Person Details

Birthday: 1950-03-20 14:53:57

Death: 2015-04-02 14:53:57

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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Movie Involvements: 19

TV Involvements: 6


Most Famous Work

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.  

Most Famous Work

Crossing Jordan
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7

Crossing Jordan

(2001) Bull Williamson
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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8

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

(1993) Hon'Tihl
Star Trek: Voyager
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8

Star Trek: Voyager

(1995) Dr. Vatm
ER
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8

ER

(1994) Teenage Boy's Father
NYPD Blue
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7

NYPD Blue

(1993) Inspector Anthony Lastarza
Firefly
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8

Firefly

(2002) Lund
Bound by Honor
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8

Bound by Honor

(1993) Red Ryder
The Rock
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7

The Rock

(1996) Alcatraz Park Ranger

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2008 Self
Louis Debois
2007 Larry Redgrave
Uncle Johnny
Lt. Boorman
Lt. Boorman (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
2006 Coleman
2005 Lieutenant George Wydell
2003 George Wydell
Lieutenant George Wydell
2002 Dietz
Lund
2001 Bull Williamson
2000 Ethan
1998 German Shepherd (voice)
Detective Waltrip
1997 Alien
Grillo
D-Reper's Henchman
1996 Alcatraz Park Ranger
Frank Anderson
Dale
1995 Dr. Vatm
1994 Teenage Boy's Father
Norman Stoneface
1993 Inspector Anthony Lastarza
Riley
Andrew the Beater
Red Ryder
Hon'Tihl
1992 Stiggs
1991 Bob Laney
Don Carlos
1990 Harry Cooper
Evan Taylor
1989 Tough Guy
1987 T.J. Cousins
1986 Otis
1975 Cop (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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