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:
- 167
- First Appeared:
- Movie Twisted Fear 1994-01-01
- Latest Project:
- In the series Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951-10-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Twisted Fear | Detective Lucky Douglas | 1994-01-01 |
| 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 | 1992-02-19 |
| Movie | The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw | President Theodore Roosevelt | 1991-11-03 |
| Series | Eerie, Indiana | Bank Robber / Grungy Bill | 1991-09-15 |
| Movie | Where Evil Lives | Jack Devlin | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Mothers, Daughters and Lovers | Kibby | 1989-09-10 |
| Movie | Pushed Too Far | Sheriff | 1988-02-25 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Pecos Bill | Grandpa / Narrator | 1986-01-01 |
| Series | Tall Tales & Legends | Grandpa / Narrator | 1985-09-25 |
| Series | Celebrity | Uncle Bun Luther | 1984-02-12 |
| Series | Legmen | Tom Bannon | 1984-01-20 |
| Series | The Master | Unknown | 1984-01-20 |
| Movie | Master Ninja | Mr. Trumbull | 1984-03-08 |
| Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
| Series | Crazy like a Fox | Unknown | 1984-12-30 |
| Series | Masquerade | Unknown | 1983-12-15 |
| Movie | Desperate Intruder | Carl | 1983-07-31 |
| Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
| Movie | Concrete Cowboys | Woody Stone | 1979-10-17 |
| Series | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | 1979-09-18 | |
| Movie | Ebony, Ivory and Jade | Joe Blair | 1979-08-03 |
| Series | B. J. and the Bear | 1979-02-10 | |
| Movie | Murder in Music City | Billy West | 1979-01-16 |
| Movie | Little Mo | Gus Berste | 1978-09-05 |
| Movie | Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo | Bert Springer | 1977-12-28 |
| Movie | Killer on Board | Oscar Billingham | 1977-10-10 |
| Series | The Oregon Trail | Unknown | 1977-09-21 |
| Series | Nashville 99 | 1977-04-01 | |
| Series | The Rhinemann Exchange | Walter Kendall | 1977-03-10 |
| Movie | Tentacles | Sheriff Robards | 1977-02-25 |
| Movie | Yesterday's Child | Cliff Henley | 1977-02-03 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Shadow of Fear | Styran | 1974-01-28 |
| Series | Movin' On | Sonny Pruitt | 1974-05-08 |
| Movie | The Norliss Tapes | Sheriff Tom Hartley | 1973-02-21 |
| Movie | Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Aldo | 1973-06-15 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Series | Toma | Unknown | 1973-03-21 |
| Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
| Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
| Movie | Skyjacked | Sgt. Ben Puzo | 1972-05-24 |
| Movie | The Night Stalker | Sheriff Warren A. Butcher | 1972-01-11 |
| Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
| Movie | Lock, Stock and Barrel | 1971-09-24 | |
| Movie | A Man Called Sledge | Hooker | 1970-11-14 |
| Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
| Movie | Flap | Lobo Jackson | 1970-11-13 |
| Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
| Movie | The Great Bank Robbery | Slade | 1969-06-24 |
| Series | The Outsider | Unknown | 1968-09-18 |
| Movie | The Devil's Brigade | Pvt. Rocky Rockman | 1968-05-15 |
| Series | Hondo | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Movie | First to Fight | Captain Mason | 1967-01-25 |
| Series | Garrison's Gorillas | Unknown | 1967-09-06 |
| Series | Judd for the Defense | 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 |
| Movie | Return of the Seven | Frank | 1966-10-19 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
| Series | The Monroes | Unknown | 1966-09-07 |
| Movie | Incident at Phantom Hill | Otto Krausman | 1966-07-01 |
| Movie | Ride Beyond Vengeance | Elwood Coates | 1966-01-01 |
| 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 |
| Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Series | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | El Supremo | 1964-09-22 |
| Movie | The Killers | Earl Sylvester | 1964-07-07 |
| Movie | A Distant Trumpet | Seely Jones | 1964-05-20 |
| Series | The Dakotas | Unknown | 1963-01-07 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Series | Mr. Novak | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
| Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
| Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
| Movie | How the West Was Won | Man (uncredited) | 1962-11-02 |
| Series | Combat! | Unknown | 1962-10-02 |
| Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Movie | Black Gold | Chick Carrington | 1962-07-21 |
| Movie | Merrill's Marauders | Sgt. Kolowicz | 1962-03-16 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Tall Man | Unknown | 1960-09-10 |
| Movie | Comanche Station | Ben Lane | 1960-03-01 |
| Movie | Inherit the Wind | Rev. Jeremiah Brown | 1960-07-07 |
| Series | Outlaws | Unknown | 1960-09-26 |
| Series | Surfside 6 | Unknown | 1960-10-06 |
| Series | The Roaring 20's | Unknown | 1960-10-15 |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Movie | Frontier Rangers | Caleb Brandt | 1959-01-01 |
| Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
| Movie | Rio Bravo | Joe Burdette | 1959-03-18 |
| 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 | Law of the Plainsman | Unknown | 1959-10-01 |
| Series | Laramie | Unknown | 1959-09-15 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Steve Brand | 1959-10-02 |
| Series | The Alaskans | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
| Series | The Rebel | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
| Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
| Movie | Yellowstone Kelly | Sergeant | 1959-11-11 |
| Movie | Hound-Dog Man | Hog Peyson | 1959-11-11 |
| Series | The Texan | Unknown | 1958-09-29 |
| Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
| Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
| Movie | The Defiant Ones | Mack | 1958-08-14 |
| Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
| Series | Bat Masterson | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Movie | Onionhead | Poznicki | 1958-10-25 |
| Series | Yancy Derringer | Unknown | 1958-10-02 |
| Series | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Unknown | 1957-07-01 |
| Movie | The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm | Pete Logan | 1957-05-10 |
| Movie | The Lonely Man | Blackburn | 1957-06-21 |
| Movie | Hot Summer Night | Truck Driver | 1957-02-15 |
| Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
| Movie | Joe Dakota | Aaron Grant | 1957-10-27 |
| Movie | The Sharkfighters | Chief 'Gordy' Gordon | 1956-11-01 |
| Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | 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 | 1956-09-01 |
| Movie | Johnny Concho | Lem | 1956-07-01 |
| Movie | The Proud and Profane | Big soldier | 1956-06-13 |
| Movie | Battle Stations | Marty Brennan | 1956-02-01 |
| Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
| Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
| Movie | The Sea Chase | Winkler | 1955-06-04 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
| Series | Frontier | Unknown | 1955-09-25 |
| Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
| Movie | Man with the Gun | 1955-11-05 | |
| Series | My Friend Flicka | Unknown | 1955-09-30 |
| Movie | The Caine Mutiny | Horrible | 1954-06-24 |
| 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 |
| Series | City Detective | Unknown | 1953-09-07 |
| Movie | From Here to Eternity | Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited) | 1953-08-28 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| 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 |