Bo Hopkins

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

February 2, 1938

died

May 28, 2022

place of birth

Greenville, South Carolina, USA

also known as

William Mauldin Hopkins · بو هاپکینز

total credits

50 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

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Midnight Express
7.4

Midnight Express

1978as Tex
U Turn
6.6

U Turn

1997as Ed
The Wild Bunch
7.6

The Wild Bunch

1969as Clarence 'Crazy' Lee
The Getaway
7.1

The Getaway

1972as Frank Jackson
American Graffiti
7.0

American Graffiti

1973as Joe Young
Hillbilly Elegy
6.7

Hillbilly Elegy

2020as Papaw
Phantoms
5.5

Phantoms

1998as Agent Hawthorne
The Bridge at Remagen
6.7

The Bridge at Remagen

1969as Cpl. Grebs
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
4.6

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

1999as Sheriff Lawson
Shade
6.2

Shade

2003as Lieutenant Scarne
Posse
6.1

Posse

1975as Wesley
Uncle Sam
4.9

Uncle Sam

1996as Sgt. Twining
White Lightning
6.1

White Lightning

1973as Ray Boone
The Killer Elite
5.8

The Killer Elite

1975as Jerome Miller
The Day of the Locust
6.4

The Day of the Locust

1975as Earle Shoop
The Newton Boys
6.1

The Newton Boys

1998as K.P. Aldrich
Cowboy Up
5.9

Cowboy Up

2002as Ray Drupp
Radioland Murders
5.9

Radioland Murders

1994as Billy's Father
Tentacles
4.6

Tentacles

1977as Will Gleason
More American Graffiti
5.2

More American Graffiti

1979as Little Joe
City of Ghosts
5.8

City of Ghosts

2002as (Uncredited)
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
3.3

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

1979as Billy Doolin
OP Center
6.1

OP Center

1995as Dan McCaskey
Monte Walsh
6.3

Monte Walsh

1970as Jumpin' Joe Joslin
Night Shadows
5.1

Night Shadows

1984as Sheriff Will Stewart
The Ballad of Little Jo
6.0

The Ballad of Little Jo

1993as Frank Badger
Macho Callahan
4.5

Macho Callahan

1971as Yancy
The Fifth Floor
4.9

The Fifth Floor

1978as Carl
Time Served
3.3

Time Served

1999as Mr. D
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
7.6

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

2005as Self
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
7.0

Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal

1996as Rip Bartlett
Blood Ties
4.9

Blood Ties

1991as Chief Hunter
Rodeo Girl
8.5

Rodeo Girl

1980as Will Garrett
Trapper County War
4.7

Trapper County War

1989as Sheriff Sam Frost
The Moonshine War
5.7

The Moonshine War

1970as Bud Blackwell
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley
5.3

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley

1975as Prosecuting attorney
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
6.5

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

1994as Rattlesnake Reynolds
Nightmare at Noon
4.7

Nightmare at Noon

1988as Reilly
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
5.9

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

1986as Sheriff John Jensen
A Crack in the Floor
3.6

A Crack in the Floor

2001as Sheriff Talmidge
Sweet Sixteen
4.8

Sweet Sixteen

1983as Sheriff Dan Burke
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
5.8

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

1973as Billy
The Runaway Barge

The Runaway Barge

1975as Earl Owens
Beggarman, Thief
5.7

Beggarman, Thief

1979as Bunny Dwyer
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
5.4

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

1976as Swan
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
6.4

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

1972as Dixie Brick
Getting to Know You
7.6

Getting to Know You

1999as Officer Caminetto
Casino
10.0

Casino

1980as Stoney
Fever Lake
3.1

Fever Lake

1997as Sheriff Harris
The Feminine Touch
7.0

The Feminine Touch

1995as Capt. Hogan