Sam Bottoms

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Sam Bottoms
Samuel John Bottoms
Born	October 17, 1955 (1955-10-17) (age 52) Santa Barbara, California,  United States
Years active	1971-PRESENT
Spouse(s)	Laura Bickford (2002-present) Susan Arnold (1980-?) (divorced)

Sam Bottoms (born October 17, 1955 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American actor and producer.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Television 4 Filmography 5 Producer 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Personal life

He is the third son of James "Bud" Bottoms (a sculptor and art teacher) and Betty (Chapman). He is the brother of actors Timothy Bottoms, Joseph Bottoms and Ben Bottoms.^[1]

[edit] Career

He is perhaps best remembered for his role as Lance Johnson, a Navy Gunner's Mate stationed on a river boat in Francis Ford Coppola's 20th century opus, Apocalypse Now.

Bottoms earlier appeared with Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales.

At the age of 16 while watching the shooting of the film The Last Picture Show, which his older brother Timothy was starring in, Peter Bogdanovich decided to give him a screen test. Sam ended up getting the part of Billy in the movie.

[edit] Television

• NYPD Blue (2004)
• My Neighbor's Daughter (1998)
• Mercenary II: Thick & Thin (1997)
• The X Files (1995)
• Zooman (1995)
• Murder, She Wrote (1989-1991)
• 21 Jump Street (1990)
• Island Sons (1987)
• The Witching of Ben Wagner (1987)
• Gringo mojado (1986)
• No Earthly Reason (1984)
• Return to Eden (1983)
• Desperate Lives (1982)
• East of Eden (1981)
• The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978)
• Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978)
• Marcus Welby, M.D. (1976)
• Cage Without a Key (1975)
• Lucas Tanner (1974)
• Savages (1974)
• Doc Elliot (1974)

[edit] Filmography

• Finishing the Game (2007)
• SherryBaby (2006)
• Winter Passing (2005)
• Shopgirl (2005)
• Havoc (2005)
• Seabiscuit (2003)
• Looking Through Lillian (2002)
• True Files (2002)
• Shadow Fury (2001)
• The Unsaid (2001)
• Joseph's Gift (1998)
• Snide and Prejudice (1997)
• Project Shadowchaser III (1995)
• Sugar Hill (1994)
• The Trust (1993)
• North of Chiang Mai (1992)
• Dolly Dearest (1992)
• Ragin' Cajun (1991)
• After School (1988)
• Gardens of Stone (1987)
• Hunter's Blood (1987)
• Prime Risk (1985)
• Bronco Billy (1980)
• Up from the Depths (1979)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
• Zandy's Bride (1974)
• Class of '44 (1973)
• The Last Picture Show (1971)

[edit] Producer

• Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Sam Bottoms at the Internet Movie Database