Tom Towles
Known For
Acting
Born
1950-03-20 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died
2015-04-02
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Towles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Seinfeld
as Tough Guy
Star Trek: Voyager
as Dr. Vatm
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Hon'Tihl
ER
as Teenage Boy's Father
Malcolm in the Middle
as Ethan
Crossing Jordan
as Bull Williamson
Firefly
as Lund
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Dale
The Drew Carey Show
as Detective Streible
NYPD Blue
as Inspector Anthony Lastarza
Pacific Blue
as Baron
Profiler
as Steve Calagian
Rebel Highway
as Norman Stoneface
The Rock
as Alcatraz Park Ranger
Bound by Honor
as Red Ryder
Fortress
as Stiggs
Dog Day Afternoon
as Cop (uncredited)
Lansky
as Henchman at NYC Apartment
Miami Vice
as Coleman
Doctor Dolittle
as German Shepherd (voice)