SAM BOTTOMS
Sam Bottoms
- © Zoetrope 2000
- (Sam Bottoms in Apocalypse Now, 1979)
Biography
BIO
Sam Bottoms was born Samuel John Bottoms, in Santa Barbara, California, in 1955. His father was a sculptor and art teacher. All of his brothers, Timothy Bottoms, Joseph Bottoms, and Ben Bottoms, are actors.
Bottoms tagged along to watch his oldest brother, Timothy, perform in one of his first films, The Last Picture Show (1971). Before long, Bottoms was given a screen test and he too, at the age of 16, appeared in the motion picture.
He went on to perform in 27 films through 2007.
Bottoms married twice:
- Susan Arnold, apprentice film editor on Apocalypse Now (1979), 1980-?. The couple raised two children and divorced. One child, Io Bottoms, became an actress.
- Laura Bickford, producer, 2002-2008.
Bottoms died of brain cancer in Los Angeles, in 2008, at the age of 53.
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