Tom Towles
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tom Towles (March 20, 1950 – April 2, 2015) was an American actor.
Towles was born and raised in Chicago. He became an actor after a stint in the U.S. Marines, beginning with an uncredited performance in Dog Day Afternoon (1975). He has appeared in film and television extensively since the 1980s. He is probably best known for his turn in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer as a character modeled after Ottis Toole, Henry Lee Lucas' reputed accomplice in several murders. He has also appeared in Night of the Living Dead, The Rock, Blood in Blood Out, House of 1000 Corpses, and its sequel, The Devil's Rejects. Recently Tom also portrayed a vicious drug trafficking Aryan gang leader in the big screen adaptation of Miami Vice (he played a similar role as Aryan prison gang leader Red Rider in Blood In Blood Out) and had a cameo in one of the faux trailers Werewolf Women of the SS in Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse. His television credits include appearances in NYPD Blue, L.A. Law, ER, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the episode "Dramatis Personae"), Star Trek Voyager, and Firefly.
Towles died on April 2, 2015, at the age of 65, in a hospital in Pinellas, Florida of complications following a stroke.
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Full filmography
- Seinfeld (1989) as Tough Guy
- NYPD Blue (1993) as Inspector Anthony Lastarza
- Crossing Jordan (2001) as Bull Williamson
- ER (1994) as Teenage Boy's Father
- Star Trek: Voyager (1995) as Dr. Vatm
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) as Hon'Tihl
- Malcolm in the Middle (2000) as Ethan
- The Drew Carey Show (1995) as Detective Streible
- 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) as Dale
- L.A. Law (1986) as Warden Geoff Ropella
- Profiler (1996) as Steve Calagian
- Pacific Blue (1996) as Baron
- Firefly (2002) as Lund
- Doctor Dolittle (1998) as German Shepherd (voice)
- The Rock (1996) as Alcatraz Park Ranger
- Rebel Highway (1994) as Norman Stoneface
- Bound by Honor (1993) as Red Ryder
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975) as Cop (uncredited)
- Miami Vice (2006) as Coleman
- Halloween (2007) as Larry Redgrave
- Bakersfield P.D. (1993) as Riley
- Night of the Living Dead (1990) as Harry Cooper
- Grindhouse (2007) as Lt. Boorman (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
- House of 1000 Corpses (2003) as Lieutenant George Wydell