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.  

Filmography

• 2008Blood on the Highway — Louis Debois
• 2007Grindhouse — Lt. Boorman (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
• 2007Halloween — Larry Redgrave
• 2007Home Sick — Uncle Johnny
• 2006Miami Vice — Coleman
• 2005The Devil's Rejects — Lieutenant George Wydell
• 2003House of 1000 Corpses — Lieutenant George Wydell
• Firefly — Lund
• 2002Groom Lake — Dietz
• Crossing Jordan — Bull Williamson
• Malcolm in the Middle — Ethan
• 2000More Dogs Than Bones — Detective Smith
• 1999Lansky — Henchman at NYC Apartment
• 1998Doctor Dolittle — German Shepherd (voice)
• Maximum Bob — Ike Worth
• 1998The Prophecy II — Detective Waltrip
• 1997Gridlock'd — D-Reper's Henchman
• 1997Night of the Lawyers — Alien
• 1997Warriors of Virtue — Grillo
• 3rd Rock from the Sun — Dale
• 1996Normal Life — Frank Anderson
• Pacific Blue — Baron
• Profiler — Steve Calagian
• 1996The Rock — Alcatraz Park Ranger
• Star Trek: Voyager — Dr. Vatm
• The Drew Carey Show — Detective Streible
• ER — Teenage Boy's Father
• 1994Girls in Prison — Norman Stoneface
• Rebel Highway — Norman Stoneface
• Bakersfield P.D. — Riley
• 1993Bound by Honor — Red Ryder
• 1993Mad Dog and Glory — Andrew the Beater
• NYPD Blue — Inspector Anthony Lastarza, Story, Teleplay
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Hon'Tihl
• 1992Fortress — Stiggs
• 1991The Borrower — Bob Laney
• 1991The Pit and the Pendulum — Don Carlos
• 1990Men Don't Leave — Evan Taylor
• 1990Night of the Living Dead — Harry Cooper
• Seinfeld — Tough Guy
• 1988Choice Chance Control — Manny
• 1987High Mountain Rangers — T.J. Cousins
• 1986Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer — Otis
• L.A. Law — Warden Geoff Ropella
• 1985Pink Nights — Ralph the Lounge Lizard
• 1975Dog Day Afternoon — Cop (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2008Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween — Self