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.
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Filmography
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Movies 29
TV Shows 11
self 2
Voice 1
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween (2008)
Blood on the Highway (2008)
Halloween (2007)
Home Sick (2007)
Werewolf Women of the S.S. (2007)
Grindhouse (2007)
Miami Vice (2006)
Portrait: The Making of Henry (2005)
The Devil's Rejects (2005)
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Groom Lake (2002)
Firefly (2002)
Push, Nevada (2002)
Crossing Jordan (2001)
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Doctor Dolittle (1998)
The Prophecy II (1998)
Night of the Lawyers (1997)
Warriors of Virtue (1997)
Gridlock'd (1997)
The Rock (1996)
Normal Life (1996)
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
ER (1994)
Girls in Prison (1994)
NYPD Blue (1993)
Bakersfield P.D. (1993)
Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
Bound by Honor (1993)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Fortress (1992)
The Borrower (1991)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Men Don't Leave (1990)
Seinfeld (1989)
High Mountain Rangers (1987)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1950-03-20
Deathday2015-04-02 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceChicago, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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