From Bad Guys to Good Guys

 

Actor Bo Hopkins has passed at 80. William Holden recommended him for his first film, The Wild Bunch, and he worked steadily in films most recently in Hillbilly Elegy and TV shows like Gunsmoke, The Rockford Files, and Dynasty. He worked with Sam Peckinpah in three films and in memorable roles in Amerrican Graffiti, Midnight Express, and many others. First cast in villainous roles including a turn as Pretty Boy Floyd in the TV movie The Kansas City Massacre, he gradually became the good guy and even worked with Quentin Tarantino. Whether bad or good guy or in support, with over 130 roles, he was a prolific actor.