Bo Hopkins

Bo Hopkins

Known for
Acting
Born
February 2, 1938
Died
May 28, 2022 (aged 84)
Birthplace
Greenville, South Carolina, USA

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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Filmography

2025
Passion & Poetry: Getaway in Texas poster

Passion & Poetry: Getaway in Texas

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Hillbilly Elegy poster

Hillbilly Elegy

Movie · as Papaw

2013
A Little Christmas Business poster

A Little Christmas Business

Movie · as Coach Morris

2005
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah poster

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

Movie · as Self

2003
Shade poster

Shade

Movie · as Lieutenant Scarne

2003
Pitcher and the Pin-Up poster

Pitcher and the Pin-Up

Movie · as Coach Stangel

2002
Cowboy Up poster

Cowboy Up

Movie · as Ray Drupp

2002
City of Ghosts poster

City of Ghosts

Movie · as (Uncredited)

2001
A Crack in the Floor poster

A Crack in the Floor

Movie · as Sheriff Talmidge

2001
Choosing Matthias

Choosing Matthias

Movie · as Doc

2000
Big Brother Trouble poster

Big Brother Trouble

Movie · as Oddo

2000
Vice poster

Vice

Movie · as Jamie Barnett

2000
The Thundering 8th poster

The Thundering 8th

Movie · as Col. Thompson

1999
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money poster

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

Movie · as Sheriff Lawson

1999
Time Served poster

Time Served

Movie · as Mr. D

1999
Getting to Know You poster

Getting to Know You

Movie · as Officer Caminetto

1998
The Newton Boys poster

The Newton Boys

Movie · as K.P. Aldrich

1998
Lunker Lake

Lunker Lake

Movie · as Mitch Swindell

1998
Phantoms poster

Phantoms

Movie · as Agent Hawthorne

1997
U Turn poster

U Turn

Movie · as Ed

1997
Painted Hero poster

Painted Hero

Movie · as Brownie

1997
Fever Lake poster

Fever Lake

Movie · as Sheriff Harris

1997
The Angry Beavers poster

The Angry Beavers

TV · 1 ep

1996
Uncle Sam poster

Uncle Sam

Movie · as Sgt. Twining

1996
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal poster

Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal

Movie · as Rip Bartlett

1996
R.I.O.T.: The Movie poster

R.I.O.T.: The Movie

Movie · as Harry McQue

1995
OP Center poster

OP Center

Movie · as Dan McCaskey

1995
The Feminine Touch poster

The Feminine Touch

Movie · as Capt. Hogan

1995
Riders in the Storm poster

Riders in the Storm

Movie · as Billy Van Owen

1995
OP Center poster

OP Center

TV · as Dan McCaskey · 2 eps

1994
Cheyenne Warrior poster

Cheyenne Warrior

Movie · as Jack Andrews

1994
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone poster

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

Movie · as Rattlesnake Reynolds

1994
Texas Payback poster

Texas Payback

Movie · as Sheriff Bishop

1994
Radioland Murders poster

Radioland Murders

Movie · as Billy's Father

1993
The Ballad of Little Jo poster

The Ballad of Little Jo

Movie · as Frank Badger

1992
Center of the Web poster

Center of the Web

Movie · as Frank Allesendro

1992
Inside Monkey Zetterland poster

Inside Monkey Zetterland

Movie · as Mike Zetterland

1992
The Legend of Wolf Mountain poster

The Legend of Wolf Mountain

Movie · as Steven Haynes

1991
Blood Ties poster

Blood Ties

Movie · as Chief Hunter

1990
Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell! poster

Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell!

Movie · as Sheriff Jon Farlock

1990
The Final Alliance poster

The Final Alliance

Movie · as Sheriff Whistler

1990
Big Bad John poster

Big Bad John

Movie · as Lester

1989
President's Target poster

President's Target

Movie · as Marty Rogers

1989
The Bounty Hunter poster

The Bounty Hunter

Movie · as Sheriff Bennett

1989
Trapper County War poster

Trapper County War

Movie · as Sheriff Sam Frost

1988
Nightmare at Noon poster

Nightmare at Noon

Movie · as Reilly

1988
Dark Horse poster

Dark Horse

Movie

1986
A Smoky Mountain Christmas poster

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

Movie · as Sheriff John Jensen

1986
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills poster

Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills

Movie · as Jud

1986
Houston: The Legend of Texas poster

Houston: The Legend of Texas

Movie · as Col. Sidney Sherman

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep

1985
What Comes Around poster

What Comes Around

Movie · as Tom Hawkins

1984
Night Shadows poster

Night Shadows

Movie · as Sheriff Will Stewart

1984
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind poster

E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind

Movie · as Self

1984
Crazy like a Fox poster

Crazy like a Fox

TV · as Lowell · 1 ep

1984
Finder of Lost Loves poster

Finder of Lost Loves

TV · as William Davis / Drew Gilbert · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Scott Larkin, Ray Jenkins · 1 ep

1983
Ghost Dancing

Ghost Dancing

Movie · as Dave Groves

1983
The A-Team poster

The A-Team

TV · as Charles Drew · 1 ep

1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King poster

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

TV · 1 ep

1983
The Hitchhiker poster

The Hitchhiker

TV · as Lew Bridgeman · 1 ep

1982
Sweet Sixteen poster

Sweet Sixteen

Movie · as Sheriff Dan Burke

1982
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · as Walt Solanski · 1 ep

1982
Matt Houston poster

Matt Houston

TV · as Rev. Noah Sunday · 1 ep

1981
Dynasty poster

Dynasty

TV · as Matthew Blaisdel · 37 eps

1980
Casino poster

Casino

Movie · as Stoney

1980
Rodeo Girl poster

Rodeo Girl

Movie · as Will Garrett

1980
The Plutonium Incident poster

The Plutonium Incident

Movie · as Art Reeves

1979
More American Graffiti poster

More American Graffiti

Movie · as Little Joe

1979
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang poster

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

Movie · as Billy Doolin

1979
Beggarman, Thief poster

Beggarman, Thief

TV · as Bunny Dwyer · 2 eps

1979
Supertrain poster

Supertrain

TV · as Damien O'Toole · 1 ep

1978
Midnight Express poster

Midnight Express

Movie · as Tex

1978
The Fifth Floor poster

The Fifth Floor

Movie · as Carl

1978
Crisis in Sun Valley poster

Crisis in Sun Valley

Movie · as Buchanan

1978
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie poster

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

Movie · as Eddie Lee Haskell

1977
Tentacles poster

Tentacles

Movie · as Will Gleason

1977
Aspen poster

Aspen

TV · as Budd Townsend · 3 eps

1976
A Small Town in Texas poster

A Small Town in Texas

Movie · as Sheriff Duke

1976
The Invasion of Johnson County poster

The Invasion of Johnson County

Movie · as George Dunning

1976
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway poster

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

Movie · as Swan

1976
Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

Movie · as Beau Creel

1976
Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

TV · as Wes Anderson · 2 eps

1975
The Day of the Locust poster

The Day of the Locust

Movie · as Earle Shoop

1975
The Killer Elite poster

The Killer Elite

Movie · as Jerome Miller

1975
The Nickel Ride poster

The Nickel Ride

Movie · as Turner

1975
Posse poster

Posse

Movie · as Wesley

1975
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley poster

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley

Movie · as Prosecuting attorney

1975
The Kansas City Massacre poster

The Kansas City Massacre

Movie · as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd

1975
The Runaway Barge poster

The Runaway Barge

Movie · as Earl Owens

1974
The Manhunter poster

The Manhunter

TV · 1 ep

1974
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers

TV · 1 ep

1974
The Rockford Files poster

The Rockford Files

TV · as John Cooper · 3 eps

1973
American Graffiti poster

American Graffiti

Movie · as Joe Young

1973
White Lightning poster

White Lightning

Movie · as Ray Boone

1973
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing poster

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

Movie · as Billy

1973
Doc Elliot poster

Doc Elliot

TV · as Eldred McCoy · 14 eps

1972
The Getaway poster

The Getaway

Movie · as Frank Jackson

1972
The Culpepper Cattle Co. poster

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

Movie · as Dixie Brick

1972
The Only Way Home poster

The Only Way Home

Movie · as Orval

1972
The Rookies poster

The Rookies

TV · 1 ep

1971
Macho Callahan poster

Macho Callahan

Movie · as Yancy

1971
Cat Ballou poster

Cat Ballou

Movie · as Clay

1971
Nichols poster

Nichols

TV · as Kansas · 1 ep

1970
Monte Walsh poster

Monte Walsh

Movie · as Jumpin' Joe Joslin

1970
The Moonshine War poster

The Moonshine War

Movie · as Bud Blackwell

1969
The Wild Bunch poster

The Wild Bunch

Movie · as Clarence 'Crazy' Lee

1969
The Bridge at Remagen poster

The Bridge at Remagen

Movie · as Cpl. Grebs

1969
The Thousand Plane Raid poster

The Thousand Plane Raid

Movie · as Capt. Douglass

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Jeb · 1 ep

1968
Dayton's Devils poster

Dayton's Devils

Movie · as Truck Driver

1968
The Mod Squad poster

The Mod Squad

TV · as Arnie · 1 ep

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · 1 ep

1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett poster

The Guns of Will Sonnett

TV · as Ben Merceen · 1 ep

1966
The Rat Patrol poster

The Rat Patrol

TV · as Bo Randall · 1 ep

1965
The Wild Wild West poster

The Wild Wild West

TV · as Zack Garrison · 1 ep

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Will · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1960
The Andy Griffith Show poster

The Andy Griffith Show

TV · as George · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Stretch Logan · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Harper Haggen · 1 ep