Acting credits
46
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Tom Towles
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 31Series: 15
TMDB ID: 27736
IMDb ID: nm0869981
Known for: Acting
Born: March 20, 1950
Died: April 2, 2015
Age: 65
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2008
Years active: 34
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q444217
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Tom Towles.
6.7
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
as Self
2008 Movie
3.9
Blood on the Highway
as Louis Debois
2008 Movie
6.2
Halloween
as Larry Redgrave
2007 Movie
3.7
Home Sick
as Uncle Johnny
2007 Movie
7.0
Grindhouse
as Lt. Boorman (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
2007 Movie
6.0
Miami Vice
as Coleman
2006 Movie
6.7
The Devil's Rejects
as Lieutenant George Wydell
2005 Movie
6.2
House of 1000 Corpses
as Lieutenant George Wydell
2003 Movie
3.9
Groom Lake
as Dietz
2002 Movie
4.6
More Dogs Than Bones
as Detective Smith
2000 Movie
5.5
Lansky
as Henchman at NYC Apartment
1999 Movie
5.7
Doctor Dolittle
as German Shepherd (voice)
1998 Movie
6.0
The Prophecy II
as Detective Waltrip
1998 Movie
10.0
Night of the Lawyers
as Alien
1997 Movie
4.7
Warriors of Virtue
as Grillo
1997 Movie
6.7
Gridlock'd
as D-Reper's Henchman
1997 Movie
7.1
The Rock
as Alcatraz Park Ranger
1996 Movie
5.9
Normal Life
as Frank Anderson
1996 Movie
4.3
Girls in Prison
as Norman Stoneface
1994 Movie
6.0
Mad Dog and Glory
as Andrew the Beater
1993 Movie
8.1
Bound by Honor
as Red Ryder
1993 Movie
6.0
Fortress
as Stiggs
1992 Movie
4.9
The Borrower
as Bob Laney
1991 Movie
5.7
The Pit and the Pendulum
as Don Carlos
1991 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Tom Towles.
8.3
Firefly
as Lund • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.2
Crossing Jordan
as Bull Williamson • 1 eps
2001 Series
8.5
Malcolm in the Middle
as Ethan • 1 eps
2000 Series
6.5
Maximum Bob
as Ike Worth • 1 eps
1998 Series
7.0
Profiler
as Steve Calagian • 1 eps
1996 Series
5.4
Pacific Blue
as Baron • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.5
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Dale • 1 eps
1996 Series
6.5
The Drew Carey Show
as Detective Streible • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
as Dr. Vatm • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.8
ER
as Teenage Boy's Father • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.5
Rebel Highway
as Norman Stoneface • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.0
NYPD Blue
as Inspector Anthony Lastarza • 1 eps
1993 Series
8.0
Bakersfield P.D.
as Riley • 2 eps
1993 Series
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Hon'Tihl • 1 eps
1993 Series
8.3
Seinfeld
as Tough Guy • 1 eps
1989 Series