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Bo Hopkins

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1938-02-02

Day of Death

2022-05-28

Place of Birth

Greenville, South Carolina, USA

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.

Filmography (88)

⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Passion & Poetry: Getaway in Texas

2025
⭐ 6.7 Role: Papaw

Hillbilly Elegy

2020
⭐ 3.2 Role: Coach Morris

A Little Christmas Business

2013
⭐ 7.6 Role: Self

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

2005
⭐ 6.1 Role: Coach Stangel

Pitcher and the Pin-Up

2003
⭐ 6.2 Role: Lieutenant Scarne

Shade

2003
⭐ 5.8 Role: (Uncredited)

City of Ghosts

2002
⭐ 6.0 Role: Ray Drupp

Cowboy Up

2002
⭐ 3.6 Role: Sheriff Talmidge

A Crack in the Floor

2001
No Image
⭐ 4.0 Role: Doc

Choosing Matthias

2001
⭐ 8.0 Role: Jamie Barnett

Vice

2000
⭐ 3.9 Role: Oddo

Big Brother Trouble

2000
⭐ 7.0 Role: Col. Thompson

The Thundering 8th

2000
⭐ 3.3 Role: Mr. D

Time Served

1999
⭐ 4.6 Role: Sheriff Lawson

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

1999