Bo Hopkins
Acting

Bo Hopkins

1938-2022

Known for Midnight Express, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, American Graffiti.

26 linked movie credits shown
Born02/02/1938
Died05/28/2022
AgeDied at 84
BirthplaceGreenville, South Carolina, USA
DepartmentActing
Also known asWilliam Mauldin Hopkins, بو هاپکینز

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.

Movie Credits

Big Brother Trouble poster

Big Brother Trouble (2000)

As Oddo

Family, Comedy

Vice poster

Vice (2000)

As Jamie Barnett

Comedy, Drama

Sweet Sixteen poster

Sweet Sixteen (1983)

As Sheriff Dan Burke

Crime, Horror, Mystery

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money poster

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)

As Sheriff Lawson

Crime, Action, Horror, Thriller

What Comes Around poster

What Comes Around (1985)

As Tom Hawkins

Action, Comedy, Drama, Music

Night Shadows poster

Night Shadows (1984)

As Sheriff Will Stewart

Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Midnight Express poster

Midnight Express (1978)

As Tex

Drama, Crime

A Small Town in Texas poster

A Small Town in Texas (1976)

As Sheriff Duke

Action

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley poster

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley (1975)

As Prosecuting attorney

Drama, Crime, War, TV Movie

The Killer Elite poster

The Killer Elite (1975)

As Jerome Miller

Crime, Action, Thriller

White Lightning poster

White Lightning (1973)

As Ray Boone

Drama, Action, Crime

The Culpepper Cattle Co. poster

The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)

As Dixie Brick

Western

Uncle Sam poster

Uncle Sam (1996)

As Sgt. Twining

Comedy, Horror

The Nickel Ride poster

The Nickel Ride (1975)

As Turner

Crime, Drama

Hillbilly Elegy poster

Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

As Papaw

Drama

More American Graffiti poster

More American Graffiti (1979)

As Little Joe

Comedy, Drama, War

The Day of the Locust poster

The Day of the Locust (1975)

As Earle Shoop

Drama

Shade poster

Shade (2003)

As Lieutenant Scarne

Action, Thriller, Crime

Cowboy Up poster

Cowboy Up (2001)

As Ray Drupp

Action, Drama, Romance, Western

American Graffiti poster

American Graffiti (1973)

As Joe Young

Comedy, Drama

The Getaway poster

The Getaway (1972)

As Frank Jackson

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

City of Ghosts poster

City of Ghosts (2002)

As (Uncredited)

Thriller, Crime

U Turn poster

U Turn (1997)

As Ed

Crime, Drama, Thriller, Romance

Phantoms poster

Phantoms (1998)

As Agent Hawthorne

Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

The Wild Bunch poster

The Wild Bunch (1969)

As Clarence 'Crazy' Lee

Western

The Newton Boys poster

The Newton Boys (1998)

As K.P. Aldrich

Crime, Action, Drama