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Bo Hopkins(1938-2022)

  • Actor
  • Producer
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Bo Hopkins
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Sandy-haired American actor Bo Hopkins was born William Mauldin Hopkins in Greenville, South Carolina, and was raised by his mother and grandmother after his father died when Bo was only nine years old. He joined the US Army at the age of 16. After serving his hitch he decided on acting as a career and gained experience in summer stock productions and guest spots in several TV episodes.

Hopkins broke into feature films as the ill-fated "Crazy Lee" in the Sam Peckinpah landmark western The Wild Bunch (1969), and was subsequently hired by Peckinpah for another none-too-bright role as a bank robber in The Getaway (1972) and then as a hired killer pairing up with CIA agent James Caan in The Killer Elite (1975). He was busy on television during the 1980s and 1990s, guest-starring on The Rockford Files (1974), Charlie's Angels (1976), The A-Team (1983), Hotel (1983) and Matt Houston (1982), and was featured on Dynasty (1981). In addition, he starred in dozens of feature films, such as Midnight Express (1978), American Graffiti (1973), The Bounty Hunter (1989), U Turn (1997) and Shade (2003). With his "good old boy" persona and Southern drawl, Hopkins often played lawmen, psychos, or oily villains.

He makes his home in Los Angeles with his wife Sian and son Matthew, and is a keen fisherman, fan of the Anaheim Angels baseball team, and enjoys raising koi fish.
BornFebruary 2, 1938
DiedMay 28, 2022(84)
BornFebruary 2, 1938
DiedMay 28, 2022(84)
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000493
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    • 1 win

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Bo Hopkins and Delia Boccardo in Tentacles (1977)
Bo Hopkins in Midnight Express (1978)
Pamela Bellwood, Bo Hopkins, and Katy Kurtzman in Dynasty (1981)
Linda Evans and Bo Hopkins in Dynasty (1981)
Bo Hopkins in Dynasty (1981)
Karen Black, Bo Hopkins, and William Atherton in The Day of the Locust (1975)
Karen Black and Bo Hopkins in The Day of the Locust (1975)
William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Bo Hopkins, Ben Johnson, Warren Oates, and Jaime Sánchez in The Wild Bunch (1969)
Burt Reynolds, Bo Hopkins, Sarah Miles, and Jack Warden in The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
Bo Hopkins and Tracy Reed in The A-Team (1983)
Bo Hopkins and Bert Convy in Charlie's Angels (1976)
Lee Marvin, Bo Hopkins, Raymond Guth, John Hudkins, Mitchell Ryan, and G.D. Spradlin in Monte Walsh (1970)

Known for:

Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Paul Le Mat, Mackenzie Phillips, and Cindy Williams in American Graffiti (1973)
American Graffiti
7.4
  • Joe
  • 1973
Brad Davis in Midnight Express (1978)
Midnight Express
7.5
  • Tex
  • 1978
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Wild Bunch
7.9
  • Crazy Lee
  • 1969
The Getaway (1972)
The Getaway
7.3
  • Frank Jackson
  • 1972

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Actor

  • Glenn Close and Amy Adams in Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
    Hillbilly Elegy
    • Papaw
    • 2020
  • The Boys at the Bar
    • Papa Lamb
    • 2016
  • Daniel Baldwin in A Little Christmas Business (2013)
    A Little Christmas Business
    • Coach Morris
    • 2013
  • Robin Tunney and Joel Edgerton in Open Window (2006)
    Open Window
    • Tucker Brennan
    • 2006
  • Corinna Jones and Drew Johnson in Pitcher and the Pin-Up (2003)
    Pitcher and the Pin-Up
    • Coach Stangel
    • 2003
  • Sylvester Stallone, Gabriel Byrne, Melanie Griffith, Jamie Foxx, Thandiwe Newton, and Stuart Townsend in Shade (2003)
    Shade
    • Scarne
    • 2003
  • Matt Dillon in City of Ghosts (2002)
    City of Ghosts
    • Teddy (uncredited)
    • 2002
  • Don't Let Go (2002)
    Don't Let Go
    • The Boss
    • 2002
  • Choosing Matthias (2001)
    Choosing Matthias
    • Doc
    • 2001
  • Cowboy Up (2001)
    Cowboy Up
    • Ray Drupp
    • 2001
  • A Crack in the Floor (2001)
    A Crack in the Floor
    • Sheriff Talmidge
    • 2001
  • The Thundering 8th (2000)
    The Thundering 8th
    • Col. Thompson
    • 2000
  • Nick Bakay and Richard Steven Horvitz in The Angry Beavers (1997)
    The Angry Beavers
    • Huttin (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2000
  • Vice (2000)
    Vice
    • Jamie Barnett
    • 2000
  • Big Brother Trouble (2000)
    Big Brother Trouble
    • Oddo
    • 2000

Producer

  • Sylvester Stallone, Gabriel Byrne, Melanie Griffith, Jamie Foxx, Thandiwe Newton, and Stuart Townsend in Shade (2003)
    Shade
    • executive producer
    • 2003
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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  • Alternative name
    • Bo & Sondra
  • Height
    • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • February 2, 1938
    • Greenville, South Carolina, USA
  • Died
    • May 28, 2022
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Spouses
      Sian Eleanor Green1989 - May 28, 2022 (his death, 1 child)
  • Children
      Matthew Hopkins
  • Other works
    TV commercial: Midas Muffler brakes with Robert Tessier and Lee Van Cleef
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Interviews
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Although he began his career playing heavies--often trigger-happy cowboys (i.e., The Wild Bunch (1969)) or sadistic rednecks--he graduated into more "law-abiding" roles as he got older, and in the 1980s and 1990s especially was often cast as a small-town sheriff.

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