Claude Akins
Known for Acting · 199 credits
- Born
- 1926-05-25
- Died
- 1994-01-27
- Place of birth
- Nelson, Georgia, USA
- Also known as
- Клод Экинс · Claude Aubrey Akins · کلود اکینز
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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Known For
TV Shows (108)
Perry Mason
1957
as Detective Sgt. Phillip Dix
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Ethan Cragg
Bonanza
1959
as Marshal Emmett Dowd / Col. Edward J. Dunwoody / Ezekiel / Sam Hill
Mannix
1967
as Sgt. Al Reardon
The Love Boat
1977
as Cappy
The Fugitive
1963
as Ralph Simmons
The Rifleman
1958
as Floyd Doniger
Dragnet
1951
Mission: Impossible
1966
Maverick
1957
as Paisley Briggs
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Steve Brand
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Sheriff Jordan
The Virginian
1962
as Lump / Hezekiah
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Dever
The Untouchables
1959
as Vince Majesky / Jake 'Dodo' Ryan / Karl Hansa
Matlock
1986
as Sam Taylor
Hotel
1982
Cannon
1971
Combat!
1962
as Mastin / Rosie / Charlie Pelton
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Walker Collins / Sheriff Adam Prescott / Simmy, the Comanchero / Deputy Chuck Wagner
Cheyenne
1955
as Sheriff Bob Walters
The F.B.I.
1965
as Ben Gambriella / Jason Peale
Daniel Boone
1964
as Toka
I Love Lucy
1951
as Claude Akins (uncredited)
Hunter
1984
as Andy Polanski
Rawhide
1959
as Clete Manson / Karse / Sergeant Parker / Gus Marsdon / Aloysius Claybank / Jerry Boggs
The Lucy Show
1962
as Lieutenant Finch
The Big Valley
1965
as Callahan
Medical Center
1969
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Eli Rile
Route 66
1960
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
as John L. Sullivan / Ralph / Jefferson / Rake / John Leslie Nagel
The Rookies
1972
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Jack Kelly
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Ed Bird
Surfside 6
1960
as Mike Hogan / Harry Lodge
Gunsmoke
1955
as Harry / Jed Butler / Hack / Solis / Ad / Sy Sherne / Art McLane / Worth Sweeney / Marshal Clint Tucker / Howard Kane
Bat Masterson
1958
as Jack Fontana
The Rebel
1959
as Tom Hall
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Bob Mason
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Sam Kayle
Dinah!
1974
as Self
McCloud
1970
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Kenny Lambert
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Cop
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Sergeant Phil Henning
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Anton Budenieff
Adventures of Superman
1952
as Ace Miller
The Texan
1958
The Deputy
1959
as Jason Getty
The Millionaire
1955
as Sgt. Mike Harden
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as El Supremo
Laramie
1959
Laredo
1965
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Police Story
1973
as Sergeant R.C. Pickett
Studio 57
1954
as Al
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Branded
1965
Movies (91)
Rio Bravo
1959
as Joe Burdette
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
as Aldo
How the West Was Won
1962
as Man (uncredited)
From Here to Eternity
1953
as Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)
The Caine Mutiny
1954
as Horrible
Return of the Seven
1966
as Frank
The Night Stalker
1972
as Sheriff Warren A. Butcher
The Killers
1964
as Earl Sylvester
Waterhole #3
1967
as Sgt. Henry Foggers
Inherit the Wind
1960
as Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Yellowstone Kelly
1959
as Sergeant
Comanche Station
1960
as Ben Lane
Tentacles
1977
as Robards
The Devil's Brigade
1968
as Pvt. Rocky Rockman
The Defiant Ones
1958
as Mack
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
as President Theodore Roosevelt
The Curse
1987
as Nathan Crane
Porgy and Bess
1959
as Detective
Incident at Phantom Hill
1966
as Krausman
Little Mo
1978
as Gus Berste
The Burning Hills
1956
as Ben Hindeman
Kiss Me... Kill Me
1976
as Harry Grant
B.J. and the Bear
1978
as Sheriff Lobo
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Steve Brand (archive footage)
Skyjacked
1972
as Sgt. Ben Puzo
Merrill's Marauders
1962
as Sgt. Kolowicz
Monster in the Closet
1986
as Sheriff Sam Ketchem
Frontier Rangers
1959
as Caleb Brandt
Man with the Gun
1955
as Jim Reedy (uncredited)
The Sea Chase
1955
as Winkler
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
1992
as Theodore Roosevelt
A Distant Trumpet
1964
as Seely Jones
The Lonely Man
1957
as Blackburn
Down Three Dark Streets
1954
as Matty Pavelich
Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966
as Elwood Coates
Grass Roots
1992
as Sheriff Cox
The Raid
1954
as Lt. Ramsey (uncredited)
Joe Dakota
1957
as Aaron Grant
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
as Slade
A Man Called Sledge
1970
as Hooker
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
1977
as Bert Springer
Concrete Cowboys
1979
as Woody Stone
Don't Give Up the Ship
1959
as Lt. Cmdr. Farber
Master Ninja
1984
as Mr. Trumbull
Shield for Murder
1954
as Fat Michaels
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
as Bill Pogue
Onionhead
1958
as Poznicki
The Adventures of Hajji Baba
1954
as Chief Executioner (uncredited)
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
1961
as Rake
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
1979
as Joe Blair
Flap
1970
as Lobo Jackson
Mothers, Daughters and Lovers
1989
as Kibby
Hound-Dog Man
1959
as Hog Peyson
Medical Story
1975
as Dr. Matthews
The Human Jungle
1954
as George Mandy
Eric
1975
as Stanley 'Stan' Swenson
Falling from Grace
1992
as Speck Parks
Witness to Murder
1954
as Police Officer (uncredited)
The Sharkfighters
1956
as Chief 'Gordy' Gordon
Claudelle Inglish
1961
as S.T. Crawford
Desperate Intruder
1983
as Carl
The Norliss Tapes
1973
as Sheriff Tom Hartley
First to Fight
1967
as Captain Mason
Hot Summer Night
1957
as Truck Driver
Johnny Moccasin
1956
as Bill Ames
Pecos Bill
1986
as Grandpa / Narrator
In Tandem
1974
as Sonny Pruitt
Killer on Board
1977
as Oscar Billingham
Murder in Music City
1979
as Billy West
Lock, Stock and Barrel
1971
as Punch Logan
Black Gold
1962
as Chick Carrington
Timber Tramps
1975
as Matt
The Death Squad
1974
as Connie Brennan
The Proud and Profane
1956
as Big soldier
Johnny Concho
1956
as Lem
Where Evil Lives
1991
as Jack Devlin
River of Mystery
1971
as Ernie Dorata
Bus Stop
1982
as Sheriff Will
The Baron and the Kid
1984
as Harley Medford
The Solid Gold Girl
1964
as Deputy Sheriff Rafe Collins
Shadow of Fear
1974
as Styran
Battle Stations
1956
as Marty Brennan
Seasons of the Heart
1993
as Pastor William Clay
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
1957
as Pete Logan
Bitter Creek
1954
as Vance Morgan
Twisted Fear
1994
as Detective Lucky Douglas
Yesterday's Child
1977
as Cliff Henley
Pushed Too Far
1988
as Sheriff Jim Forrest
Return of the Monster Trucks
1986
as Self / Host
Battle of the Monster Trucks
1985
as Self / Host
Computeritis: The High-Tech Hazard
1992
as Narrator
About Claude Akins
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 Wikipe… With 199 credits spanning from 1950 to 2019, Claude Akins has appeared in 91 films and 108 TV shows.
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- Rio Bravo (1959) — as Joe Burdette
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) — as Aldo
- How the West Was Won (1962) — as Man (uncredited)
- From Here to Eternity (1953) — as Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)
- The Caine Mutiny (1954) — as Horrible
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