Sandy-haired US actor Bo Hopkins was born William Hopkins in Greenville, South Carolina, and was raised by his mother and grandmother after his father passed on 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 ...
Sian Eleanor Green (m. 1989), Norma Hopkins (m. 1959–1962)
Children
Matthew Hopkins, Jane Hopkins
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Fact
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Williamsburg, VA: Attended the Western Film Festival [March 2013]
2
Did a private signing with Rocky & Brenda Whitehead in Tucson, Arizona, on 9 July 2000, where he signed 60 of the Limited Edition American Graffiti (1973) 1951 Mercury Coupe 1:18 scale Ertl American Muscle Diecast cars.
3
Profiled in "Names You Never Remember, With Faces You Never Forget" by Justin Humphreys (BearManor Media).
4
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.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Evelyn Rising
pre-production
Joe
Of God and Kings
post-production
King Frederick
The Boys at the Bar
2016
Papa Lamb
A Little Christmas Business
2013
Coach Morris
Open Window
2006
Tucker Brennan
Shade
2003
Lieutenant Scarne
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
2003
Coach Stangel
City of Ghosts
2002
Teddy (uncredited)
Don't Let Go
2002
The Boss
Choosing Matthias
2001
Doc
Cowboy Up
2001
Ray Drupp
A Crack in the Floor
2001
Sheriff Talmidge
The Thundering 8th
2000
Col.Thompson
The Angry Beavers
2000
TV Series
Huttin
Vice
2000
Jamie Barnett
Big Brother Trouble
2000
Oddo
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000
Doc Angus Dunfries
Time Served
1999
TV Movie
Mr. D
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
1999
Video
Sheriff Otis Lawson
Getting to Know You
1999
Officer Caminetto
The Newton Boys
1998
K.P. Aldrich
Phantoms
1998
Agent Hawthorne
Lunker Lake
1997
Mitch Swindell
Nuclear Strike
1997
Video Game
Le Monde (voice)
Painted Hero
1997
Brownie
U Turn
1997
Ed
R.I.O.T.: The Movie
1996
Video
Sergeant Harry McQue
Shaughnessy
1996
TV Movie
Rip Bartlett
Fever Lake
1996
Video
Sheriff Harris
Uncle Sam
1996
Video
Sgt. Twining
Riders in the Storm
1995
Billy Van Owen
Texas Payback
1995
Sheriff Bishop
OP Center
1995
TV Movie
Dan McCaskey
The Feminine Touch
1995
Video
Capt. Hogan
Radioland Murders
1994
Billly's Father
Cheyenne Warrior
1994
TV Movie
Jack Andrews
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
TV Movie
Rattlesnake Reynolds
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993
Frank Badger
Inside Monkey Zetterland
1992
Mike Zetterland
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
1992
Ranger Steven Haynes
Center of the Web
1992
Frank Allesendro
Murder, She Wrote
1985-1992
TV Series
Scott Larkin / Lt. Ray Jenkins
Blood Ties
1991
TV Movie
Chief Hunter
Matlock
1991
TV Series
Sheriff
Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell
1990
Sheriff Jon Farlock
The Bounty Hunter
1990
Sheriff Bennett
The Final Alliance
1990
Sheriff Whistler
Big Bad John
1990
Lester
Trapper County War
1989
Sheriff Sam Frost
President's Target
1989
Marty Rogers
Death Street USA
1988
Reilly
Dynasty
1981-1987
TV Series
Matthew Blaisdel
The New Mike Hammer
1987
TV Series
Ted Sharpe
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
TV Movie
Sheriff John Jensen
Houston: The Legend of Texas
1986
TV Movie
Col. Sidney Sherman
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
1986
TV Movie
Jud
Crazy Like a Fox
1986
TV Series
The Fall Guy
1986
TV Series
Sheriff Phil Talbot
Dark Horse
1985
TV Movie
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1985
TV Series
Nick Cross
What Comes Around
1985
Tom Hawkins
The Hitchhiker
1985
TV Series
Lew Bridgeman
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
TV Series
William Davis / Drew Gilbert
Night Shadows
1984
Sheriff Will Stewart
Hotel
1984
TV Series
Walt Solanski
The A-Team
1984
TV Series
Charles Drew
Ghost Dancing
1983
TV Movie
Dave Groves
Matt Houston
1983
TV Series
Rev. Noah Sunday
Sweet 16
1983
Sheriff Dan Burke
Fantasy Island
1982
TV Series
Harry
Rodeo Girl
1980
TV Movie
Will Garrett
Casino
1980
TV Movie
Stoney
The Plutonium Incident
1980
TV Movie
Art Reeves
Beggarman, Thief
1979
TV Movie
Bunny Dwyer
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979
TV Movie
Billy Doolin
Charlie's Angels
1976-1979
TV Series
Wes Anderson / Beau Creel
More American Graffiti
1979
Little Joe
Supertrain
1979
TV Series
O'Toole
The Rockford Files
1978-1979
TV Series
John Cooper
The Fifth Floor
1978
Carl
The Busters
1978
TV Movie
Chad Kimbrough
Midnight Express
1978
Tex
Crisis in Sun Valley
1978
TV Movie
Buchanan
Having Babies
1978
TV Series
Hollis McAfee
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
1978
TV Movie
Eddie Lee Haskell
Woman on the Run
1977
TV Movie
Owen
Aspen
1977
TV Mini-Series
Budd Townsend
Tentacles
1977
Will Gleason
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
1976
TV Movie
Swan
The Invasion of Johnson County
1976
TV Movie
George Dunning
A Small Town in Texas
1976
Sheriff Duke
Jigsaw John
1976
TV Series
Jimmy Franks
The Killer Elite
1975
Jerome Miller
Barnaby Jones
1975
TV Series
Ken Morley
The Kansas City Massacre
1975
TV Movie
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
Posse
1975
Wesley
The Day of the Locust
1975
Earle Shoop
The Runaway Barge
1975
TV Movie
Earl Owens
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley
1975
TV Movie
Prosecuting attorney
The Rookies
1974
TV Series
Wayne Shipley
The Manhunter
1974
TV Series
Sonny Welch
The Nickel Ride
1974
Turner
Gondola
1974
TV Movie
Grady
Hawaii Five-O
1973
TV Series
Jeb
White Lightning
1973
Roy Boone
American Graffiti
1973
Joe
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
1973
Billy Bowen
Doc Elliot
1973
TV Series
Eldred McCoy
The Getaway
1972
Frank Jackson
The Only Way Home
1972
Orval
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972
Dixie Brick
Nichols
1972
TV Series
Kansas
Ironside
1972
TV Series
Gregg Hewitt
Cat Ballou
1971/I
TV Movie
Clay
Mod Squad
1969-1970
TV Series
Arnie / Tom Styles
Monte Walsh
1970
Jumpin' Joe Joslin
Macho Callahan
1970
Yancy
The Moonshine War
1970
Bud Blackwell
Bonanza
1969
TV Series
Stretch Logan
The Bridge at Remagen
1969
Corp. Grebs
The Wild Bunch
1969
Crazy Lee
The Thousand Plane Raid
1969
Capt. Douglass
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1968
TV Series
Ben Merceen / Wes Redford
Dayton's Devils
1968
Navy truck driver
The Rat Patrol
1968
TV Series
Bo Randall
Judd for the Defense
1968
TV Series
Ned Sims
The Andy Griffith Show
1967
TV Series
George
The Wild Wild West
1967
TV Series
Zack Garrison
Gunsmoke
1967
TV Series
Harper Haggen
The Virginian
1967
TV Series
Will
The Phyllis Diller Show
1966
TV Series
Chub
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shade
2003
executive producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dallas 362
2003
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Battle of the Network Stars X
1981
TV Special
Himself - ABC Team
The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards
1981
TV Special
Himself
The Mike Douglas Show
1978
TV Series
Himself - Actor
The Alan Hamel Show
1977-1978
TV Series
Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1975
TV Series
Himself
Tattletales
1975
TV Series
Himself
Bowery Rhapsody: The Rise and Redemption of Hollywood's Original 'Brat Pack'
2016
Documentary post-production
Himself
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Killer Elite
2013
Video short
Himself
Sweet 16: Interview with Bo Hopkins, Aleisa Shirley and Jim Sotos