Tom Towles
Born March 20, 1950 (Age: 75)
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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Towles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Towles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Halloween
2007
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as Larry Redgrave
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Age: 57
Miami Vice
2006
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as Coleman
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Age: 56
The Devil's Rejects
2005
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as Lieutenant George Wydell
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Age: 55
House of 1000 Corpses
2003
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as Lieutenant George Wydell
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Age: 53
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
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as Detective Smith
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Age: 50
Doctor Dolittle
1998
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as German Shepherd (voice)
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Age: 48
Gridlock'd
1997
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as D-Reper's Henchman
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Age: 46
The Rock
1996
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as Alcatraz Park Ranger
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Age: 46
Mad Dog and Glory
1993
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as Andrew the Beater
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Age: 42
Bound by Honor
1993
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as Red Ryder
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Age: 42
Fortress
1992
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as Stiggs
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Age: 42
The Pit and the Pendulum
1991
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as Don Carlos
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Age: 41
Night of the Living Dead
1990
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as Harry Cooper
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Age: 40
Men Don't Leave
1990
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as Evan Taylor
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Age: 39
Choice Chance Control
1988
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as Manny
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Age: 37
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
1986
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as Otis
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Age: 36
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
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as Cop (uncredited)
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Age: 25