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 Wikipedia article Claude Akins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- May 25, 1926 In Nelson, Georgia, U.S.
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 155
- First Appeared:
- In the series Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951-10-05
- Latest Project:
- Movie Seasons of the Heart 1993-08-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Seasons of the Heart | Pastor William Clay | 1993-08-05 |
| Movie | Falling from Grace | Speck Parks | 1992-02-21 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls | Theodore Roosevelt | 1992-05-24 |
| Movie | Where Evil Lives | Jack Devlin | 1991-01-01 |
| Series | Eerie, Indiana | Unknown | 1991-09-15 |
| Movie | The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw | President Theodore Roosevelt | 1991-11-03 |
| Movie | Pushed Too Far | Sheriff | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | The Curse | Nathan Crane | 1987-09-11 |
| Series | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
| Movie | Monster in the Closet | Sheriff Sam Ketchem | 1986-05-15 |
| Movie | Manhunt for Claude Dallas | Bill Pogue | 1986-10-26 |
| Series | Legmen | Tom Bannon | 1984-01-20 |
| Series | The Master | Unknown | 1984-01-20 |
| Series | Crazy like a Fox | Unknown | 1984-12-30 |
| Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
| Series | Masquerade | Unknown | 1983-12-15 |
| Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
| Movie | Murder in Music City | Billy West | 1979-01-16 |
| Series | B. J. and the Bear | 1979-02-10 | |
| Movie | Ebony, Ivory and Jade | Joe Blair | 1979-08-03 |
| Series | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | 1979-09-18 | |
| Movie | Concrete Cowboys | Woody Stone | 1979-10-16 |
| Movie | Little Mo | Gus Berste | 1978-09-05 |
| Series | The Rhinemann Exchange | Walter Kendall | 1977-03-10 |
| Movie | Tentacles | Sheriff Robards | 1977-02-25 |
| Series | Nashville 99 | 1977-04-01 | |
| Movie | Yesterday's Child | Cliff Henley | 1977-02-03 |
| Series | The Oregon Trail | Unknown | 1977-09-21 |
| Movie | Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo | Bert Springer | 1977-12-28 |
| Movie | Killer on Board | Oscar Billingham | 1977-10-10 |
| Movie | Kiss Me, Kill Me | Harry Grant | 1976-05-08 |
| Movie | Timber Tramps | Matt | 1975-12-31 |
| Movie | The Death Squad | Connie Brennan | 1974-01-08 |
| Series | Movin' On | Sonny Pruitt | 1974-05-08 |
| Movie | The Norliss Tapes | Sheriff Tom Hartley | 1973-02-21 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Series | Toma | Unknown | 1973-03-21 |
| Movie | Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Aldo | 1973-06-15 |
| Movie | The Night Stalker | Sheriff Warren A. Butcher | 1972-01-11 |
| Movie | Skyjacked | Sgt. Ben Puzo | 1972-05-24 |
| Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
| Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
| Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
| Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
| Movie | Flap | Lobo Jackson | 1970-11-13 |
| Movie | A Man Called Sledge | Hooker | 1970-11-14 |
| Movie | The Great Bank Robbery | Slade | 1969-09-10 |
| Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
| Movie | The Devil's Brigade | Pvt. Rocky Rockman | 1968-05-15 |
| Series | The Outsider - 1968 | Unknown | 1968-09-18 |
| Series | Garrison's Gorillas | Unknown | 1967-09-06 |
| Movie | First to Fight | Captain Mason | 1967-01-25 |
| Series | Hondo | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Series | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Movie | Waterhole #3 | MSgt. Henry J. Foggers | 1967-10-10 |
| Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
| Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Movie | Ride Beyond Vengeance | Elwood Coates | 1966-01-01 |
| Movie | Incident at Phantom Hill | Otto Krausman | 1966-07-01 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
| Series | The Monroes | Unknown | 1966-09-07 |
| Movie | Return of the Seven | Frank | 1966-10-19 |
| Series | The Legend of Jesse James | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Series | Branded | Unknown | 1965-01-24 |
| Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
| Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
| Movie | A Distant Trumpet | Seely Jones | 1964-05-27 |
| Movie | The Killers | Earl Sylvester | 1964-07-07 |
| Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Series | The Dakotas | Unknown | 1963-01-07 |
| Series | Mr. Novak | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
| Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
| Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
| Movie | Black Gold | Chick Carrington | 1962-07-21 |
| Movie | Merrill's Marauders | Sgt. Kolowicz | 1962-03-16 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | Combat! | Unknown | 1962-10-02 |
| Movie | Claudelle Inglish | S.T. Crawford | 1961-09-20 |
| Series | The Dick Powell Show | Unknown | 1961-09-26 |
| Series | Bus Stop | Unknown | 1961-10-01 |
| Movie | Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon | Rake | 1961-10-17 |
| Movie | Inherit the Wind | Rev. Jeremiah Brown | 1960-06-24 |
| Movie | Comanche Station | Ben Lane | 1960-03-01 |
| Series | The Tall Man | Unknown | 1960-09-10 |
| Series | Outlaws | Unknown | 1960-09-26 |
| Series | The Roaring 20's | Unknown | 1960-10-15 |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Series | Surfside 6 | Unknown | 1960-10-06 |
| Movie | Don't Give Up the Ship | Lt. Cmdr. Farber | 1959-07-03 |
| Series | Riverboat | Unknown | 1959-09-13 |
| Movie | Porgy and Bess | Detective | 1959-06-24 |
| Movie | Frontier Rangers | Caleb Brandt | 1959-01-01 |
| Series | Laramie | Unknown | 1959-09-15 |
| Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
| Movie | Rio Bravo | Joe Burdette | 1959-03-17 |
| Series | Law of the Plainsman | Unknown | 1959-10-01 |
| Movie | Hound-Dog Man | Hog Peyson | 1959-11-11 |
| Movie | Yellowstone Kelly | Sergeant | 1959-11-11 |
| Series | The Rebel | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
| Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
| Series | The Alaskans | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Steve Brand | 1959-10-02 |
| Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
| Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
| Movie | The Defiant Ones | Mack | 1958-08-14 |
| Series | The Texan | Unknown | 1958-09-29 |
| Series | Yancy Derringer | Unknown | 1958-10-02 |
| Movie | Onionhead | Poznicki | 1958-10-25 |
| Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Series | Bat Masterson | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
| Movie | The Lonely Man | Blackburn | 1957-06-21 |
| Series | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Unknown | 1957-07-01 |
| Movie | The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm | Pete Logan | 1957-05-10 |
| Movie | Hot Summer Night | Truck Driver | 1957-02-15 |
| Series | Have Gun – Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
| Movie | Joe Dakota | Aaron Grant | 1957-09-01 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Movie | The Proud and Profane | Big soldier | 1956-06-13 |
| Series | My Friend Flicka | Unknown | 1956-02-10 |
| Movie | Battle Stations | Marty Brennan | 1956-02-01 |
| Movie | Johnny Concho | Lem | 1956-07-01 |
| Movie | The Burning Hills | Ben Hindeman | 1956-08-23 |
| Movie | The Sharkfighters | Chief 'Gordy' Gordon | 1956-11-01 |
| Series | State Trooper | Unknown | 1956-09-25 |
| Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
| Series | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Unknown | 1956-09-07 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
| Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
| Movie | The Sea Chase | Winkler | 1955-06-04 |
| Series | Frontier | Unknown | 1955-09-25 |
| Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
| Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
| Movie | The Caine Mutiny | Horrible | 1954-06-23 |
| Movie | Witness to Murder | Police Officer (uncredited) | 1954-04-15 |
| Movie | The Raid | Lt. Ramsey | 1954-08-04 |
| Movie | Bitter Creek | Vance Morgan - Henchman | 1954-02-21 |
| Movie | Shield for Murder | Fat Michaels | 1954-08-27 |
| Movie | The Human Jungle | George Mandy | 1954-10-03 |
| Movie | Down Three Dark Streets | Matty Pavelich | 1954-09-02 |
| Series | City Detective | Unknown | 1953-01-01 |
| Movie | From Here to Eternity | Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited) | 1953-08-28 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Series | The Man Behind the Badge | Unknown | 1953-10-11 |
| Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
| Series | Adventures of Superman | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
| Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
| Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Series | Dragnet | Unknown | 1951-12-16 |