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Tom Towles

Tom Towles

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 20, 1950
Died Apr 02, 2015 (65)
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Popularity 0.6 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 te ... levision 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

Filmography

Blood on the Highway

Blood on the Highway

2008

as Louis Debois

Home Sick

Home Sick

2007

as Uncle Johnny

Werewolf Women of the S.S.

Werewolf Women of the S.S.

2007

as Lt. Boorman

Halloween

Halloween

2007

as Larry Redgrave

Grindhouse

Grindhouse

2007

as Lt. Boorman (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

2006

as Coleman

The Devil's Rejects

The Devil's Rejects

2005

as Lieutenant George Wydell

House of 1000 Corpses

House of 1000 Corpses

2003

as Lieutenant George Wydell

House of 1000 Corpses

House of 1000 Corpses

2003

as George Wydell

Groom Lake

Groom Lake

2002

as Dietz

The Prophecy II

The Prophecy II

1998

as Detective Waltrip

Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle

1998

as German Shepherd (voice)

Night of the Lawyers

Night of the Lawyers

1997

as Alien

Gridlock'd

Gridlock'd

1997

as D-Reper's Henchman

Warriors of Virtue

Warriors of Virtue

1997

as Grillo

Normal Life

Normal Life

1996

as Frank Anderson

The Rock

The Rock

1996

as Alcatraz Park Ranger

Girls in Prison

Girls in Prison

1994

as Norman Stoneface

Mad Dog and Glory

Mad Dog and Glory

1993

as Andrew the Beater

Bound by Honor

Bound by Honor

1993

as Red Ryder

Fortress

Fortress

1992

as Stiggs

The Borrower

The Borrower

1991

as Bob Laney

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum

1991

as Don Carlos

Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead

1990

as Harry Cooper

Men Don't Leave

Men Don't Leave

1990

as Evan Taylor

High Mountain Rangers

High Mountain Rangers

1987

as T.J. Cousins

Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon

1975

as Cop (uncredited)

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Television Credits

Bakersfield P.D.

as Riley

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 14, 1993

Star Trek: Voyager

as Dr. Vatm

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 1995

Seinfeld

as Tough Guy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 05, 1989

NYPD Blue

as Inspector Anthony Lastarza

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1993

Firefly

as Lund

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 2002

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Hon'Tihl

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 1993

3rd Rock from the Sun

as Dale

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1996

Maximum Bob

as Ike Worth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 04, 1998

ER

as Teenage Boy's Father

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1994

Malcolm in the Middle

as Ethan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 2000

The Drew Carey Show

as Detective Streible

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1995

Crossing Jordan

as Bull Williamson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 2001

Pacific Blue

as Baron

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 02, 1996

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