Portrait of Claude Akins

Claude Akins

Acting

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.

Born: May 25, 1926

Place of Birth: Nelson, Georgia, USA

Filmography

2019
1994
Twisted Fear

as Detective Lucky Douglas

1993
Seasons of the Heart

as Pastor William Clay

1992
Grass Roots

as Sheriff Cox

1992
Falling from Grace

as Speck Parks

1991
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw

as President Theodore Roosevelt

1991
Eerie, Indiana

as Bank Robber / Grungy Bill

1991
Where Evil Lives

as Jack Devlin

1988
Pushed Too Far

as Sheriff Jim Forrest

1987
The Curse

as Nathan Crane

1986
1986
Monster in the Closet

as Sheriff Sam Ketchem

1986
Matlock

as Sam Taylor

1986
Pecos Bill

as Grandpa / Narrator

1985
Tall Tales & Legends

as Grandpa / Narrator

1984
The Baron and the Kid

as Harley Medford

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Ethan Cragg

1984
Hunter

as Andy Polanski

1984
Celebrity

as Uncle Bun Luther

1984
The Master

as Trumbull

1984
Master Ninja

as Mr. Trumbull

1984
Legmen

as Tom Bannon

1983
Masquerade

as Ted Kelly

1982
Bus Stop

as Sheriff Will

1982
1981
1979
Concrete Cowboys

as Woody Stone

1979
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

as Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo

1979
1979
1978
B.J. and the Bear

as Sheriff Lobo

1978
Little Mo

as Gus Berste

1977
Killer on Board

as Oscar Billingham

1977
1977
Nashville 99

as Det. Lt. Stonewall Jackson 'Stoney' Huff

1977
The Rhinemann Exchange

as Walter Kendall

1977
Tentacles

as Robards

1977
Yesterday's Child

as Cliff Henley

1976
Kiss Me... Kill Me

as Harry Grant

1975
1975
Eric

as Stanley 'Stan' Swenson

1975
Medical Story

as Dr. Matthews

1974
1974
Dinah!

as Self

1974
Movin' On

as Sonny Pruitt

1974
In Tandem

as Sonny Pruitt

1974
1974
The Death Squad

as Connie Brennan

1973
1973
The Norliss Tapes

as Sheriff Tom Hartley

1973
Barnaby Jones

as Eli Rile

1972
Skyjacked

as Sgt. Ben Puzo

1972
The Night Stalker

as Sheriff Warren A. Butcher

1971
River of Mystery

as Ernie Dorata

1971
1971
1970
1970
Flap

as Lobo Jackson

1968
The Devil's Brigade

as Pvt. Rocky Rockman

1967
Waterhole #3

as Sgt. Henry Foggers

1967
Mannix

as Sgt. Al Reardon

1967
1967
1967
First to Fight

as Captain Mason

1966
Ride Beyond Vengeance

as Elwood Coates

1965
The F.B.I.

as Ben Gambriella

1965
The F.B.I.

as Jason Peale

1965
1965
The Big Valley

as Callahan

1964
1964
1964
The Killers

as Earl Sylvester

1964
A Distant Trumpet

as Seely Jones

1964
The Solid Gold Girl

as Deputy Sheriff Rafe Collins

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Sergeant Phil Henning

1963
The Great Adventure

as Father Kranz

1963
Mr. Novak

as Lou Myerson

1963
The Fugitive

as Ralph Simmons

1962
How the West Was Won

as Man (uncredited)

1962
Combat!

as Mastin

1962
Combat!

as Charlie Pelton

1962
Combat!

as Rosie

1962
The Lucy Show

as Lieutenant Finch

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Sheriff Jordan

1962
1962
The Virginian

as Hezekiah

1962
Black Gold

as Chick Carrington

1962
Merrill's Marauders

as Sgt. Kolowicz

1961
The Dick Powell Show

as Police Lieutenant

1961
Claudelle Inglish

as S.T. Crawford

1960
Surfside 6

as Mike Hogan

1960
Surfside 6

as Harry Lodge

1960
Inherit the Wind

as Rev. Jeremiah Brown

1960
Comanche Station

as Ben Lane

1959
1959
Hound-Dog Man

as Hog Peyson

1959
The Untouchables

as Vince Majesky

1959
The Untouchables

as Jake 'Dodo' Ryan

1959
The Untouchables

as Karl Hansa

1959
1959
The Rebel

as Tom Hall

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Steve Brand

1959
Law of the Plainsman

as Sheriff Clifford Shaw

1959
Riverboat

as Jarret Sutton

1959
Riverboat

as Beaudry Rawlins

1959
Bonanza

as Marshal Emmett Dowd

1959
Bonanza

as Ezekiel

1959
Bonanza

as Sam Hill

1959
Bonanza

as Col. Edward J. Dunwoody

1959
The Deputy

as Jason Getty

1959
Don't Give Up the Ship

as Lt. Cmdr. Farber

1959
Porgy and Bess

as Detective

1959
Rio Bravo

as Joe Burdette

1959
Rawhide

as Clete Manson

1959
Rawhide

as Karse

1959
Rawhide

as Gus Marsdon

1959
Rawhide

as Sergeant Parker

1959
Rawhide

as Aloysius Claybank

1959
Rawhide

as Jerry Boggs

1959
Frontier Rangers

as Caleb Brandt

1958
Onionhead

as Poznicki

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Ed Bird

1958
Bat Masterson

as Jack Fontana

1958
Yancy Derringer

as Toby Cook

1958
The Rifleman

as Floyd Doniger

1958
1958
Steve Canyon

as Sgt. Brecker

1958
1958
1957
Joe Dakota

as Aaron Grant

1957
The Restless Gun

as Wes Flagler

1957
Maverick

as Paisley Briggs

1957
Perry Mason

as Detective Sgt. Phillip Dix

1957
The Lonely Man

as Blackburn

1957
Meet McGraw

as Jim Bennett

1957
Tales of Wells Fargo

as John L. Sullivan

1957
Tales of Wells Fargo

as John Leslie Nagel

1957
1957
Hot Summer Night

as Truck Driver

1956
The Sharkfighters

as Chief 'Gordy' Gordon

1956
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Sheriff Adam Prescott

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Simmy, the Comanchero

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Deputy Chuck Wagner

1956
The Burning Hills

as Ben Hindeman

1956
1956
The Proud and Profane

as Big soldier

1956
Battle Stations

as Marty Brennan

1955
Man with the Gun

as Jim Reedy (uncredited)

1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Anton Budenieff

1955
Cheyenne

as Sheriff Bob Walters

1955
Gunsmoke

as Harry

1955
Gunsmoke

as Jed Butler

1955
Gunsmoke

as Hack

1955
Gunsmoke

as Solis

1955
1955
Gunsmoke

as Art McLane

1955
Gunsmoke

as Sy Sherne

1955
Gunsmoke

as Marshal Clint Tucker

1955
Gunsmoke

as Worth Sweeney

1955
Gunsmoke

as Howard Kane

1955
The Sea Chase

as Winkler

1955
The Millionaire

as Sgt. Mike Harden

1954
The Human Jungle

as George Mandy

1954
The Adventures of Hajji Baba

as Chief Executioner (uncredited)

1954
1954
Down Three Dark Streets

as Matty Pavelich

1954
Shield for Murder

as Fat Michaels

1954
The Raid

as Lt. Ramsey (uncredited)

1954
The Caine Mutiny

as Horrible

1954
Witness to Murder

as Police Officer (uncredited)

1954
Bitter Creek

as Vance Morgan

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Matt Malone

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Robert Wilson

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Carl Hodges

1953
From Here to Eternity

as Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)

1953
General Electric Theater

as Steve Crawford

1953
General Electric Theater

as Duke Williams

1953
1952
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Stanley Swensen

1951
I Love Lucy

as Claude Akins (uncredited)

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