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Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-05-25 (98 years old)

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.

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Known For

Acting

2019

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration as Steve Brand (archive footage)

1994

Twisted Fear as Detective Lucky Douglas

1993

Seasons of the Heart as Pastor William Clay

1992

Falling from Grace as Speck Parks
Grass Roots as Sheriff Cox

1991

The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw as President Theodore Roosevelt
Where Evil Lives as Jack Devlin
Eerie, Indiana as Bank Robber / Grungy Bill

1989

1988

Pushed Too Far as Sheriff Jim Forrest

1987

The Curse as Nathan Crane

1986

Monster in the Closet as Sheriff Sam Ketchem
Pecos Bill as Grandpa / Narrator
Matlock as Sam Taylor

1985

Tall Tales & Legends as Grandpa / Narrator

1984

The Baron and the Kid as Harley Medford
Master Ninja as Mr. Trumbull
Hunter as Andy Polanski
Legmen as Tom Bannon
Celebrity as Uncle Bun Luther
Murder, She Wrote as Ethan Cragg

1983

Masquerade as Ted Kelly

1982

Bus Stop as Sheriff Will

1979

Concrete Cowboys as Woody Stone
Murder in Music City as Billy West
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo as Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo

1978

B.J. and the Bear as Sheriff Lobo
Little Mo as Gus Berste

1977

Tentacles as Robards
Killer on Board as Oscar Billingham
Yesterday's Child as Cliff Henley
Nashville 99 as Det. Lt. Stonewall Jackson 'Stoney' Huff
The Rhinemann Exchange as Walter Kendall
The Love Boat as Cappy

1976

Kiss Me, Kill Me as Harry Grant

1975

Medical Story as Dr. Matthews
Eric as Stanley 'Stan' Swenson

1974

In Tandem as Sonny Pruitt
The Death Squad as Connie Brennan
Shadow of Fear as Styran
Movin' On as Sonny Pruitt

1973

The Norliss Tapes as Sheriff Tom Hartley
Barnaby Jones as Eli Rile

1972

The Night Stalker as Sheriff Warren A. Butcher
Skyjacked as Sgt. Ben Puzo

1971

River of Mystery as Ernie Dorata
Lock, Stock and Barrel as Punch Logan

1970

Flap as Lobo Jackson

1969

1968

The Devil's Brigade as Pvt. Rocky Rockman

1967

Waterhole #3 as Sgt. Henry Foggers
First to Fight as Captain Mason

1966

Ride Beyond Vengeance as Elwood Coates

1965

The F.B.I. as Ben Gambriella
The Big Valley as Callahan
The F.B.I. as Jason Peale

1964

The Killers as Earl Sylvester
A Distant Trumpet as Seely Jones
The Solid Gold Girl as Deputy Sheriff Rafe Collins
Daniel Boone as Toka

1963

The Great Adventure as Father Kranz
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Sergeant Phil Henning
The Fugitive as Ralph Simmons
Mr. Novak as Lou Myerson

1962

Merrill's Marauders as Sgt. Kolowicz
How the West Was Won as Man (uncredited)
Black Gold as Chick Carrington
The Lucy Show as Lieutenant Finch
Combat! as Mastin
Combat! as Rosie
Combat! as Charlie Pelton
The Virginian as Hezekiah
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Sheriff Jordan

1961

Claudelle Inglish as S.T. Crawford
The Dick Powell Show as Police Lieutenant

1960

Comanche Station as Ben Lane
Inherit the Wind as Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Surfside 6 as Mike Hogan
Surfside 6 as Harry Lodge

1959

Rio Bravo as Joe Burdette
Yellowstone Kelly as Sergeant
Don't Give Up the Ship as Lt. Cmdr. Farber
Frontier Rangers as Caleb Brandt
Porgy and Bess as Detective
Hound-Dog Man as Hog Peyson
The Twilight Zone as Steve Brand
Rawhide as Clete Manson
The Rebel as Tom Hall
Law of the Plainsman as Sheriff Clifford Shaw
Riverboat as Jarret Sutton
The Untouchables as Vince Majesky
The Deputy as Jason Getty
The Untouchables as Jake 'Dodo' Ryan
Riverboat as Beaudry Rawlins
Rawhide as Karse
Rawhide as Sergeant Parker
Rawhide as Gus Marsdon
Rawhide as Aloysius Claybank
Rawhide as Jerry Boggs
Bonanza as Marshal Emmett Dowd
Bonanza as Col. Edward J. Dunwoody
Bonanza as Ezekiel
Bonanza as Sam Hill

1958

Onionhead as Poznicki
Yancy Derringer as Toby Cook
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Jack Kelly
Bat Masterson as Jack Fontana
77 Sunset Strip as Ed Bird
Steve Canyon as Sgt. Brecker

1957

The Lonely Man as Blackburn
Hot Summer Night as Truck Driver
Joe Dakota as Aaron Grant
Tales of Wells Fargo as John L. Sullivan
Tales of Wells Fargo as John Leslie Nagel
Perry Mason as Detective Sgt. Phillip Dix
Maverick as Paisley Briggs
Meet McGraw as Jim Bennett

1956

The Proud and Profane as Big soldier
The Sharkfighters as Chief 'Gordy' Gordon
The Burning Hills as Ben Hindeman
Johnny Moccasin as Bill Ames
Battle Stations as Marty Brennan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sheriff Adam Prescott
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Simmy, the Comanchero
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Deputy Chuck Wagner
State Trooper as The Rodeo Clown
State Trooper as Janskey

1955

Man with the Gun as Jim Reedy (uncredited)
The Sea Chase as Winkler
Gunsmoke as Harry
The Millionaire as Sgt. Mike Harden
Cheyenne as Sheriff Bob Walters
Gunsmoke as Jed Butler
Gunsmoke as Hack
Gunsmoke as Solis
Gunsmoke as Ad
Gunsmoke as Sy Sherne
Gunsmoke as Art McLane
Gunsmoke as Worth Sweeney
Gunsmoke as Marshal Clint Tucker
Gunsmoke as Howard Kane
The 20th Century Fox Hour as Anton Budenieff

1954

The Caine Mutiny as Horrible
Shield for Murder as Fat Michaels
The Human Jungle as George Mandy
The Raid as Lt. Ramsey (uncredited)
Down Three Dark Streets as Matty Pavelich
Witness to Murder as Police Officer (uncredited)
Bitter Creek as Vance Morgan - Henchman
Studio 57 as Al

1953

From Here to Eternity as Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)
General Electric Theater as Steve Crawford
Letter to Loretta as Matt Malone
Letter to Loretta as Carl Hodges
Letter to Loretta as Robert Wilson
General Electric Theater as Duke Williams
General Electric Theater as Dave Blackby

1952

1951

I Love Lucy as Claude Akins (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Stanley Swensen

1950