
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

Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Jeb

Ironside
1967

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

Finder of Lost Loves
1984
as William Davis / Drew Gilbert

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Ben Merceen

The Rat Patrol
1966
as Bo Randall

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

OP Center
1995
as Dan McCaskey

Beggarman, Thief
1979
as Bunny Dwyer
Movies (88)

Hillbilly Elegy
2020
as Papaw

Midnight Express
1978
as Tex

Shade
2003
as Lieutenant Scarne

American Graffiti
1973
as Joe Young

U Turn
1997
as Ed

The Wild Bunch
1969
as Clarence 'Crazy' Lee

The Getaway
1972
as Frank Jackson

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
1999
as Sheriff Lawson

The Bridge at Remagen
1969
as Cpl. Grebs

Posse
1975
as Wesley

Phantoms
1998
as Agent Hawthorne

White Lightning
1973
as Ray Boone

Radioland Murders
1994
as Billy's Father

More American Graffiti
1979
as Little Joe

Sweet Sixteen
1983
as Sheriff Dan Burke

Tentacles
1977
as Will Gleason

The Killer Elite
1975
as Jerome Miller

Macho Callahan
1971
as Yancy

Casino
1980
as Stoney

Monte Walsh
1970
as Jumpin' Joe Joslin

The Plutonium Incident
1980
as Art Reeves

The Newton Boys
1998
as K.P. Aldrich

The Thousand Plane Raid
1969
as Capt. Douglass

Night Shadows
1984
as Sheriff Will Stewart

The Day of the Locust
1975
as Earle Shoop

Vice
2000
as Jamie Barnett

Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
as Rip Bartlett

Uncle Sam
1996
as Sgt. Twining

Blood Ties
1991
as Chief Hunter

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
as Rattlesnake Reynolds

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
1973
as Billy

The Moonshine War
1970
as Bud Blackwell

The Ballad of Little Jo
1993
as Frank Badger

City of Ghosts
2002
as (Uncredited)

Cheyenne Warrior
1994
as Jack Andrews

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005
as Self

The Fifth Floor
1978
as Carl

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979
as Billy Doolin

Fever Lake
1997
as Sheriff Harris

The Feminine Touch
1995
as Capt. Hogan

Nightmare at Noon
1988
as Reilly

Cowboy Up
2002
as Ray Drupp

OP Center
1995
as Dan McCaskey

A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
as Sheriff John Jensen
Dayton's Devils
1968
as Truck Driver

The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972
as Dixie Brick

A Small Town in Texas
1976
as Sheriff Duke

Painted Hero
1997
as Brownie

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
1976
as Swan

The Kansas City Massacre
1975
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd

A Crack in the Floor
2001
as Sheriff Talmidge

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley
1975
as Prosecuting attorney

Big Bad John
1990
as Lester

Getting to Know You
1999
as Officer Caminetto

Trapper County War
1989
as Sheriff Sam Frost

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
1978
as Eddie Lee Haskell

Beggarman, Thief
1979
as Bunny Dwyer

Big Brother Trouble
2000
as Oddo

The Bounty Hunter
1989
as Sheriff Bennett

Cat Ballou
1971
as Clay

The Nickel Ride
1975
as Turner

The Runaway Barge
1975
as Earl Owens

Rodeo Girl
1980
as Will Garrett

Time Served
1999
as Mr. D

The Invasion of Johnson County
1976
as George Dunning

Charlie's Angels
1976
as Beau Creel
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind
1984
as Self

The Thundering 8th
2000
as Col. Thompson
Ghost Dancing
1983
as Dave Groves

The Final Alliance
1990
as Sheriff Whistler

Crisis in Sun Valley
1978
as Buchanan
Choosing Matthias
2001
as Doc

Texas Payback
1994
as Sheriff Bishop

Dark Horse
1985

Inside Monkey Zetterland
1992
as Mike Zetterland

Center of the Web
1992
as Frank Allesendro

Pitcher and the Pin-Up
2003
as Coach Stangel

What Comes Around
1985
as Tom Hawkins

The Legend of Wolf Mountain
1992
as Steven Haynes

The Only Way Home
1972
as Orval

Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
1986
as Jud

President's Target
1989
as Marty Rogers

Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell!
1990
as Sheriff Jon Farlock

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
- Hillbilly Elegy (2020) — as Papaw
- Midnight Express (1978) — as Tex
- Shade (2003) — as Lieutenant Scarne
- American Graffiti (1973) — as Joe Young
- U Turn (1997) — as Ed
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