Bo Hopkins
Known for Acting · 121 credits
- Born
- 1938-02-02
- Died
- 2022-05-28
- Place of birth
- Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Also known as
- William 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.Description above from the Wikipedia article Bo Hopkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
TV Shows (33)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Scott Larkin / Ray Jenkins
Bonanza
1959
as Stretch Logan
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as George
Ironside
1967
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Jeb
The A-Team
1983
as Charles Drew
Dynasty
1981
as Matthew Blaisdel
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Wes Anderson
The Virginian
1962
as Will
The Rockford Files
1974
as John Cooper
Matlock
1986
as Sheriff
Hotel
1982
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Zack Garrison
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The Rookies
1972
Gunsmoke
1955
as Harper Haggen
Matt Houston
1982
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Lew Bridgeman
The Angry Beavers
1997
The Mod Squad
1968
as Arnie
Crazy like a Fox
1984
as Lowell
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Ben Merceen
The Rat Patrol
1966
as Bo Randall
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
as William Davis / Drew Gilbert
Nichols
1971
as Kansas
The Manhunter
1974
Supertrain
1979
as Damien O'Toole
Doc Elliot
1973
as Eldred McCoy
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
1974
Aspen
1977
as Budd Townsend
Beggarman, Thief
1979
as Bunny Dwyer
OP Center
1995
as Dan McCaskey
Movies (88)
Midnight Express
1978
as Tex
Shade
2003
as Lieutenant Scarne
Hillbilly Elegy
2020
as Papaw
American Graffiti
1973
as Joe Young
The Getaway
1972
as Frank Jackson
U Turn
1997
as Ed
The Wild Bunch
1969
as Clarence 'Crazy' Lee
Posse
1975
as Wesley
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
1999
as Sheriff Lawson
Phantoms
1998
as Agent Hawthorne
The Bridge at Remagen
1969
as Cpl. Grebs
White Lightning
1973
as Ray Boone
Macho Callahan
1971
as Yancy
Radioland Murders
1994
as Billy's Father
Sweet Sixteen
1983
as Sheriff Dan Burke
More American Graffiti
1979
as Little Joe
Casino
1980
as Stoney
The Plutonium Incident
1980
as Art Reeves
The Killer Elite
1975
as Jerome Miller
Tentacles
1977
as Will Gleason
Night Shadows
1984
as Sheriff Will Stewart
The Newton Boys
1998
as K.P. Aldrich
Cheyenne Warrior
1994
as Jack Andrews
Monte Walsh
1970
as Jumpin' Joe Joslin
Blood Ties
1991
as Chief Hunter
The Day of the Locust
1975
as Earle Shoop
Vice
2000
as Jamie Barnett
The Thousand Plane Raid
1969
as Capt. Douglass
City of Ghosts
2002
as (Uncredited)
A Small Town in Texas
1976
as Sheriff Duke
A Crack in the Floor
2001
as Sheriff Talmidge
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
as Rattlesnake Reynolds
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005
as Self
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
as Rip Bartlett
Dayton's Devils
1968
as Truck Driver
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993
as Frank Badger
Nightmare at Noon
1988
as Reilly
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
1973
as Billy
The Moonshine War
1970
as Bud Blackwell
Cowboy Up
2002
as Ray Drupp
The Kansas City Massacre
1975
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
Fever Lake
1997
as Sheriff Harris
The Feminine Touch
1995
as Capt. Hogan
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972
as Dixie Brick
Uncle Sam
1996
as Sgt. Twining
Trapper County War
1989
as Sheriff Sam Frost
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
1976
as Swan
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979
as Billy Doolin
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
as Sheriff John Jensen
The Fifth Floor
1978
as Carl
Rodeo Girl
1980
as Will Garrett
Texas Payback
1994
as Sheriff Bishop
Getting to Know You
1999
as Officer Caminetto
The Invasion of Johnson County
1976
as George Dunning
Painted Hero
1997
as Brownie
Big Brother Trouble
2000
as Oddo
OP Center
1995
as Dan McCaskey
The Runaway Barge
1975
as Earl Owens
Beggarman, Thief
1979
as Bunny Dwyer
Big Bad John
1990
as Lester
Cat Ballou
1971
as Clay
Inside Monkey Zetterland
1992
as Mike Zetterland
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley
1975
as Prosecuting attorney
The Bounty Hunter
1989
as Sheriff Bennett
Time Served
1999
as Mr. D
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
2003
as Coach Stangel
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind
1984
as Self
Crisis in Sun Valley
1978
as Buchanan
The Final Alliance
1990
as Sheriff Whistler
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
1978
as Eddie Lee Haskell
What Comes Around
1985
as Tom Hawkins
Choosing Matthias
2001
as Doc
Center of the Web
1992
as Frank Allesendro
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
1986
as Jud
Ghost Dancing
1983
as Dave Groves
The Nickel Ride
1975
as Turner
Dark Horse
1985
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Beau Creel
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
1992
as Steven Haynes
The Thundering 8th
2000
as Col. Thompson
Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell!
1990
as Sheriff Jon Farlock
The Only Way Home
1972
as Orval
President's Target
1989
as Marty Rogers
A Little Christmas Business
2013
as Coach Morris
Lunker Lake
1998
as Mitch Swindell
Riders in the Storm
1995
as Billy Van Owen
R.I.O.T.: The Movie
1996
as Harry McQue
Passion & Poetry: Getaway in Texas
2025
as Self (archive footage)
About Bo Hopkins
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… With 121 credits spanning from 1955 to 2025, Bo Hopkins has appeared in 88 films and 33 TV shows.
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Most Popular Bo Hopkins Movies
- Midnight Express (1978) — as Tex
- Shade (2003) — as Lieutenant Scarne
- Hillbilly Elegy (2020) — as Papaw
- American Graffiti (1973) — as Joe Young
- The Getaway (1972) — as Frank Jackson
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