Timothy Bottoms
Encyclopedia
Early life
Bottoms was born in Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, the eldest son of Betty (née
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Chapman) and James "Bud" Bottoms, who is a sculptor and art teacher. He is the brother of actors Joseph Bottoms
Joseph Bottoms
Joseph Bottoms is an American actor who won the 1975 Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor for his role in The Dove...
(born 1954), Sam Bottoms
Sam Bottoms
Samuel John "Sam" Bottoms was an American actor and producer.-Personal life:Bottoms was born in Santa Barbara, California, the third son of James "Bud" Bottoms and Betty , both of whom survive him...
(1955–2008) and Ben Bottoms (born 1960). In 1967, Bottoms toured Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
as part of the Santa Barbara Madrigal Society.
Sam Bottoms died due to brain cancer in 2008. At one point, Sam was the only sibling close to Timothy.
Career
Bottoms made his film debut in 1971 as a horrifically mutilated World War IWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
soldier in Dalton Trumbo
Dalton Trumbo
James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter and novelist, and one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of film professionals who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry...
's Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun (film)
Johnny Got His Gun is a 1971 anti-war film based on the novel of the same name written and directed by Dalton Trumbo and starring Timothy Bottoms, Jason Robards and Donald Sutherland with Diane Varsi...
. The same year, he appeared alongside his brother Sam in The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry....
. (He portrayed the same character in the 1990 sequel Texasville
Texasville
Texasville is a 1990 American drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. It is a sequel to The Last Picture Show, and based on the novel Texasville by Larry McMurtry....
). He has appeared in other notable films such as The Paper Chase, Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
Love and Pain And The Whole Damn Thing is a 1973 American film directed by Alan J. Pakula. It is often categorized as a drama, but contains many comic elements.-Plot:...
, Rollercoaster and Elephant.
Bottoms has the unique distinction of portraying U.S. President George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
in three widely varying productions. In 2000-2001, he played a parody of Bush in the Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
sitcom That's My Bush!
That's My Bush!
That's My Bush! is an American comedy television series that aired on Comedy Central from April 4 to May 23, 2001. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, best known for also creating South Park, the series centers on the fictitious personal life of President George W. Bush, as played by Timothy...
; he subsequently appeared as Bush in a cameo appearance in the family film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course is a 2002 Australian comedy-adventure film based on the nature documentary series The Crocodile Hunter, starring Steve Irwin and his wife Terri Irwin. The Irwins play themselves filming an episode of The Crocodile Hunter while trying to protect a crocodile....
. Finally, following the September 11, 2001 attacks
September 11, 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
, Bottoms once again played Bush, this time in a serious fashion, in the telefilm DC 9/11, one of the first movies to be based upon the attacks.
During an episode of the Fox television show That '70s Show
That '70s Show
That '70s Show is an American television period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenage friends living in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979...
in which a tornado
Tornado
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...
warning has been issued and the students of the high school are trapped, Bottoms is seen as the panicking principal. He appeared in a recurring role during the first season of the FX series Dirt
Dirt (TV series)
Dirt is an American television serial broadcast on the FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of-its-kind "glossy tabloid" magazine DirtNow, which was previously two separate publications: drrt and Now Dirt (styled...
as Gibson Horne, who owned the magazine that series main character Lucy Spiller worked for.
He also co-produced the documentary Picture This - The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991) dealing with behind-the-scenes look on the films The Last Picture Show and Texasville. In the documentary, he revealed that he had a crush on his co-star Cybill Shepherd
Cybill Shepherd
Cybill Lynne Shepherd is an American actress, singer and former model. Her best known roles include starring as Jacy in The Last Picture Show, as Betsy in Taxi Driver, as Madeleine Spencer in Psych, as Maddie Hayes on Moonlighting, as Cybill Sheridan on Cybill, and as Phyllis Kroll on The L...
during The Last Picture Show, but she did not reciprocate his feelings. He was also heavily featured in the Metallica video for "One", which featured footage of the film "Johnny Got His Gun".
Filmography
- Johnny Got His GunJohnny Got His Gun (film)Johnny Got His Gun is a 1971 anti-war film based on the novel of the same name written and directed by Dalton Trumbo and starring Timothy Bottoms, Jason Robards and Donald Sutherland with Diane Varsi...
(1971) - The Last Picture ShowThe Last Picture ShowThe Last Picture Show is a 1971 American drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry....
(1971) - Love and Pain and the Whole Damn ThingLove and Pain and the Whole Damn ThingLove and Pain And The Whole Damn Thing is a 1973 American film directed by Alan J. Pakula. It is often categorized as a drama, but contains many comic elements.-Plot:...
(1973) - The Paper Chase (1973)
- The White DawnThe White DawnThe White Dawn is a Canadian film, released in 1974, and directed by Philip Kaufman and stars Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, and Louis Gossett, Jr. It portrays the conflict between aboriginal peoples' traditional way of life and Europeans' eagerness to take advantage of them. The film employs...
(1974) - The Crazy World of Julius VrooderThe Crazy World of Julius VrooderThe Crazy World of Julius Vrooder is a 1974 film from Playboy Enterprises directed by Arthur Hiller and produced by Hugh Hefner. This was the final film for actor George Marshall.-Plot:...
(1974) - Operation DaybreakOperation DaybreakOperation Daybreak is a 1975 World War II film based on the true story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague - starring Anthony Andrews, Timothy Bottoms and Martin Shaw. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and shot mostly on location in Prague. It was adapted from the book Seven Men...
(1975) - A Small Town in TexasA Small Town in TexasA Small Town in Texas is a 1976 filmed in Lockhart, Texas starring Bo Hopkins, Susan George, and Timothy Bottoms and directed by Jack Starrett.- External links :* at the Internet Movie Database...
(1976) - Rollercoaster (1977)
- The Other Side of the Mountain Part II (1978)
- HurricaneHurricane (1979 film)Hurricane is a 1979 romance, epic-adventure film featuring an all-star cast and impressive special effects, produced by: Dino De Laurentiis and Lorenzo Semple Jr, and directed by Jan Troell...
(1979) - The High Country (1981)
- Tin ManTin Man (1983 film)Tin Man is a 1983 American dramatic film starring Timothy Bottoms, John Phillip Law, Deana Jurgens, Troy Donahue, Richard Stahl and directed by John G. Thomas.-Plot:...
(1983) - What Waits BelowWhat Waits BelowWhat Waits Below is a British science-fiction adventure film released in 1984. Directed by Don Sharp, produced by the Adams Apple Film Company, the film runs for 88 minutes and starred Robert Powell, Timothy Bottoms, and Lisa Blount...
(1984) - Serpiente de Mar (The Sea Serpent) (1984)
- Hambone and Hillie (1984)
- The Census TakerThe Census TakerThe Census Taker is a 1984 black comedy directed by Bruce R. Cook. It stars Greg Mullavey, Meredith MacRae, Timothy Bottoms, and Garrett Morris. The film was The Residents' first film soundtrack commission when their participation suggested by Penn Jillette to Cook...
(1984) - The Fantasist (1986)
- In the Shadow of KilimanjaroIn the Shadow of KilimanjaroIn the Shadow of Kilimanjaro is a 1986 horror film based in Kenya. The film was directed by Raju Patel.-Plot:The film, based on a true story, shows the events of an incident that happened in Kenya in 1984. A severe drought happened, and 90,000 starving babboons went on a rampage, killing humans and...
(1986) - Invaders from MarsInvaders from Mars (1986 film)Invaders from Mars is a 1986 science fiction film directed by Tobe Hooper from a screenplay by Dan O'Bannon and Don Jakoby. It is a remake of the 1953 science fiction film Invaders from Mars, and is a reworking of that film's screenplay by Richard Blake from an original story by John Tucker Battle...
(1986) - Mio min MioMio in the Land of FarawayMio in the Land of Faraway is a 1987 fantasy film directed by Vladimir Grammatikov and starring Christopher Lee, Christian Bale, Nicholas Pickard, Timothy Bottoms and Susannah York...
(Mio in the Land of Faraway) (1987) - A Case of Honor (1988)
- The DrifterThe Drifter (1988 film)The Drifter is a 1988 thriller movie starring Kim Delaney, Timothy Bottoms, Al Shannon, Miles O'Keeffe, and Anna Garduno. The film is about a successful single woman who picks up a mysterious hitchhiker on a deserted road....
(1988) - Return from the River KwaiReturn from the River KwaiReturn from the River Kwai is a 1989 film directed by Andrew McLaglen. It stars Timothy Bottoms and Nick Tate.. It is loosely based on events concerning the Burma-Thailand Death Railway and subsequent that inspired the earlier film Bridge on the River Kwai, although both films use separate...
(1989)
- IstanbulIstanbul (film)Istanbul is a 1957 American drama film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Errol Flynn, Cornell Borchers and John Bentley. An American becomes mixed up with various criminal activities in Istanbul...
(1989) - TexasvilleTexasvilleTexasville is a 1990 American drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. It is a sequel to The Last Picture Show, and based on the novel Texasville by Larry McMurtry....
(1990) - Digger (1993)
- Fox Hunt (1993) (VG)
- Horses and Champions (1994)
- Ava's Magical Adventure (1994)
- Ill Met by Moonlight (1994)
- Blue Sky (1994)
- Desperate Obsession (1995)
- Hourglass (1995)
- Top DogTop Dog (film)Top Dog is a 1995 comedy action film, directed by Aaron Norris and starring Chuck Norris.-Plot:The film opens as two white nationalists destroy an apartment complex where most of the residents are minorities....
(1995) - Ripper Man (1996)
- The Prince (1996)
- Fox Hunt (1996)
- Ringer (1996)
- American Hero (1997)
- Total Force (1997)
- Tiger (1997)
- Absolute Force (1997)
- Mr. Atlas (1997)
- Uncle SamUncle Sam (film)Uncle Sam is a 1997 comedy-horror film directed by William Lustig. The film is about an extremely sadistic and patriotic American soldier named Sam Harper who is killed by friendly fire in Kuwait during Desert Storm. He is brought back to life on the Fourth of July, as THE Uncle Sam! He then...
(1997) - The Waterfront (1998)
- No Rest for the Wicked (1998)
- Black Sea 213 (1998)
- Diamondbacks (1998)
- Mixed Blessings (1998)
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/II)
- The Boy with the X-Ray EyesThe Boy with the X-Ray Eyes (film)The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes is a 1999 adventure/fantasy film directed by Jeff Burr. It stars Bryan Neal as Andy, a teenager who one day finds a special pair of powerful glasses and not long after is visited by aliens who need his help in order to retrieve a lost item that could destroy Earth....
(1999) - Lone Tiger (1999)
- The Prince and the SurferThe Prince and the SurferThe Prince and the Surfer is a 1999 comedy direct-to-video film about a prince who switches places with a Southern California surfer and skateboarder...
(1999) - The Hiding Place (2000)
- Held for Ransom (2000)
- The Crocodile Hunter: Collision CourseThe Crocodile Hunter: Collision CourseThe Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course is a 2002 Australian comedy-adventure film based on the nature documentary series The Crocodile Hunter, starring Steve Irwin and his wife Terri Irwin. The Irwins play themselves filming an episode of The Crocodile Hunter while trying to protect a crocodile....
(2002) - Elephant (2003)
- The Entrepreneurs (2003)
- Paradise (2004) (a.k.a. Illusion Infinity)
- The Girl Next Door (2004)
- Paradise, TexasParadise, Texas (film)Paradise, Texas is a 2005 family drama film directed by Lorraine Senna and starring Timothy Bottoms, Ben Estus, and Meredith Baxter. Premiering at the 2006 WorldFest Film Festival, Paradise, Texas received a Gold Remi Award...
(2005) - Shanghai KissShanghai KissShanghai Kiss is a 2007 direct-to-DVD romantic drama comedy. The film was released on DVD on October 9, 2007.Hayden Panettiere won the Feature Film Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival for her role as Adelaide.- Synopsis :...
(2007) - Along the Way (2007)
- ParasomniaParasomnia (film)Parasomnia is an independent horror film directed by William Malone and stars Jeffrey Combs, Timothy Bottoms and Dylan Purcell. The filming was funded by Malone himself, and its release was delayed due to difficulties securing distribution.- Plot :...
(2008) - Chinaman's ChanceChinaman's chanceThe expression a Chinaman's chance means someone has no chance at all of accomplishing or successfully doing an action.The original phrase, from the California gold rush, was that one had only a Chinaman's Chance in Hell, but it morphed through usage into its current state.-History:The historical...
(2008) - An American Girl: Chrissa Stands StrongAn American Girl: Chrissa Stands StrongAn American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong is the fifth film in the American Girl series, starring actress and singer Sammi Hanratty. It is based on the Chrissa books in the American Girl range written by [Mary Casanova]....
(2009) - Call of the WildCall of the Wild (2009 film)Call of the Wild is an American film starring Christopher Lloyd, Timothy Bottoms, Veronica Cartwright, Christopher Dempsey, Joyce DeWitt, Ariel Gade, Devon Graye, Devon Iott, Kameron Knox, Russell Snyder, and Wes Studi; and directed by Richard Gabai.-Plot:A modern-day retelling of Jack London's...
(2009) - The Land That Time ForgotThe Land That Time Forgot (2009 film)The Land That Time Forgot is a 2009 science fiction film by independent American film studio The Asylum. The film is an adaptation of the 1918 Edgar Rice Burroughs novel of the same name, and a re-make of the 1975 Amicus film starring Doug McClure...
(2009) - Pound of Flesh (2010)
Television
- Look Homeward, AngelLook Homeward, AngelLook Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life is a 1929 novel by Thomas Wolfe. It is Wolfe's first novel, and is considered a highly autobiographical American Bildungsroman. The character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be a depiction of Wolfe himself. The novel covers the span of time...
(1972) - Winesburg, OhioWinesburg, Ohio (novel)Winesburg, Ohio is a 1919 short story cycle by the American author Sherwood Anderson. The work is structured around the life of protagonist George Willard, from the time he was a child to his growing independence and ultimate abandonment of Winesburg as a young man...
(1973) - The Story of David (1976)
- Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976)
- The Gift of LoveThe Gift of LoveThe Gift of Love is a 1958 film directed by Jean Negulesco. It stars Lauren Bacall and Robert Stack.-Cast:*Lauren Bacall as Julie Beck*Robert Stack as William Bill Beck*Evelyn Rudie as Hitty*Lorne Greene as Grant Allan*Anne Seymour as Miss McMasters...
(1978) - A Shining Season (1979)
- Escape (1980)
- East of Eden (1981)
- Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984)
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (1986)
- The Hitchhiker (1987)
- Island Sons (1987)
- The Twilight Zone (1988)
- Freddy's NightmaresFreddy's NightmaresFreddy's Nightmares is an American horror anthology series, which aired in syndication from October 1988 until March 1990. A spin-off from the Nightmare on Elm Street series, each story was introduced by Freddy Krueger...
(1989) - The Ray Bradbury TheaterThe Ray Bradbury TheaterThe Ray Bradbury Theater is an anthology series that ran for two seasons on HBO, three episodes per season from 1985 to 1986, and four additional seasons on USA Network from 1988 to 1992. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel...
(1990) (episode "Here There Be TygersHere There Be Tygers"Here There Be Tygers" is a short story written by Ray Bradbury, originally published in the anthology New Tales of Space and Time in 1951. It was later collected in Bradbury's short story collections R is for Rocket and The Golden Apples of the Sun...
") - Land of the LostLand of the Lost (1991 TV series)Land of the Lost is a half-hour Saturday-morning children's series that debuted on ABC in the fall of 1991. The series was very popular, ranking #1 on Saturday Mornings during its first season, and ran for an additional season. Re-runs were later picked up by Nickelodeon...
(1991) - Personal Vendetta (1995)
- Yakuza Connection (1995)
- 500 Nations500 Nations500 Nations is an eight part documentary on the Native Americans of North and Central America. It documents from pre-Columbian to the end of the 19th century. Much of the information comes from text, eyewitnesses, pictorials, and computer graphics....
(1995) - Death Game (1996)
- Murder SeenMurder SeenMurder Seen a.k.a. Murder Scene is a straight-to-DVD 2000 Canadian film by Rob W. King.- Plot :Murder Seen centers around Zoey Drayden , a botany grad student, who happens to experience disturbing visions...
(2000) - That's My Bush!That's My Bush!That's My Bush! is an American comedy television series that aired on Comedy Central from April 4 to May 23, 2001. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, best known for also creating South Park, the series centers on the fictitious personal life of President George W. Bush, as played by Timothy...
(2001) - Gideon's CrossingGideon's CrossingGideon's Crossing is a US medical drama starring Andre Braugher. The series was loosely based on the experience of real-life physician Jerome Groopman and his book The Measure of Our Days. It premiered on October 10, 2000, and ran for one season, with its last episode airing on April 9, 2001, with...
(2001) - That '70s ShowThat '70s ShowThat '70s Show is an American television period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenage friends living in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979...
(2002)
- DC 9/11: Time of CrisisDC 9/11: Time of CrisisDC 9/11: Time of Crisis is a 2003 television movie which re-enacts the events of the September 11, 2001 attacks as seen from the point of view of the President of the United States and his staff. It was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and starred Timothy Bottoms as President George W...
(2003) - Ike: Countdown to D-DayIke: Countdown to D-DayIke: Countdown to D-Day is a 2004 American television film originally aired on the American television channel A&E and was directed by Robert Harmon and written by Lionel Chetwynd....
(2004) - NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2004)
- Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't (2005)
- Vampire BatsVampire Bats (film)-Synopsis:In an American district, a plague of genetically modified bats begin to kill the people, then the Doctor Maddy Rierdon and their students from colleges work together to kill the bats before the whole city is destroyed.-Cast:...
(2005) - Grey's AnatomyGrey's AnatomyGrey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
(2005) - Deceit (2006)
- DirtDirt (TV series)Dirt is an American television serial broadcast on the FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of-its-kind "glossy tabloid" magazine DirtNow, which was previously two separate publications: drrt and Now Dirt (styled...
(2007) - Holiday in HandcuffsHoliday in HandcuffsHoliday in Handcuffs is an American television movie that originally aired on ABC Family on December 9, 2007, as a part of the network's 25 Days of Christmas programming block. The film stars Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez, Markie Post and Timothy Bottoms....
(2007) - Lone RiderLone RiderLone Rider is a 2008 made for television Western. It was directed by David S. Cass, Sr. and stars Lou Diamond Phillips and Stacy Keach.-Plot:...
(2008) - The Governor's Wife (2008)
- Bound by a Secret (2009)