Bo Hopkins

Acting

Bo Hopkins

Born February 2, 1938Greenville, South Carolina, USA121 credits

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.

Known For

Filmography

Passion & Poetry: Getaway in Texas
2025Passion & Poetry: Getaway in Texas
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Hillbilly Elegy
2020Hillbilly Elegy
as PapawMovie
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
2003Pitcher and the Pin-Up
as Coach StangelMovie
Shade
2003Shade
as Lieutenant ScarneMovie
City of Ghosts
2002City of Ghosts
as (Uncredited)Movie
Cowboy Up
2002Cowboy Up
as Ray DruppMovie
A Crack in the Floor
2001A Crack in the Floor
as Sheriff TalmidgeMovie
Vice
2000Vice
as Jamie BarnettMovie
The Thundering 8th
2000The Thundering 8th
as Col. ThompsonMovie
Time Served
1999Time Served
as Mr. DMovie
Getting to Know You
1999Getting to Know You
as Officer CaminettoMovie
L
1998Lunker Lake
as Mitch SwindellMovie
The Newton Boys
1998The Newton Boys
as K.P. AldrichMovie
Phantoms
1998Phantoms
as Agent HawthorneMovie
Fever Lake
1997Fever Lake
as Sheriff HarrisMovie
U Turn
1997U Turn
as EdMovie
Painted Hero
1997Painted Hero
as BrownieMovie
Uncle Sam
1996Uncle Sam
as Sgt. TwiningMovie
R.I.O.T.: The Movie
1996R.I.O.T.: The Movie
as Harry McQueMovie
Riders in the Storm
1995Riders in the Storm
as Billy Van OwenMovie
OP Center
1995OP Center
as Dan McCaskeyMovie
OP Center
1995OP Center
as Dan McCaskeyTV
The Feminine Touch
1995The Feminine Touch
as Capt. HoganMovie
Texas Payback
1994Texas Payback
as Sheriff BishopMovie
Radioland Murders
1994Radioland Murders
as Billy's FatherMovie
Cheyenne Warrior
1994Cheyenne Warrior
as Jack AndrewsMovie
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
as Rattlesnake ReynoldsMovie
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993The Ballad of Little Jo
as Frank BadgerMovie
Inside Monkey Zetterland
1992Inside Monkey Zetterland
as Mike ZetterlandMovie
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
1992The Legend of Wolf Mountain
as Steven HaynesMovie
Center of the Web
1992Center of the Web
as Frank AllesendroMovie
Blood Ties
1991Blood Ties
as Chief HunterMovie
Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell!
1990Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell!
as Sheriff Jon FarlockMovie
The Final Alliance
1990The Final Alliance
as Sheriff WhistlerMovie
Big Bad John
1990Big Bad John
as LesterMovie
The Bounty Hunter
1989The Bounty Hunter
as Sheriff BennettMovie
President's Target
1989President's Target
as Marty RogersMovie
Trapper County War
1989Trapper County War
as Sheriff Sam FrostMovie
Nightmare at Noon
1988Nightmare at Noon
as ReillyMovie
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986A Smoky Mountain Christmas
as Sheriff John JensenMovie
Matlock
1986Matlock
as SheriffTV
What Comes Around
1985What Comes Around
as Tom HawkinsMovie
Murder, She Wrote
1984Murder, She Wrote
as Scott LarkinTV
Finder of Lost Loves
1984Finder of Lost Loves
as William Davis / Drew GilbertTV
Night Shadows
1984Night Shadows
as Sheriff Will StewartMovie
The Hitchhiker
1983The Hitchhiker
as Lew BridgemanTV
G
1983Ghost Dancing
as Dave GrovesMovie
Sweet Sixteen
1983Sweet Sixteen
as Sheriff Dan BurkeMovie
The A-Team
1983The A-Team
as Charles DrewTV
Dynasty
1981Dynasty
as Matthew BlaisdelTV
Rodeo Girl
1980Rodeo Girl
as Will GarrettMovie
Casino
1980Casino
as StoneyMovie
The Plutonium Incident
1980The Plutonium Incident
as Art ReevesMovie
Beggarman, Thief
1979Beggarman, Thief
as Bunny DwyerMovie
Beggarman, Thief
1979Beggarman, Thief
as Bunny DwyerTV
More American Graffiti
1979More American Graffiti
as Little JoeMovie
Supertrain
1979Supertrain
as Damien O'TooleTV
Crisis in Sun Valley
1978Crisis in Sun Valley
as BuchananMovie
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
1978Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
as Eddie Lee HaskellMovie
Aspen
1977Aspen
as Budd TownsendTV
Tentacles
1977Tentacles
as Will GleasonMovie
Charlie's Angels
1976Charlie's Angels
as Wes AndersonTV
A Small Town in Texas
1976A Small Town in Texas
as Sheriff DukeMovie
Charlie's Angels
1976Charlie's Angels
as Beau CreelMovie
The Killer Elite
1975The Killer Elite
as Jerome MillerMovie
The Kansas City Massacre
1975The Kansas City Massacre
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' FloydMovie
Posse
1975Posse
as WesleyMovie
The Day of the Locust
1975The Day of the Locust
as Earle ShoopMovie
The Runaway Barge
1975The Runaway Barge
as Earl OwensMovie
The Nickel Ride
1975The Nickel Ride
as TurnerMovie
The Rockford Files
1974The Rockford Files
as John CooperTV
American Graffiti
1973American Graffiti
as Joe YoungMovie
White Lightning
1973White Lightning
as Ray BooneMovie
The Getaway
1972The Getaway
as Frank JacksonMovie
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972The Culpepper Cattle Co.
as Dixie BrickMovie
Nichols
1971Nichols
as KansasTV
Cat Ballou
1971Cat Ballou
as ClayMovie
Macho Callahan
1971Macho Callahan
as YancyMovie
Monte Walsh
1970Monte Walsh
as Jumpin' Joe JoslinMovie
The Moonshine War
1970The Moonshine War
as Bud BlackwellMovie
The Thousand Plane Raid
1969The Thousand Plane Raid
as Capt. DouglassMovie
The Bridge at Remagen
1969The Bridge at Remagen
as Cpl. GrebsMovie
The Wild Bunch
1969The Wild Bunch
as Clarence 'Crazy' LeeMovie
D
1968Dayton's Devils
as Truck DriverMovie
The Rat Patrol
1966The Rat Patrol
as Bo RandallTV
The Wild Wild West
1965The Wild Wild West
as Zack GarrisonTV
Bonanza
1959Bonanza
as Stretch LoganTV
Gunsmoke
1955Gunsmoke
as Harper HaggenTV