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 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
Credits
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2008 · Blood on the Highway as Louis Debois
- 2007 · Halloween as Larry Redgrave
- 2007 · Home Sick as Uncle Johnny
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Lt. Boorman (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
- 2007 · Werewolf Women of the S.S. as Lt. Boorman
- 2006 · Miami Vice as Coleman
- 2005 · The Devil's Rejects as Lieutenant George Wydell
- 2003 · House of 1000 Corpses as Lieutenant George Wydell
- 2003 · House of 1000 Corpses as George Wydell
- 2002 · Groom Lake as Dietz
- 2002 · Firefly as Lund
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Bull Williamson
- 2000 · Malcolm in the Middle as Ethan
- 1998 · Maximum Bob as Ike Worth
- 1998 · Doctor Dolittle as German Shepherd (voice)
- 1998 · The Prophecy II as Detective Waltrip
- 1997 · Night of the Lawyers as Alien
- 1997 · Warriors of Virtue as Grillo
- 1997 · Gridlock'd as D-Reper's Henchman
- 1996 · The Rock as Alcatraz Park Ranger
- 1996 · Pacific Blue as Baron
- 1996 · Normal Life as Frank Anderson
- 1996 · 3rd Rock from the Sun as Dale
- 1995 · The Drew Carey Show as Detective Streible
- 1995 · Star Trek: Voyager as Dr. Vatm
- 1994 · ER as Teenage Boy's Father
- 1994 · Girls in Prison as Norman Stoneface
- 1993 · NYPD Blue as Inspector Anthony Lastarza
- 1993 · Bakersfield P.D. as Riley
- 1993 · Mad Dog and Glory as Andrew the Beater
- 1993 · Bound by Honor as Red Ryder
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Hon'Tihl
- 1992 · Fortress as Stiggs
- 1991 · The Borrower as Bob Laney
- 1991 · The Pit and the Pendulum as Don Carlos
- 1990 · Night of the Living Dead as Harry Cooper
- 1990 · Men Don't Leave as Evan Taylor
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Tough Guy
- 1987 · High Mountain Rangers as T.J. Cousins
- 1986 · Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer as Otis
- 1975 · Dog Day Afternoon as Cop (uncredited)