1. William Mauldin "Bo" Hopkins was an American actor.
18 Facts About Bo Hopkins
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Bo Hopkins was known for playing supporting roles in several major studio films from 1969 to 1979, especially for his breakout role in the ensemble cast of American Graffiti.
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William Bo Hopkins was born in Greenville, South Carolina on February 2,1938.
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Bo Hopkins did not get along with his new stepfather; the two got into numerous arguments, some serious.
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Bo Hopkins dropped out of school just before his 17th birthday and joined the US Army, where he was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division.
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Bo Hopkins was based at Fort Jackson, Fort Gordon, and Fort Pope, before being shipped off to Korea, where he served for nine months.
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Bo Hopkins appeared in more than 100 film and television roles in a career of more than 40 years, including the major studio films The Wild Bunch, The Bridge at Remagen, The Getaway, American Graffiti, The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, The Killer Elite, Posse, A Small Town in Texas, Midnight Express, and More American Graffiti.
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Jerry Reed and Bo Hopkins played brothers Joe Hawkins and Tom Hawkins in the 1985 film What Comes Around.
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Bo Hopkins starred or co-starred in many made-for-television movies of the mid-1970s, including Gondola, Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley, The Runaway Barge, The Kansas City Massacre, The Invasion of Johnson County, Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, Woman on the Run, Thaddeus Rose and Eddie, Crisis in Sun Valley, and The Busters.
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When Gretchen Corbett left the television series The Rockford Files in 1978, Bo Hopkins replaced her character as Rockford's attorney John Cooper, ultimately appearing in three episodes.
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In 1981, Bo Hopkins appeared in the first season of the prime time drama Dynasty as Matthew Blaisdel.
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Bo Hopkins portrayed a role in the video game Nuclear Strike.
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Bo Hopkins plays Colonel LeMonde, a mercenary who steals a nuclear weapon.
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Bo Hopkins became interested in pursuing an acting career, but his wife disapproved of it and she soon left him, taking their daughter with her.
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Bo Hopkins earned a living parking cars while studying at the Actors Studio, where one of his classmates was Martin Landau.
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Bo Hopkins had a two-year relationship with Gondola co-star Sondra Locke.
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Bo Hopkins was married to Sian Eleanor Green from 1989 until his death; they had a son in 1995.
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Bo Hopkins died after suffering a heart attack on May 28,2022, at the age of 84.