Timothy Bottoms

The eldest of three sons in the family of a high school teacher, Timothy Bottoms was seventeen when he went on a tour of Europe with the Santa Monica Madrigal Society. Talking to the viewer "live" Timothy chose a theater career for himself. During his performance of the main role in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, he was noticed by director Dalton Trumbo and invited to play a role in the film version of Johnny Got His Gun – the protagonist of the main character, who was very unlucky in life (he more

The eldest of three sons in the family of a high school teacher, Timothy Bottoms was seventeen when he went on a tour of Europe with the Santa Monica Madrigal Society. Talking to the viewer "live" Timothy chose a theater career for himself. During his performance of the main role in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, he was noticed by director Dalton Trumbo and invited to play a role in the film version of Johnny Got His Gun – the protagonist of the main character, who was very unlucky in life (he was blind, deaf and devoid of limbs, a kind of challenge to the actor, who was deprived of basic “working tools”). In the same year, Timothy received an invitation from Peter Bogdanovich to play in the film The Last Picture Show.