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.

Filmography

• Rio Bravo as Joe Burdette
• The Caine Mutiny as Horrible
• The Defiant Ones as Mack
• How the West Was Won as Man (uncredited)
• From Here to Eternity as Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)
• Inherit the Wind as Rev. Jeremiah Brown
• The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration as Steve Brand (archive footage)
• Comanche Station as Ben Lane
• Battle for the Planet of the Apes as Aldo
• Shield for Murder as Fat Michaels

TV

• I Love Lucy as Claude Akins (uncredited)
• Perry Mason as Detective Sgt. Phillip Dix
• Combat! as Mastin
• The Twilight Zone as Steve Brand
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Cop
• The Untouchables as Vince Majesky
• The Untouchables as Jake 'Dodo' Ryan
• Combat! as Rosie
• Combat! as Charlie Pelton
• The Untouchables as Karl Hansa