American actor Bo Hopkins has died at the age of 81 at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys, Los Angeles.
According to Deadline, the cause of death was a heart attack.
In Hollywood, Hopkins was known as a prominent supporting actor, having played important supporting characters in more than 100 films. Over 50 years in the business, Hopkins has starred in the films American Graffiti, Midnight Express, The Wild Bunch, Breakout, Turn and others.
His birth name was William Hopkins. The actor got his pseudonym Bo thanks to the character of the same name, which he played in his first off-Broadway play, Bus Stop.