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:
- 154
- 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 | Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls | Theodore Roosevelt | 1992-05-24 |
| Movie | Falling from Grace | Speck Parks | 1992-02-21 |
| Movie | The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw | President Theodore Roosevelt | 1991-11-03 |
| Series | Eerie, Indiana | Unknown | 1991-09-15 |
| Movie | Where Evil Lives | Jack Devlin | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Pushed Too Far | Sheriff | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | The Curse | Nathan Crane | 1987-09-11 |
| Movie | Manhunt for Claude Dallas | Bill Pogue | 1986-10-26 |
| Movie | Monster in the Closet | Sheriff Sam Ketchem | 1986-05-15 |
| Series | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
| Series | Crazy like a Fox | Unknown | 1984-12-30 |
| Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
| Series | Legmen | Tom Bannon | 1984-01-20 |
| Series | The Master | Unknown | 1984-01-20 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Concrete Cowboys | Woody Stone | 1979-10-16 |
| Series | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | 1979-09-18 | |
| Movie | Little Mo | Gus Berste | 1978-09-05 |
| Series | The Rhinemann Exchange | Walter Kendall | 1977-03-10 |
| Movie | Yesterday's Child | Cliff Henley | 1977-02-03 |
| Movie | Tentacles | Sheriff Robards | 1977-02-25 |
| Series | Nashville 99 | 1977-04-01 | |
| Series | The Oregon Trail | Unknown | 1977-09-21 |
| Movie | Killer on Board | Oscar Billingham | 1977-10-10 |
| Movie | Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo | Bert Springer | 1977-12-28 |
| Movie | Timber Tramps | Matt | 1975-12-31 |
| Series | Movin' On | Sonny Pruitt | 1974-05-08 |
| Movie | The Death Squad | Connie Brennan | 1974-01-08 |
| Movie | Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Aldo | 1973-06-15 |
| Series | Toma | Unknown | 1973-03-21 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | The Norliss Tapes | Sheriff Tom Hartley | 1973-02-21 |
| Movie | The Night Stalker | Sheriff Warren A. Butcher | 1972-01-11 |
| Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
| Movie | Skyjacked | Sgt. Ben Puzo | 1972-05-24 |
| Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
| Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
| Movie | A Man Called Sledge | Hooker | 1970-11-14 |
| Movie | Flap | Lobo Jackson | 1970-11-13 |
| Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
| Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
| Movie | The Great Bank Robbery | Slade | 1969-09-10 |
| Movie | The Devil's Brigade | Pvt. Rocky Rockman | 1968-05-15 |
| Series | The Outsider | Unknown | 1968-09-18 |
| Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
| Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Series | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Series | Hondo | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Series | Garrison's Gorillas | Unknown | 1967-09-06 |
| Movie | First to Fight | Captain Mason | 1967-01-25 |
| Movie | Waterhole #3 | MSgt. Henry J. Foggers | 1967-10-10 |
| Movie | Incident at Phantom Hill | Otto Krausman | 1966-07-01 |
| Movie | Ride Beyond Vengeance | Elwood Coates | 1966-05-09 |
| 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 F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
| Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
| Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Series | The Legend of Jesse James | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Series | Branded | Unknown | 1965-01-24 |
| Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Movie | The Killers | Earl Sylvester | 1964-07-07 |
| Movie | A Distant Trumpet | Seely Jones | 1964-05-27 |
| Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
| Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
| Series | Mr. Novak | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Series | The Dakotas | Unknown | 1963-01-07 |
| Movie | Merrill's Marauders | Sgt. Kolowicz | 1962-03-16 |
| Movie | Black Gold | Chick Carrington | 1962-07-21 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | Combat! | Unknown | 1962-10-02 |
| Movie | Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon | Rake | 1961-10-17 |
| Series | Bus Stop | Unknown | 1961-10-01 |
| Series | The Dick Powell Show | Unknown | 1961-09-26 |
| Movie | Claudelle Inglish | S.T. Crawford | 1961-09-20 |
| Movie | Comanche Station | Ben Lane | 1960-03-01 |
| Movie | Inherit the Wind | Rev. Jeremiah Brown | 1960-06-24 |
| Series | The Tall Man | Unknown | 1960-09-10 |
| Series | Outlaws | Unknown | 1960-09-26 |
| Series | Surfside 6 | Unknown | 1960-10-06 |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Series | The Roaring 20's | Unknown | 1960-10-15 |
| Movie | Frontier Rangers | Caleb Brandt | 1959-01-01 |
| Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
| Movie | Rio Bravo | Joe Burdette | 1959-03-17 |
| Movie | Porgy and Bess | Detective | 1959-06-24 |
| Movie | Don't Give Up the Ship | Lt. Cmdr. Farber | 1959-07-03 |
| Series | Riverboat | Unknown | 1959-09-13 |
| Series | Laramie | Unknown | 1959-09-15 |
| Series | Law of the Plainsman | Unknown | 1959-10-01 |
| Series | The Alaskans | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
| Series | The Rebel | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
| Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
| Movie | Hound-Dog Man | Hog Peyson | 1959-11-11 |
| Movie | Yellowstone Kelly | Sergeant | 1959-11-11 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Steve Brand | 1959-10-02 |
| Series | The Texan | Unknown | 1958-09-29 |
| Movie | The Defiant Ones | Mack | 1958-08-14 |
| Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
| Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
| Series | Bat Masterson | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
| Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
| Series | Yancy Derringer | Unknown | 1958-10-02 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Movie | Onionhead | Poznicki | 1958-10-25 |
| Movie | Hot Summer Night | Truck Driver | 1957-02-01 |
| Movie | The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm | Pete Logan | 1957-05-10 |
| Movie | The Lonely Man | Blackburn | 1957-06-21 |
| Series | Have Gun – Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| Series | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Unknown | 1957-07-01 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
| Movie | Joe Dakota | Aaron Grant | 1957-09-01 |
| Movie | The Sharkfighters | Chief 'Gordy' Gordon | 1956-11-01 |
| Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
| Series | State Trooper | Unknown | 1956-09-25 |
| Series | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Unknown | 1956-09-07 |
| Movie | The Burning Hills | Ben Hindeman | 1956-08-23 |
| Movie | Johnny Concho | Lem | 1956-07-01 |
| 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 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
| Movie | The Sea Chase | Winkler | 1955-06-04 |
| Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
| Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
| Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
| Series | Frontier | Unknown | 1955-09-25 |
| Movie | The Caine Mutiny | Horrible | 1954-06-23 |
| Movie | Witness to Murder | Police Officer (uncredited) | 1954-04-15 |
| Movie | Bitter Creek | Vance Morgan - Henchman | 1954-02-21 |
| Movie | The Raid | Lt. Ramsey | 1954-08-04 |
| Movie | Shield for Murder | Fat Michaels | 1954-08-27 |
| Movie | Down Three Dark Streets | Matty Pavelich | 1954-09-02 |
| Movie | The Human Jungle | George Mandy (henchman) | 1954-10-03 |
| Series | The Man Behind the Badge | Unknown | 1953-10-11 |
| Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
| Movie | From Here to Eternity | Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited) | 1953-08-28 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Series | City Detective | Unknown | 1953-01-01 |
| Series | Adventures of Superman | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Series | Dragnet | Unknown | 1951-12-16 |
| Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
| Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |