Claude Akins
Known for
Acting
Born
May 25, 1926
Birthplace
Nelson, Georgia, USA
Died
January 27, 1994 (aged 67)
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Claude Marion Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) was an American actor with a long career on stage, screen and television. Powerful in appearance and voice, Akins could be counted on to play the clever (or less than clever) tough guy, on the side of good or bad, in movies and television. He is best remembered as Sheriff Lobo in the 1970s TV series B. J. and the Bear, and later The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, a spin-off series, with Ben Cooper appearing as Waverly.
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Best known work
Rio Bravo
1959
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
The Twilight Zone
1959
From Here to Eternity
1953
How the West Was Won
1962
Bonanza
1959
Inherit the Wind
1960
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Caine Mutiny
1954
The Defiant Ones
1958Filmography
2019
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebrationas Steve Brand (archive footage)
2018
1994
Twisted Fearas Detective Lucky Douglas
1993
Seasons of the Heartas Pastor William Clay
1992
Grass Rootsas Sheriff Cox
1992
Falling from Graceas Speck Parks
1992
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Fallsas Theodore Roosevelt
1992
Computeritis: The High-Tech Hazardas Narrator
1991
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Drawas President Theodore Roosevelt
1991
1991
Where Evil Livesas Jack Devlin
1989
Mothers, Daughters and Loversas Kibby
1988
Pushed Too Faras Sheriff Jim Forrest
1987
The Curseas Nathan Crane
1986
Manhunt for Claude Dallasas Bill Pogue
1986
Monster in the Closetas Sheriff Sam Ketchem
1986
Return of the Monster Trucksas Self / Host
1986
1986
Pecos Billas Grandpa / Narrator
1985
1985
Battle of the Monster Trucksas Self / Host
1984
1984
The Baron and the Kidas Harley Medford
1984
1984