Bo Hopkins: movies and TV shows
Bo Hopkins has 126 credits in the archive: 89 films and 37 TV series, from 1955 to 2025. Highest rated: The Rockford Files (7.6/10).
Career timeline
1955 – 2025 · busiest year: 1975 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Passion & Poetry: Getaway in Texas | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 87 |
| 2020 | Hillbilly Elegy | Papaw | Film | 6.7 | 82 |
| 2013 | A Little Christmas Business | Coach Morris | Film | 3.2 | 75 |
| 2005 | Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah | Self | Film | 7.6 | 67 |
| 2003 | Shade | Lieutenant Scarne | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 2003 | Shade | Film | 6.2 | 65 | |
| 2003 | Pitcher and the Pin-Up | Coach Stangel | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 2002 | City of Ghosts | (Uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 2002 | Cowboy Up | Ray Drupp | Film | 5.9 | 64 |
| 2001 | A Crack in the Floor | Sheriff Talmidge | Film | 3.6 | 63 |
| 2001 | Choosing Matthias | Doc | Film | 4.0 | 63 |
| 2000 | Vice | Jamie Barnett | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 2000 | Big Brother Trouble | Oddo | Film | 3.9 | 62 |
| 2000 | The Thundering 8th | Col. Thompson | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1999 | Getting to Know You | Officer Caminetto | Film | 7.6 | 61 |
| 1999 | Time Served | Mr. D | Film | 3.3 | 61 |
| 1999 | From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money | Sheriff Lawson | Film | 4.6 | 61 |
| 1998 | Phantoms | Agent Hawthorne | Film | 5.6 | 60 |
| 1998 | The Newton Boys | K.P. Aldrich | Film | 6.1 | 60 |
| 1998 | Lunker Lake | Mitch Swindell | Film | 9.0 | 60 |
| 1997 | The Angry Beavers | TV | 7.0 | 59 | |
| 1997 | U Turn | Ed | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1997 | Fever Lake | Sheriff Harris | Film | 3.1 | 59 |
| 1997 | Painted Hero | Brownie | Film | 5.3 | 59 |
| 1996 | Uncle Sam | Sgt. Twining | Film | 4.9 | 58 |
| 1996 | Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal | Rip Bartlett | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1996 | R.I.O.T.: The Movie | Harry McQue | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 1995 | The Feminine Touch | Capt. Hogan | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1995 | OP Center | Dan McCaskey | TV | 5.0 | 57 |
| 1995 | OP Center | Dan McCaskey | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 1995 | Riders in the Storm | Billy Van Owen | Film | 3.3 | 57 |
| 1994 | Cheyenne Warrior | Jack Andrews | Film | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1994 | Radioland Murders | Billy's Father | Film | 5.9 | 56 |
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone | Rattlesnake Reynolds | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1994 | Texas Payback | Sheriff Bishop | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1993 | The Ballad of Little Jo | Frank Badger | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1992 | Inside Monkey Zetterland | Mike Zetterland | Film | 3.6 | 54 |
| 1992 | Center of the Web | Frank Allesendro | Film | 4.0 | 54 |
| 1992 | The Legend of Wolf Mountain | Steven Haynes | Film | 4.9 | 54 |
| 1991 | Blood Ties | Chief Hunter | Film | 4.9 | 53 |
| 1990 | Big Bad John | Lester | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 1990 | The Final Alliance | Sheriff Whistler | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1990 | Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell! | Sheriff Jon Farlock | Film | 3.1 | 52 |
| 1989 | President's Target | Marty Rogers | Film | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1989 | Trapper County War | Sheriff Sam Frost | Film | 4.7 | 51 |
| 1989 | The Bounty Hunter | Sheriff Bennett | Film | 3.5 | 51 |
| 1988 | Nightmare at Noon | Reilly | Film | 4.7 | 50 |
| 1986 | Matlock | Sheriff | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1986 | A Smoky Mountain Christmas | Sheriff John Jensen | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 1986 | Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills | Jud | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1985 | What Comes Around | Tom Hawkins | Film | 3.8 | 47 |
| 1985 | Dark Horse | Film | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Scott Larkin | TV | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Ray Jenkins | TV | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1984 | Finder of Lost Loves | William Davis / Drew Gilbert | TV | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1984 | Crazy like a Fox | Lowell | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1984 | Night Shadows | Sheriff Will Stewart | Film | 5.1 | 46 |
| 1984 | E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind | Self | Film | 3.0 | 46 |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Charles Drew | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | TV | 6.6 | 45 | |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker | Lew Bridgeman | TV | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1983 | Sweet Sixteen | Sheriff Dan Burke | Film | 4.9 | 45 |
| 1983 | Ghost Dancing | Dave Groves | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1982 | Hotel | Walt Solanski | TV | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | Rev. Noah Sunday | TV | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1981 | Dynasty | Matthew Blaisdel | TV | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1980 | Rodeo Girl | Will Garrett | Film | 8.5 | 42 |
| 1980 | The Plutonium Incident | Art Reeves | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1980 | Casino | Stoney | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1979 | Supertrain | Damien O'Toole | TV | 5.6 | 41 |
| 1979 | Beggarman, Thief | Bunny Dwyer | TV | — | 41 |
| 1979 | More American Graffiti | Little Joe | Film | 5.2 | 41 |
| 1979 | The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang | Billy Doolin | Film | 3.3 | 41 |
| 1979 | Beggarman, Thief | Bunny Dwyer | Film | 5.7 | 41 |
| 1978 | Midnight Express | Tex | Film | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1978 | The Fifth Floor | Carl | Film | 5.0 | 40 |
| 1978 | Thaddeus Rose and Eddie | Eddie Lee Haskell | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1978 | Crisis in Sun Valley | Buchanan | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1977 | Tentacles | Will Gleason | Film | 4.6 | 39 |
| 1977 | Aspen | Budd Townsend | TV | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Wes Anderson | TV | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1976 | A Small Town in Texas | Sheriff Duke | Film | 4.7 | 38 |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Beau Creel | Film | — | 38 |
| 1976 | Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway | Swan | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 1976 | The Invasion of Johnson County | George Dunning | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1975 | The Killer Elite | Jerome Miller | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1975 | The Day of the Locust | Earle Shoop | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1975 | Posse | Wesley | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1975 | The Runaway Barge | Earl Owens | Film | — | 37 |
| 1975 | The Kansas City Massacre | Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1975 | Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley | Prosecuting attorney | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1975 | The Nickel Ride | Turner | Film | 5.6 | 37 |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | John Cooper | TV | 7.6 | 36 |
| 1974 | The Manhunter | TV | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1974 | Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers | TV | 6.0 | 36 | |
| 1973 | American Graffiti | Joe Young | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1973 | Doc Elliot | TV | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1973 | Doc Elliot | Eldred McCoy | TV | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1973 | White Lightning | Ray Boone | Film | 6.1 | 35 |
| 1973 | The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing | Billy | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1972 | The Rookies | TV | 6.9 | 34 | |
| 1972 | The Getaway | Frank Jackson | Film | 7.1 | 34 |
| 1972 | The Culpepper Cattle Co. | Dixie Brick | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1972 | The Only Way Home | Orval | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1971 | Nichols | Kansas | TV | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1971 | Macho Callahan | Yancy | Film | 4.5 | 33 |
| 1971 | Cat Ballou | Clay | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1970 | The Moonshine War | Bud Blackwell | Film | 5.7 | 32 |
| 1970 | Monte Walsh | Jumpin' Joe Joslin | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1969 | The Wild Bunch | Clarence 'Crazy' Lee | Film | 7.6 | 31 |
| 1969 | The Bridge at Remagen | Cpl. Grebs | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1969 | The Thousand Plane Raid | Capt. Douglass | Film | 6.4 | 31 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Jeb | TV | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | TV | 6.1 | 30 | |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | Arnie | TV | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1968 | Dayton's Devils | Truck Driver | Film | 4.0 | 30 |
| 1967 | Ironside | TV | 6.9 | 29 | |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | TV | 6.3 | 29 | |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Ben Merceen | TV | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1966 | The Rat Patrol | Bo Randall | TV | 7.1 | 28 |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | Zack Garrison | TV | 7.6 | 27 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Will | TV | 6.5 | 24 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 23 |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | George | TV | 7.6 | 22 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Stretch Logan | TV | 7.5 | 21 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Harper Haggen | TV | 6.7 | 17 |