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Timothy Bottoms
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August 30, 1950 in Santa Barbara, CA
Biography:The oldest of three sons of a high school art teacher, "Timothy Bottoms" was 17 when he toured Europe as a member of the Santa Monica Madrigal Society. Enjoying the "rush" of appearing before live audiences, Bottoms pursued a theatrical career. While playing the lead in a stage production of Romeo and Juliet, he was selected by writer/director "Dalton Trumbo" to play the blind, deaf, armless, and legless protagonist in the 1971 film version of Trumbo's "Johnny Got His Gun". That same year, Bottoms was tapped by "Peter Bogdanovich" to star as Texas teenager Sonny Crawford in the award-winning "The Last Picture Show" (1971), which featured Tim's younger brother Samuel. Bottoms followed these triumphs by creating the role of harried first-year law student Hart in the 1973 sleeper "The Paper Chase". Thereafter, his film roles seemed haphazardly selected. On TV, Bottoms was given an opportunity to age... Full Biography
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