Tom Towles
Character player, often playing scumbags or obnoxious men, who worked for more than a decade in Chicago theatre before establishing himself in films and TV beginning in the late 80s, often in lower-budget fare. Tom Towles drifted into acting after serving in the Marine Corps. Although he made an isolated appearance in a bit role in "Dog Day Afternoon" with Al Pacino in 1975, he returned to Chicago and became a member of the Organic Theatre Company appearing in numerous productions and often collaborating on the writing as well. Towles also acted with the prestigious Goodman Theatre there. It was 1985 before Towles was again in front of the cameras, this time as a lounge lizard in "Pink Nights." The next year, he was the despicable, loathsome Otis in "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer." In 1990, Towles played Harry Cooper, the guy everyone else trapped in the farmhouse would most like to sacrifice to the zombies in the remake of "Night of the Living Dead." Towles' TV work has been ongoing since he appeared as J.J., the hunted killer in "High Mountain Rangers," the two-hour pilot for a Robert Conrad series. He was Norman Stoneface, true to his name, in the 1994 Showtime movie "Girls in Prison," and also appeared in numerous TV episodes.
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Tom Towles
Filmography
Movies
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Blood on the Highway | Louis Debois (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Home Sick | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
47% |
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Miami Vice | Coleman (Character) | $63.4M | 2006 |
21% |
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House of 1000 Corpses | Lieutenant George Wydell (Character) | $12.6M | 2003 |
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Groom Lake | Dietz (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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More Dogs Than Bones | Detective Smith (Character) | - | 2000 |
33% |
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The Prophecy II | Detective Waltrip (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night of the Lawyers |
Alien/ |
- | 1997 |
88% |
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Gridlock'd | D-Reper's Henchman (Character) | $5.5M | 1997 |
18% |
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Warriors of Virtue | Gen. Grillo (Character) | $6.4M | 1997 |
70% |
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Normal Life | Frank Anderson (Character) | $9.6K | 1996 |
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God's Lonely Man | Steven (Character) | - | 1996 |
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Girls in Prison | Norman Stoneface (Character) | - | 1994 |
79% |
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Mad Dog and Glory | Andrew the Beater (Character) | $10.7M | 1993 |
64% |
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Blood In, Blood Out | Red Ryder (Character) | $4.0M | 1993 |
38% |
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Fortress | Stiggs (Character) | $6.5M | 1992 |
30% |
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The Borrower | Bob Laney (Character) | - | 1991 |
50% |
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The Pit and the Pendulum | Don Carlos (Character) | - | 1991 |
68% |
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Night of the Living Dead | Harry Cooper (Character) | $5.4M | 1990 |
89% |
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | Otis (Character) | - | 1986 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs | Unknown (Character) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Malcolm in the Middle | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Zeke (Guest Star) | 2003 |
57% | No Score Yet | Robbery Homicide Division | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
50% | No Score Yet | Push, Nevada | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
77% | 96% | Firefly | Lund (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 95% | The Pretender | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maximum Bob | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
76% | 80% | Star Trek: Voyager | Dr. Vatm (Guest Star) | 1997 |
83% | 95% | NYPD Blue |
Inspector Anthony Lastarza (Guest Star), Writer |
1993-1994 |
89% | 92% | Seinfeld | Tough Guy (Character) | 1993 |
91% | 89% | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Hon'Tihl (Guest Star) | 1993 |
68% | No Score Yet | E/R | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |