Bo Hopkins
Born
February 2, 1938
Died
May 28, 2022 (84 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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.
Hillbilly Elegy
Papaw
2020
A Little Christmas Business
Coach Morris
2013
Vice
Jamie Barnett
2005
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Self
2005
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
Coach Stangel
2003
Shade
Lieutenant Scarne
2003
City of Ghosts
(Uncredited)
2002
Cowboy Up
Ray Drupp
2002
A Crack in the Floor
Sheriff Talmidge
2001
Choosing Matthias
Doc
2001
Big Brother Trouble
Oddo
2000
The Thundering 8th
Col. Thompson
2000
Time Served
Mr. D
1999
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Sheriff Lawson
1999
Getting to Know You
Officer Caminetto
1999
Lunker Lake
1998
The Newton Boys
K.P. Aldrich
1998
Phantoms
Agent Hawthorne
1998
Fever Lake
Sheriff Harris
1997
U Turn
Ed
1997
Painted Hero
Brownie
1997
The Angry Beavers
(1 episode)
1997
Uncle Sam
Sgt. Twining
1996
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
Rip Bartlett
1996
R.I.O.T.: The Movie
Harry McQue
1996
Riders in the Storm
Billy Van Owen
1995
OP Center
Dan McCaskey
1995
OP Center
Dan McCaskey · (2 episodes)
1995
The Feminine Touch
Capt. Hogan
1995
Texas Payback
Sheriff Bishop
1994
Radioland Murders
Billy's Father
1994
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Rattlesnake Reynolds
1994
Cheyenne Warrior
Jack Andrews
1994
The Ballad of Little Jo
Frank Badger
1993
Inside Monkey Zetterland
Mike Zetterland
1992
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
Steven Haynes
1992
Center of the Web
Frank Allesendro
1992
Blood Ties
Chief Hunter
1991
Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell!
Sheriff Jon Farlock
1990
The Final Alliance
Sheriff Whistler
1990
Big Bad John
Lester
1990
The Bounty Hunter
Sheriff Bennett
1989
President's Target
Marty Rogers
1989
Trapper County War
Sheriff Sam Frost
1989
Nightmare at Noon
Reilly
1988
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
Sheriff John Jensen
1986
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
Jud
1986
Matlock
(1 episode)
1986
What Comes Around
Tom Hawkins
1985
Dark Horse
1985
Crazy like a Fox
Lowell · (1 episode)
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Scott Larkin · (1 episode)
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Ray Jenkins · (1 episode)
1984
Finder of Lost Loves
William Davis / Drew Gilbert · (1 episode)
1984
Night Shadows
Sheriff Will Stewart
1984
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind
Self
1984
The Hitchhiker
Lew Bridgeman · (1 episode)
1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
(1 episode)
1983
Ghost Dancing
Dave Groves
1983
Sweet Sixteen
Sheriff Dan Burke
1983
The A-Team
Charles Drew · (1 episode)
1983
Matt Houston
(1 episode)
1982
Hotel
(1 episode)
1982
Dynasty
Matthew Blaisdel · (37 episodes)
1981
Rodeo Girl
Will Garrett
1980
Casino
Stoney
1980
The Plutonium Incident
Art Reeves
1980
Beggarman, Thief
Bunny Dwyer
1979
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Billy Doolin
1979
More American Graffiti
Little Joe
1979
Supertrain
(1 episode)
1979
The Fifth Floor
Carl
1978
Midnight Express
Tex
1978
Crisis in Sun Valley
Buchanan
1978
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
Eddie Lee Haskell
1978
Aspen
Budd Townsend · (3 episodes)
1977
Tentacles
Will Gleason
1977
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Swan
1976
Charlie's Angels
Wes Anderson · (2 episodes)
1976
The Invasion of Johnson County
George Dunning
1976
A Small Town in Texas
Sheriff Duke
1976
The Killer Elite
Jerome Miller
1975
The Kansas City Massacre
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
1975
Posse
Wesley
1975
The Day of the Locust
Earle Shoop
1975
The Runaway Barge
Earl Owens
1975
The Nickel Ride
Turner
1975
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley
Prosecuting attorney
1975
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
(1 episode)
1974
The Rockford Files
John Cooper · (3 episodes)
1974
The Manhunter
(1 episode)
1974
Doc Elliot
(14 episodes)
1973
Doc Elliot
Eldred McCoy · (1 episode)
1973
American Graffiti
Joe Young
1973
White Lightning
Ray Boone
1973
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Billy
1973
The Getaway
Frank Jackson
1972
The Rookies
(1 episode)
1972
The Only Way Home
Orval
1972
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Dixie Brick
1972
Nichols
Kansas · (1 episode)
1971
Cat Ballou
Clay
1971
Macho Callahan
Yancy
1971
Monte Walsh
Jumpin' Joe Joslin
1970
The Moonshine War
Bud Blackwell
1970
The Thousand Plane Raid
Capt. Douglass
1969
The Bridge at Remagen
Cpl. Grebs
1969
The Wild Bunch
Clarence 'Crazy' Lee
1969
Dayton's Devils
Truck Driver
1968
The Mod Squad
(1 episode)
1968
The Mod Squad
Arnie · (1 episode)
1968
Hawaii Five-O
Jeb · (1 episode)
1968
The Guns of Will Sonnett
(1 episode)
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Ben Merceen · (1 episode)
1967
Ironside
(1 episode)
1967
The Rat Patrol
Bo Randall · (1 episode)
1966
The Wild Wild West
Zack Garrison · (1 episode)
1965
The Virginian
Will · (1 episode)
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
1961
The Andy Griffith Show
George · (1 episode)
1960
Bonanza
Stretch Logan · (1 episode)
1959
Gunsmoke
Harper Haggen · (1 episode)
1955