Bo Hopkins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 2, 1938
- Died
- May 28, 2022
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Passion & Poetry: Getaway in Texas 2025
as Self (archive footage)
Hillbilly Elegy 2020
as Papaw
A Little Christmas Business 2013
as Coach Morris
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah 2005
as Self
Pitcher and the Pin-Up 2003
as Coach Stangel
Shade 2003
as Lieutenant Scarne, Executive Producer
City of Ghosts 2002
as (Uncredited)
Cowboy Up 2002
as Ray Drupp
A Crack in the Floor 2001
as Sheriff Talmidge
- Choosing Matthias
Choosing Matthias 2001
as Doc
Vice 2000
as Jamie Barnett
Big Brother Trouble 2000
as Oddo
The Thundering 8th 2000
as Col. Thompson
Time Served 1999
as Mr. D
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money 1999
as Sheriff Lawson
Getting to Know You 1999
as Officer Caminetto
- Lunker Lake
Lunker Lake 1998
as Mitch Swindell
The Newton Boys 1998
as K.P. Aldrich
Phantoms 1998
as Agent Hawthorne
Fever Lake 1997
as Sheriff Harris
U Turn 1997
as Ed
Painted Hero 1997
as Brownie
Uncle Sam 1996
as Sgt. Twining
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal 1996
as Rip Bartlett
R.I.O.T.: The Movie 1996
as Harry McQue
Riders in the Storm 1995
as Billy Van Owen
OP Center 1995
as Dan McCaskey
The Feminine Touch 1995
as Capt. Hogan
Texas Payback 1994
as Sheriff Bishop
Radioland Murders 1994
as Billy's Father
Cheyenne Warrior 1994
as Jack Andrews
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone 1994
as Rattlesnake Reynolds
The Ballad of Little Jo 1993
as Frank Badger
Inside Monkey Zetterland 1992
as Mike Zetterland
The Legend of Wolf Mountain 1992
as Steven Haynes
Center of the Web 1992
as Frank Allesendro
Blood Ties 1991
as Chief Hunter
Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell! 1990
as Sheriff Jon Farlock
The Final Alliance 1990
as Sheriff Whistler
Big Bad John 1990
as Lester
The Bounty Hunter 1989
as Sheriff Bennett
President's Target 1989
as Marty Rogers
Trapper County War 1989
as Sheriff Sam Frost
Nightmare at Noon 1988
as Reilly
A Smoky Mountain Christmas 1986
as Sheriff John Jensen
Houston: The Legend of Texas 1986
as Col. Sidney Sherman
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills 1986
as Jud
What Comes Around 1985
as Tom Hawkins
Dark Horse 1985
Actor
Night Shadows 1984
as Sheriff Will Stewart
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind 1984
as Self
- Ghost Dancing
Ghost Dancing 1983
as Dave Groves
Sweet Sixteen 1982
as Sheriff Dan Burke
Rodeo Girl 1980
as Will Garrett
Casino 1980
as Stoney
The Plutonium Incident 1980
as Art Reeves
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang 1979
as Billy Doolin
More American Graffiti 1979
as Little Joe
The Fifth Floor 1978
as Carl
Midnight Express 1978
as Tex
Crisis in Sun Valley 1978
as Buchanan
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie 1978
as Eddie Lee Haskell
Tentacles 1977
as Will Gleason
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway 1976
as Swan
The Invasion of Johnson County 1976
as George Dunning
A Small Town in Texas 1976
as Sheriff Duke
Charlie's Angels 1976
as Beau Creel
The Killer Elite 1975
as Jerome Miller
The Kansas City Massacre 1975
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
Posse 1975
as Wesley
The Day of the Locust 1975
as Earle Shoop
The Runaway Barge 1975
as Earl Owens
The Nickel Ride 1975
as Turner
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley 1975
as Prosecuting attorney
American Graffiti 1973
as Joe Young
White Lightning 1973
as Ray Boone
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing 1973
as Billy
The Getaway 1972
as Frank Jackson
The Only Way Home 1972
as Orval
The Culpepper Cattle Co. 1972
as Dixie Brick
Cat Ballou 1971
as Clay
Macho Callahan 1971
as Yancy
Monte Walsh 1970
as Jumpin' Joe Joslin
The Moonshine War 1970
as Bud Blackwell
The Thousand Plane Raid 1969
as Capt. Douglass
The Bridge at Remagen 1969
as Cpl. Grebs
The Wild Bunch 1969
as Clarence 'Crazy' Lee
Dayton's Devils 1968
as Truck Driver
Credits from TMDB.