

Cast & creator
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, Bonanza, Murder, She Wrote
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.
Also known as: William Mauldin Hopkins, بو هاپکینز
89
film credits
37
television credits
125
1955–2025 · acting roles
6.1
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Signature credits
Across film & television
Showing 126 of 126 credits

Self
1961
Stretch Logan
1959
Scott Larkin
1984
Ray Jenkins
1984
Jeb
1969
George
1960

Wes Anderson
1976
Matthew Blaisdel
1981
Charles Drew
1983
John Cooper
1974
Sheriff
1986
Will
1962
Walt Solanski
1982
Zack Garrison
1965


Harper Haggen
1955
Lew Bridgeman
1983
Rev. Noah Sunday
1982

Ben Merceen
1967

Arnie
1968

Lowell
1984
William Davis / Drew Gilbert
1984
Bo Randall
1966
Kansas
1971

Damien O'Toole
1979
Papaw
2020
Tex
1978
Clarence 'Crazy' Lee
1969
Joe Young
1973
Frank Jackson
1972
Ed
1997

Eldred McCoy
1973
Sheriff Lawson
1999
Lieutenant Scarne
2003
Executive Producer
2003
Cpl. Grebs
1969
Bunny Dwyer
1979
Agent Hawthorne
1998
Billy's Father
1994
Earle Shoop
1975
Ray Boone
1973
Budd Townsend
1977
Jerome Miller
1975
Little Joe
1979
Dixie Brick
1972
K.P. Aldrich
1998
Coach Stangel
2003
Sheriff John Jensen
1986
(Uncredited)
2002
Sheriff Will Stewart
1984
Sheriff Talmidge
2001
Billy
1973
Dan McCaskey
1995
Wesley
1975
Will Gleason
1977
Frank Badger
1993
Sgt. Twining
1996
Officer Caminetto
1999
Billy Doolin
1979
Sheriff Duke
1976
Jack Andrews
1994
Jumpin' Joe Joslin
1970
Yancy
1971
Bud Blackwell
1970
Rattlesnake Reynolds
1994
Jud
1986
Capt. Douglass
1969
Will Garrett
1980
Sheriff Dan Burke
1983
Rip Bartlett
1996
Eddie Lee Haskell
1978
Coach Morris
2013
Col. Sidney Sherman
1986
Swan
1976
Steven Haynes
1992
Reilly
1988
Self (archive footage)
2025
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
1975
Capt. Hogan
1995
Carl
1978
Chief Hunter
1991
Stoney
1980
Buchanan
1978
Art Reeves
1980
George Dunning
1976
Oddo
2000
Self
1984
Jamie Barnett
2000
Frank Allesendro
1992
Prosecuting attorney
1975Dave Groves
1983
Truck Driver
1968
Ray Drupp
2002
Orval
1972
Sheriff Whistler
1990
Mike Zetterland
1992
Sheriff Harris
1997
Self
2005
Turner
1975
Dan McCaskey
1995
Harry McQue
1996
Mr. D
1999
Billy Van Owen
1995
Sheriff Jon Farlock
1990
Sheriff Bennett
1989
Sheriff Sam Frost
1989
Brownie
1997
Marty Rogers
1989
Lester
1990
Beau Creel
1976
Earl Owens
1975

Clay
1971
Col. Thompson
2000
Sheriff Bishop
1994
Tom Hawkins
1985Mitch Swindell
1998Doc
2001