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.
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Acting
Movie
The Rock
as Alcatraz Park Ranger
1996
TV
Malcolm in the Middle
as Ethan
2000
Movie
Dog Day Afternoon
as Cop (uncredited)
1975
Movie
Doctor Dolittle
as German Shepherd (voice)
1998
Movie
Halloween
as Larry Redgrave
2007
TV
Firefly
as Lund
2002
TV
Seinfeld
as Tough Guy
1989
Movie
Miami Vice
as Coleman
2006
Movie
Grindhouse
as Lt. Boorman (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
2007
Movie
House of 1000 Corpses
as Lieutenant George Wydell
2003
Movie
House of 1000 Corpses
as George Wydell
2003
Movie
The Devil's Rejects
as Lieutenant George Wydell
2005
Movie
Bound by Honor
as Red Ryder
1993
TV
Star Trek: Voyager
as Dr. Vatm
1995
TV
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Hon'Tihl
1993
Movie
Night of the Living Dead
as Harry Cooper
1990
TV
ER
as Teenage Boy's Father
1994
Movie
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
as Otis
1986
Movie
Fortress
as Stiggs
1992
TV
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Dale
1996
Movie
Mad Dog and Glory
as Andrew the Beater
1993
Movie
Gridlock'd
as D-Reper's Henchman
1997
Movie
The Prophecy II
as Detective Waltrip
1998
TV
The Drew Carey Show
as Detective Streible
1995
