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Acting
Birthday
March 20, 1950
Died
April 2, 2015
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Tom Towles
0.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.7
Self
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008
3.9
Louis Debois
Blood on the Highway
2008
6.2
Larry Redgrave
Halloween
2007
3.7
Uncle Johnny
Home Sick
2007
7.0
Lt. Boorman (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
Grindhouse
2007
6.0
Coleman
Miami Vice
2006
6.7
Lieutenant George Wydell
The Devil's Rejects
2005
6.2
Lieutenant George Wydell
House of 1000 Corpses
2003
6.2
George Wydell
House of 1000 Corpses
2003
3.9
Dietz
Groom Lake
2002
Credits
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
as Self
2008
6.7
Blood on the Highway
as Louis Debois
2008
3.9
Halloween
as Larry Redgrave
2007
6.2
Home Sick
as Uncle Johnny
2007
3.7
Grindhouse
as Lt. Boorman (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
2007
7.0
Miami Vice
as Coleman
2006
6.0
The Devil's Rejects
as Lieutenant George Wydell
2005
6.7
House of 1000 Corpses
as Lieutenant George Wydell
2003
6.2
House of 1000 Corpses
as George Wydell
2003
6.2
Groom Lake
as Dietz
2002
3.9
Firefly
as Lund
2002
8.3
Crossing Jordan
as Bull Williamson
2001
7.2
More Dogs Than Bones
as Detective Smith
2000
4.6
Malcolm in the Middle
as Ethan
2000
8.5
Lansky
as Henchman at NYC Apartment
1999
5.5
Maximum Bob
as Ike Worth
1998
6.5
Doctor Dolittle
as German Shepherd (voice)
1998
5.7
The Prophecy II
as Detective Waltrip
1998
6.0
Night of the Lawyers
as Alien
1997
10.0
Warriors of Virtue
as Grillo
1997
4.7
Gridlock'd
as D-Reper's Henchman
1997
6.7
Profiler
as Steve Calagian
1996
7.0
The Rock
as Alcatraz Park Ranger
1996
7.1
Pacific Blue
as Baron
1996
5.3
Normal Life
as Frank Anderson
1996
5.9
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Dale
1996
7.5
The Drew Carey Show
as Detective Streible
1995
6.5
Star Trek: Voyager
as Dr. Vatm
1995
7.8
ER
as Teenage Boy's Father
1994
7.8
Girls in Prison
as Norman Stoneface
1994
4.3
NYPD Blue
as Inspector Anthony Lastarza
1993
7.0
Bakersfield P.D.
as Riley
1993
8.0
Mad Dog and Glory
as Andrew the Beater
1993
6.0
Bound by Honor
as Red Ryder
1993
8.1
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Hon'Tihl
1993
7.9
Fortress
as Stiggs
1992
6.1
The Borrower
as Bob Laney
1991
4.9
The Pit and the Pendulum
as Don Carlos
1991
5.7
Night of the Living Dead
as Harry Cooper
1990
6.8
Men Don't Leave
as Evan Taylor
1990
6.3
Seinfeld
as Tough Guy
1989
8.3
Choice Chance Control
as Manny
1988
0.0
High Mountain Rangers
as T.J. Cousins
1987
0.0
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
as Otis
1986
6.7
Pink Nights
as Ralph the Lounge Lizard
1985
6.0
Dog Day Afternoon
as Cop (uncredited)
1975
7.8