Tom Towles
Known for Acting · 47 credits
- Born
- 1950-03-20
- Died
- 2015-04-02
- Place of birth
- 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (16)
Seinfeld
1989
as Tough Guy
ER
1994
as Teenage Boy's Father
NYPD Blue
1993
as Inspector Anthony Lastarza
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Hon'Tihl
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Dr. Vatm
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Ethan
The Drew Carey Show
1995
as Detective Streible
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Bull Williamson
L.A. Law
1986
as Warden Geoff Ropella
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
as Dale
Profiler
1996
as Steve Calagian
Pacific Blue
1996
as Baron
Firefly
2002
as Lund
Rebel Highway
1994
as Norman Stoneface
Bakersfield P.D.
1993
as Riley
Maximum Bob
1998
as Ike Worth
Movies (31)
Bound by Honor
1993
as Red Ryder
The Rock
1996
as Alcatraz Park Ranger
Doctor Dolittle
1998
as German Shepherd (voice)
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
as Cop (uncredited)
Miami Vice
2006
as Coleman
Grindhouse
2007
as Lt. Boorman (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
High Mountain Rangers
1987
as T.J. Cousins
Halloween
2007
as Larry Redgrave
Night of the Living Dead
1990
as Harry Cooper
House of 1000 Corpses
2003
as Lieutenant George Wydell
The Devil's Rejects
2005
as Lieutenant George Wydell
Fortress
1992
as Stiggs
Lansky
1999
as Henchman at NYC Apartment
The Pit and the Pendulum
1991
as Don Carlos
The Borrower
1991
as Bob Laney
Men Don't Leave
1990
as Evan Taylor
Mad Dog and Glory
1993
as Andrew the Beater
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
1986
as Otis
Gridlock'd
1997
as D-Reper's Henchman
The Prophecy II
1998
as Detective Waltrip
Warriors of Virtue
1997
as Grillo
Girls in Prison
1994
as Norman Stoneface
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
as Detective Smith
Night of the Lawyers
1997
as Alien
Normal Life
1996
as Frank Anderson
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008
as Self
Blood on the Highway
2008
as Louis Debois
Groom Lake
2002
as Dietz
Pink Nights
1985
as Ralph the Lounge Lizard
Choice Chance Control
1988
as Manny
Home Sick
2007
as Uncle Johnny
About Tom Towles
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… With 47 credits spanning from 1975 to 2008, Tom Towles has appeared in 31 films and 16 TV shows.
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- Bound by Honor (1993) — as Red Ryder
- The Rock (1996) — as Alcatraz Park Ranger
- Doctor Dolittle (1998) — as German Shepherd (voice)
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975) — as Cop (uncredited)
- Miami Vice (2006) — as Coleman
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