Claude Akins
Acting
Born: 1926-05-25 in Nelson, Georgia, USA
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.
Known For
Rio Bravo
Joe Burdette
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Aldo
The Twilight Zone
Steve Brand
From Here to Eternity
Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
Man (uncredited)
Bonanza
Marshal Emmett Dowd
Bonanza
Sam Hill
Bonanza
Ezekiel
Bonanza
Col. Edward J. Dunwoody
Inherit the Wind
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Murder, She Wrote
Ethan Cragg
The Caine Mutiny
Horrible
The Defiant Ones
Mack
Mission: Impossible
Return of the Seven
Frank
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Cop
I Love Lucy
Claude Akins (uncredited)
The Killers
Earl Sylvester
The Love Boat
Cappy
The Curse
Nathan Crane
Matlock
Sam Taylor
The Untouchables
Vince Majesky
The Untouchables
Jake 'Dodo' Ryan
The Untouchables
Karl Hansa
Perry Mason
Detective Sgt. Phillip Dix
The Night Stalker
Sheriff Warren A. Butcher
Comanche Station
Ben Lane
Tentacles
Robards
Combat!
Mastin
Combat!
Rosie
Combat!
Charlie Pelton
Gunsmoke
Harry
Gunsmoke
Jed Butler
Gunsmoke
Hack
Gunsmoke
Solis
Gunsmoke
Ad
Gunsmoke
Art McLane
Gunsmoke
Sy Sherne
Gunsmoke
Marshal Clint Tucker
Gunsmoke
Worth Sweeney