Early life.
Timothy and Sam may be the most famous of the Bottoms Boys, but there are two more: 1. Younger brother Sam, who frequently visited the set, wound up touchingly cast as another young but ill-fated character. He was 53. Sam made his screen debut at 15 in The Last Picture Show and went on to appear in 30 films, including The Outlaw Josey Wales. Sam's career, however, was distinguished by Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War epic "Apocalypse Now," in which he played the California surfer turned riverboat gunner, Lance B.
The brother of actors Timothy, Joseph and Ben Bottoms, Sam made his screen debut as a teenager in Peter Bogdanovich's 1971 film "The Last Picture Show," in … Sam Bottoms was born in Santa Barbara on Oct. 17, 1955, and he began acting in the Santa Barbara Youth Theatre at age 10. Bottoms was born in Santa Barbara, California, and is the second son of sculptor James "Bud" Bottoms and Betty (née Chapman). Sam Bottoms, who started his acting career as a teenager in "The Last Picture Show" and played surfer Lance Johnson in "Apocalypse Now," died Tuesday in … Bottoms was born in Santa Barbara, California, the third son of James "Bud" Bottoms (a sculptor and art teacher) and Betty (Chapman), both of whom survive him. Bottoms, one of four actor-brothers… Sam Bottoms was born on October 17, 1955 in Santa Barbara, California, USA as Samuel John Bottoms. In addition to his wife, he leaves two daughters from his first marriage to Susan Arnold, Io and Clara Bottoms; his three brothers… Sam Bottoms, a film and television actor who was the third in a family of four acting brothers, died on Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. Bottoms was born in Santa Barbara, California, the eldest of four sons of Betty (née Chapman) and James "Bud" Bottoms, who is a sculptor and art teacher..
He is the eldest brother of actors Joseph Bottoms (born 1954), Sam Bottoms (1955–2008) and Ben Bottoms (born 1960). Bottoms, one of four actor-brothers…
Joseph, born in 1954, appeared as a feral child in Stalk the Wild Child (1976), as a guy named Texas in the buddy-bonding comedy High Rolling in a Hot Corvette (1977), and in the buddy-bonding racing movie King of the Mountain (1981), opposite Harry Hamlin. Sam Bottoms, Actor: Apocalypse Now. He is the brother of actors Timothy Bottoms, Sam Bottoms, and Ben Bottoms. Bottoms was born in Santa Barbara, California, the third son of James "Bud" Bottoms (a sculptor and art teacher) and Betty (Chapman), both of whom survive him.He was the brother of actors Timothy Bottoms (born 1951), Joseph Bottoms (born 1954) and Ben Bottoms (born 1960).. Career. He was the brother of actors Timothy Bottoms (born 1951), Joseph Bottoms (born 1954) and Ben Bottoms (born 1960). He has been married twice and twice divorced. The early 1970s was a time of great personal accomplishments for Bottoms in film. He was an actor, known for Apocalypse Now (1979), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) and Seabiscuit (2003).