passion & Poetry: Getaway in Texas
2025
Hillbilly Elegy
2020
A Little Christmas Business
2013
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
2003
Shade
2003
City of Ghosts
2002
Cowboy Up
2002
A Crack in the Floor
2001
Choosing Matthias
2001
Vice
2000
Big Brother Trouble
2000
The Thundering 8th
2000
Time Served
1999
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
1999
Getting to Know You
1999
Lunker Lake
1998
The Newton Boys
1998
Phantoms
1998
Fever Lake
1997
U Turn
1997
Painted Hero
1997
Uncle Sam
1996
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
R.I.O.T.: The Movie
1996
Riders in the Storm
1995
OP Center
1995
The Feminine Touch
1995
Texas Payback
1994
Radioland Murders
1994
Cheyenne Warrior
1994
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993
Inside Monkey Zetterland
1992
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
1992
Center of the Web
1992
Blood Ties
1991
Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell!
1990
The Final Alliance
1990
Big Bad John
1990