Family
- father Richard Arthur Hopkins: Died on March 30, 1981 of heart disease
- mother Muriel Anne Hopkins: Born c. 1913; died c. 2003
- daughter Abigail Hopkins: Born c. 1969; mother, Petronella Barker; first acted together in a BBC TV biography of Welsh writer and talk show personality Gwyn Thomas; Abigail played the sister of her father's character
Companions
- Francine Kay: born c. 1956; had "brief romance" in 1998
- Joyce Ingalls: born c. 1941; met at Alcoholics Anonymous meeting c. 1995; was married to screenwriter Darrell Fetty with whom she had two sons; separated from Hopkins in February 1996
