
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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.048 |
Birthday | 1950-03-20 |
Place of Birth | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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2007

Halloween
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2005

The Devil's Rejects
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2003

House of 1000 Corpses
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1993

Mad Dog and Glory
6/370
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1992

Fortress
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2008

Blood on the Highway
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1993

Bound by Honor
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2007

Home Sick
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1991

The Borrower
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1994

Girls in Prison
4.4/16
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1997

Gridlock'd
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The Pit and the Pendulum
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1990

Night of the Living Dead
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2002

Groom Lake
3.9/13
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2008

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
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1996

Normal Life
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1996

The Rock
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1987

High Mountain Rangers
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1990

Men Don't Leave
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1986

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
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1975

Dog Day Afternoon
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2003

House of 1000 Corpses
6.188/1623
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1997

Night of the Lawyers
10/1
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2007

Grindhouse
7/1728
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1997

Warriors of Virtue
4.7/65
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1998

Doctor Dolittle
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2006

Miami Vice
6/1807
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1998

The Prophecy II
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2007

Werewolf Women of the S.S.
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1985

Pink Nights
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