Bo Hopkins

Bo Hopkins was an American actor.

Often playing over-the-top characters, Hopkins was perhaps best known for his work with Sam Peckinpah in The Wild Bunch, The Getaway, and The Killer Elite. Another standout role was as the leader of the greaser gang in George Lucas's American Graffiti.

Hopkins made his onscreen debut in 1966 on an episode of The Phyllis Diller Show. Other early TV appearances came on The Virginian, The Wild Wild West, Judd for the Defense, and The Rat Patrol.

He also had recurring roles as the adulterous Matthew Blaisdel on ABC's Dynasty, and as renegade disbarred lawyer John Cooper on NBC's The Rockford Files. He guest-starred on other shows including Barnaby Jones, Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, The A-Team, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and Murder, She Wrote.

In 2020, Hopkins appeared in his final film, Hillbilly Elegy, directed by his American Graffiti co-star Ron Howard.

Hopkins died May 28, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. He was 84.