Claude Akins

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-05-25 (68 years old)

Deathday

1994-01-27

Place of Birth

Nelson, Georgia, USA

Claude Akins

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claude Akins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1959

Rio Bravo

as Joe Burdette

1954

The Caine Mutiny

as Horrible

2019

1960

Comanche Station

as Ben Lane

1954

Shield for Murder

as Fat Michaels

1958

1964

The Killers

as Earl Sylvester

1968

The Devil's Brigade

as Pvt. Rocky Rockman

1962

Merrill's Marauders

as Sgt. Kolowicz

1957

The Lonely Man

as Blackburn

1956

The Proud and Profane

as Big soldier

1954

The Human Jungle

as George Mandy

1972

The Night Stalker

as Sheriff Warren A. Butcher

1977

Tentacles

as Robards

1962

How the West Was Won

as Man (uncredited)

1992

Falling from Grace

as Speck Parks

1986

Monster in the Closet

as Sheriff Sam Ketchem

1964

A Distant Trumpet

as Seely Jones

1984

The Baron and the Kid

as Harley Medford

1970

1959

1967

Waterhole #3

as Sgt. Henry Foggers

1986

Pecos Bill

as Grandpa / Narrator

1987

The Curse

as Nathan Crane

1972

Skyjacked

as Sgt. Ben Puzo

1957

Hot Summer Night

as Truck Driver

1956

The Sharkfighters

as Chief 'Gordy' Gordon

1966

Ride Beyond Vengeance

as Elwood Coates

1956

The Burning Hills

as Ben Hindeman

1988

Pushed Too Far

as Sheriff Jim Forrest

1959

Don't Give Up the Ship

as Lt. Cmdr. Farber

1961

Claudelle Inglish

as S.T. Crawford

1993

Seasons of the Heart

as Pastor William Clay

1958

Onionhead

as Poznicki

1991

The Gambler: The Luck Of The Draw

as President Theodore Roosevelt

1991

Where Evil Lives

as Jack Devlin

1956

Johnny Moccasin

as Bill Ames

1977

1957

Joe Dakota

as Aaron Grant

1959

Frontier Rangers

as Caleb Brandt

1970

Flap

as Lobo Jackson

1975

Medical Story

as Dr. Matthews

1962

Black Gold

as Chick Carrington

1979

Concrete Cowboys

as Woody Stone

1955

Man with the Gun

as Jim Reedy (uncredited)

1973

The Norliss Tapes

as Sheriff Tom Hartley

1977

Killer on Board

as Oscar Billingham

1971

River of Mystery

as Ernie Dorata

1974

In Tandem

as Sonny Pruitt

1959

Porgy and Bess

as Detective

1978

B.J. and the Bear

as Sheriff Lobo

1992

Grass Roots

as Sheriff Cox

1955

The Sea Chase

as Winkler

1954

The Raid

as Lt. Ramsey (uncredited)

1967

First to Fight

as Captain Mason

1953

From Here to Eternity

as Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)

1956

1978

Little Mo

as Gus Berste

1960

Inherit the Wind

as Rev. Jeremiah Brown

1975

1964

The Solid Gold Girl

as Deputy Sheriff Rafe Collins

1979

1954

Down Three Dark Streets

as Matty Pavelich

1956

Battle Stations

as Marty Brennan

1986

1954

Witness to Murder

as Police Officer (uncredited)

1979

1974

The Death Squad

as Connie Brennan

1954

Bitter Creek

as Vance Morgan - Henchman

1994

Twisted Fear

as Detective Lucky Douglas

1977

Yesterday's Child

as Cliff Henley

1959

Hound-Dog Man

as Hog Peyson

1971

1985

Master Ninja

as Mr. Trumbull

1974

1976

Kiss Me, Kill Me

as Harry Grant

1982

Bus Stop

as Sheriff Will

1975

Eric

as Stanley 'Stan' Swenson

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