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Ron Thompson

Acting Born Jan 31, 1941 Louisville, Kentucky, USA 21 credits

Biography

Ron Thompson is an American film, television, theatre actor, singer and songwriter. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Thompson is perhaps best known for his dual lead roles in Ralph Bakshi's critically acclaimed rotoscope film American Pop and the 1970s TV series Baretta in the role of Detective Nopke.

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Full filmography

  • Mannix (1967)
  • Ironside (1967)
  • Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Claude Stern
  • Baretta (1975)
  • The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) as Apache Helicopter Pilot
  • Bronk (1975)
  • American Playhouse (1982) as Beatnik Poet (segment "This Ain't Bebop")
  • American Me (1992) as Junkie
  • Deep Cover (1992) as Store Owner
  • The White Buffalo (1977) as Frozen Dog Pimp
  • American Pop (1981) as Tony Belinksy / Pete Belinksy (voice)
  • The Gun (1974) as Tom
  • Imagining America (1989) as Beatnik Poet
  • The No Mercy Man (1973) as John Dunn
  • [Cargo] (2018) as Anthony Peterson
  • Last Days of Coney Island (2015) as Cops
  • Tellers (2019) as Harry Dawn
  • This Ain't Bebop (1989) as Beatnik Poet
  • Brown Eye, Evil Eye (1967) as Freddy St. Claire
  • Suffrage (2023) as Harry Dawn