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Tom Towles
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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…
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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.
Filmography
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2008
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
Movie Self
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2008
Blood on the Highway
Movie Louis Debois
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2007
Halloween
Movie Larry Redgrave
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2007
Home Sick
Movie Uncle Johnny
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2007
Grindhouse
Movie Lt. Boorman (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
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2006
Miami Vice
Movie Coleman
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2005
The Devil's Rejects
Movie Lieutenant George Wydell
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2003
House of 1000 Corpses
Movie Lieutenant George Wydell
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2002
Groom Lake
Movie Dietz
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2002
Firefly
TV show Lund
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2001
Crossing Jordan
TV show Bull Williamson
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2000
More Dogs Than Bones
Movie Detective Smith
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2000
Malcolm in the Middle
TV show Ethan
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1999
Lansky
Movie Henchman at NYC Apartment
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1998
Maximum Bob
TV show Ike Worth
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1998
Doctor Dolittle
Movie German Shepherd (voice)
More credits
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1998
The Prophecy II
Movie Detective Waltrip
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1997
Night of the Lawyers
Movie Alien
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1997
Warriors of Virtue
Movie Grillo
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1997
Gridlock'd
Movie D-Reper's Henchman
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1996
Profiler
TV show Steve Calagian
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1996
The Rock
Movie Alcatraz Park Ranger
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1996
Pacific Blue
TV show Baron
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1996
Normal Life
Movie Frank Anderson
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1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
TV show Dale
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1995
The Drew Carey Show
TV show Detective Streible
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1995
Star Trek: Voyager
TV show Dr. Vatm
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1994
ER
TV show Teenage Boy's Father
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1994
Girls in Prison
Movie Norman Stoneface
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1994
Rebel Highway
TV show Norman Stoneface
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1993
NYPD Blue
TV show Inspector Anthony Lastarza
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1993
Bakersfield P.D.
TV show Riley
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1993
Mad Dog and Glory
Movie Andrew the Beater
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1993
Bound by Honor
Movie Red Ryder
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1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV show Hon'Tihl
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1992
Fortress
Movie Stiggs
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1991
The Borrower
Movie Bob Laney
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1991
The Pit and the Pendulum
Movie Don Carlos
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1990
Night of the Living Dead
Movie Harry Cooper
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1990
Men Don't Leave
Movie Evan Taylor
