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name: "Bo Hopkins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bo-hopkins"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 February 1938"
died: "28 May 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:18:26.608330+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bo Hopkins

Actor. Born 2 February 1938 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. Died 28 May 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 February 1938, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- **Died:** 28 May 2022
- **Also known as:** William Mauldin Hopkins, بو هاپکینز

## Biography

Bo Hopkins was an American actor. He appeared in more than 100 film and television roles across a career spanning more than four decades.

Hopkins made his feature film debut as Clarence 'Crazy' Lee in *The Wild Bunch* (1969). He gained wider recognition for his role as Joe Young in *American Graffiti* (1973) and appeared in other notable films including *The Getaway* (1972), *Midnight Express* (1978) and *Hillbilly Elegy* (2020). He frequently collaborated with director Sam Peckinpah and had recurring television roles in series such as *The Rockford Files* and *Dynasty*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *American Graffiti* (1973), Fi1m 84, as Joe Young — [page](https://film.one/film/american-graffiti.md)

## Also known for

- *Midnight Express* (1978), Tex
- *The Wild Bunch* (1969), Clarence 'Crazy' Lee
- *The A-Team* (1983), Charles Drew
- *Hillbilly Elegy* (2020), Papaw
- *U Turn* (1997), Ed
- *The Getaway* (1972), Frank Jackson
- *From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money* (1999), Sheriff Lawson
- *Bonanza* (1959), Stretch Logan

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