Bo Hopkins

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Bo Hopkins (born February 2, 1942 in Greenville, South Carolina) is an American actor.

[edit] Career

Hopkins has appeared in several films, including The Bridge at Remagen, The Wild Bunch, The Getaway, American Graffiti, White Lightning, Radioland Murders, The Killer Elite, Midnight Express, More American Graffiti and A Small Town in Texas. When Gretchen Corbett left The Rockford Files television series in 1978, Hopkins as "John Cooper" replaced her character as Rockford's attorney for several episodes, arguably Hopkins' most memorable role in well over a hundred TV and movie appearances. Also appeared in the video game Nuclear Strike as Colonel LeMonde a mercenary who steals a Nuclear device and causes the Strike team to track him down through out Southeast Asia. Bo Hopkins first major role in a film was in White Lightning, a 1973 cult classic that also starred Burt Reynolds and Ned Beatty. Bo Hopkins played Roy Boone, Gator McClusky's (played by Burt Reynolds) sidekick during much of the film. When the sequel to White Lightning (Gator) was made, the part of Roy Boone was played by Jerry Reed.

In 1981, he appeared in the first season of the prime-time drama Dynasty as Matthew Blaisdel. Hopkins' many guest appearances on television include episodes of Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Virginian, Nichols, The Rat Patrol, The Mod Squad, Hawaii Five-0, Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, The A Team, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, The Fall Guy, Crazy Like a Fox and Murder She Wrote.

[edit] External links

• Bo Hopkins at the Internet Movie Database

Jerry Reed played Bama McCall in the sequel to "White Lightning" called "Gator". Jerry Reed and Bo Hopkins bare a striking resemblence, hence they played brothers Joe Hawkins and Tom Hawkins in the film "What Comes Around".