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Claude Akins

Claude Akins

Birthday: 1926-05-25 | Place of Birth: Nelson, Georgia, U.S.

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1993
Seasons of the Heart

as    Pastor William Clay

1992
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

as    Theodore Roosevelt

1991
Where Evil Lives

as    Jack Devlin

1991
The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw

as    President Theodore Roosevelt

1987
The Curse

as    Nathan Crane

1987
Monster in the Closet

as    Sheriff Sam Ketchem

1984
Legmen

as    Tom Bannon

1979
Murder in Music City

as    Billy West

1979
Concrete Cowboys

as    Woody Stone

1978
Little Mo

as    Gus Berste

1977
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

as    Bert Springer

1977
Tentacles

as    Robards

1977
The Rhinemann Exchange

as    Walter Kendall

1974
Movin' On

as    Sonny Pruitt

1973
1973
The Norliss Tapes

as    Sheriff Tom Hartley

1972
Skyjacked

as    Sgt. Ben Puzo

1972
The Night Stalker

as    Sheriff Warren A. Butcher

1971
A Man Called Sledge

as    Hooker

1969
The Great Bank Robbery

as    Slade

1968
The Devil's Brigade

as    Pvt. Rocky Rockman

1967
First to Fight

as    Captain Mason

1967
Waterhole #3

as    Sgt. Henry Foggers

1966
Ride Beyond Vengeance

as    Elwood Coates

1966
Return of the Seven

as    Frank

1966
Incident at Phantom Hill

as    Krausman

1964
The Killers

as    Earl Sylvester