Tom Wopat was born on September 9, 1951 in Lodi, Wisconsin to Ruth and Albin, they had eight children, and Tom was fifth among them. On the parental side, he is Czech Osborn is of Czech descent through his father.
In his youth Wopat attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received his degree there. Wopat also married Vickie Allen with whom he had children and they divorced also. He after that married Kirsten S. Larvick. Wopat has five children.
On August of 2017, Wopat was arrested for indecent assault, battery and for possession of marijuana in Waltham, Massachusetts where he was preparing for the opening of a production of “42nd Street.” He accused of sexually assaulting a woman during a rehearsal.
Tom Wopat Net worth
William Thomas Wopat, professionally known as Tom Wopat is an American actor and singer and he has a net worth of two million USD. Tom Wopat is widely popular because he featured on the TV show “One Life to Live” He gained more popularity when he featured as Luke Duke on the action comedy television show “The Dukes of Hazzard” which was aired from 1979 to 1985.
After that, he participated in several films and television shows and series like “Fantasy Island” and “Christmas Comes to Willow Creek” and “A Peaceable Kingdom” and “Cybill” and “Home Improvement” and “100 Centre St.” and “All My Children” and “Smallville” and “Taking a Chance and “Jonah Hex “and “Django Unchained”.
He has also had a highly fruitful cinematic career, and has been in such theatrical productions as “I Love My Wife”, “City of Angels”, “Guys and Dolls”, “Annie Get Your Gun” “Chicago”, “42nd Street”, “Glengarry Glen Ross”, “A Catered Affair,” “Django Unchained”, and “Fair Haven”.
Career
Tom Wopat first major role on television was also his most famous: Luke Duke in the CBS action comedy show ‘The Dukes of Hazzard.’ He worked alongside John Schneider who portrayed his on-screen young cousin Bo Duke and Catherine Bach who was the cousin and love interest of the boys, Daisy Duke.
Other cast members were Denver Pyle as Uncle Jesse Duke, James Best as Sheriff Forrest Tucker, Ben Jones as Clem Spangler and Sorrell Booke as pompous and corrupt county commissioner Wayne ‘Boss’ Hogg.
Predominantly modelled after a movie named “Moon runners” the story of a bootlegging family in the southern part of United States, “The Dukes of Hazzard’ became a phenomenon with the show airing for seven seasons from 1979 to 1985.
Wopat also reprised his role on the 1983 Saturday morning animated series “The Dukes,” which was based on the live-action series, and later in the television films “The Dukes of Hazzard: Hopefully, Reunion!” and “The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood.
He started a longer stint in 1995 in the television sitcom Cybill as the first husband of the protagonist Cybill Sheridan Jeff Robbins. Wopat portrayed the role through all the four seasons of the show up to 1998. At the same time, he had two appearances as a guest star in the show ‘Home Improvement’.
