Bo Hopkins (William Mauldin Hopkins)
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Biography
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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 guest spots in several TV episodes. Read more... bank robber in The Getaway (1972) and then as a hired killer pairing up with CIA agent James Caan in The Killer Elite (1975). Hopkins was very busy during the 1980s and 1990s, guest-starring in such TV shows as The Rockford Files (1974), Charlie's Angels (1976), The A-Team (1983), Hotel (1983) and Matt Houston (1982), and was a regular on the prime-time soap opera Dynasty (1981). In addition, he has starred in dozens of feature films, such as Midnight Express (1978), American Graffiti (1973), The Bounty Hunter (1990), U Turn (1997) and Shade (2003).
With his "good old boy" persona and Southern drawl, Hopkins is generally at his best playing either lawmen (he's played a sheriff on at least a dozen occasions!), psychos or oily villains. It would be fair to say that Bo Hopkins has developed a cult following among many film fans. 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.
With his "good old boy" persona and Southern drawl, Hopkins is generally at his best playing either lawmen (he's played a sheriff on at least a dozen occasions!), psychos or oily villains. It would be fair to say that Bo Hopkins has developed a cult following among many film fans. 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.
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Crazy Lee
The Wild Bunch 1969
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Jumpin' Joe Joslin
Monte Walsh 1970
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Bud Blackwell
The Moonshine War 1970
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Frank Jackson
The Getaway 1972
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Dixie Brick
The Culpepper Cattle Co. 1972
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Joe
American Graffiti 1973
44

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Roy Boone
White Lightning 1973
1

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Turner
The Nickel Ride 1974
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Will Gleason
Tentacoli 1977
1

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Will Garrett
Rodeo Girl 1980
2

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Papa Lamb
The Boys at the Bar 2014
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Coach Morris
A Little Christmas Business 2013
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Tucker Brennan
Open Window 2006
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Lieutenant Scarne
Shade 2003
4

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Coach Stangel
The Road Home 2003
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Himself
Movie Lover's Road Trip 2003
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Teddy
City of Ghosts 2002
43

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The Boss
Don't Let Go 2002
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Officer Caminetto
Getting to Know You 1999
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Mr. D
Time Served 1999
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Agent Hawthorne
Phantoms 1998
4

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K.P. Aldrich
The Newton Boys 1998
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Ed
U Turn 1997
18

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Brownie
Painted Hero 1997
0

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Mitch Swindell
Lunker Lake 1997
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Dan McCaskey
OP Center 1995
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Billy Van Owen
Riders in the Storm 1995
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Sheriff Bishop
Texas Payback 1995
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Billly's Father
Radioland Murders 1994
43

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Jack Andrews
Cheyenne Warrior 1994
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Rattlesnake Reynolds
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone 1994
1

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Frank Badger
The Ballad of Little Jo 1993
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Ranger Steven Haynes
The Legend of Wolf Mountain 1992
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Mike Zetterland
Inside Monkey Zetterland 1992
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Frank Allesendro
Center of the Web 1992
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Chief Hunter
Blood Ties 1991
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Lester
Big Bad John 1990
10

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Sheriff Jon Farlock
Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell 1990
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Sheriff Whistler
The Final Alliance 1990
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Sheriff Bennett
The Bounty Hunter 1990
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Sheriff Sam Frost
Trapper County War 1989
3

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Reilly
Nightmare at Noon 1988
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Sheriff John Jensen
A Smoky Mountain Christmas 1986
10

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Sheriff Dan Burke
Sweet 16 1983
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Rip Bartlett
Shaughnessy 1996
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Doc Angus Dunfries
South of Heaven, West of Hell 2000
9

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Col.Thompson
The Thundering 8th 2000
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Jamie Barnett
Vice 2000
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Oddo
Big Brother Trouble 2000
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Ray Drupp
Cowboy Up 2001
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Sheriff Talmidge
A Crack in the Floor 2001
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Doc
Choosing Matthias 2001
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King Frederick
Of God and Kings 2015
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Sheriff Otis Lawson
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money 1999
4

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Sgt. Twining
Uncle Sam 1996
28

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Sheriff Harris
Fever Lake 1996
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Sergeant Harry McQue
R.I.O.T.: The Movie 1996
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Himself
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Killer Elite 2013
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Arnie
Mod Squad 1968
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Tex
Midnight Express 1978
2

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Lew Bridgeman
The Hitchhiker 1983
0

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Col. Sidney Sherman
Houston: The Legend of Texas 1986
0

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Nick Cross
Scarecrow and Mrs. King 1983
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Walt Solanski
Hotel 1983
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Hollis McAfee
Having Babies 1978
0

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Charles Drew
The A-Team 1983
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Earle Shoop
The Day of the Locust 1975
17

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Zack Garrison
The Wild Wild West 1965
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Beau Creel
Charlie's Angels 1976
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Ned Sims
Judd for the Defense 1967
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Bo Randall
The Rat Patrol 1966
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Rev. Noah Sunday
Matt Houston 1982
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Billy Doolin
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang 1979
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Ted Sharpe
The New Mike Hammer 1984
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Wesley
Posse 1975
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