Claude Akins

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.

Known For

Joe Burdette

Rio Bravo

Horrible

The Caine Mutiny

Steve Brand (archive footage)

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

Ben Lane

Comanche Station

Aldo

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Fat Michaels

Shield for Murder

Mack

The Defiant Ones

Earl Sylvester

The Killers

Pvt. Rocky Rockman

The Devil's Brigade

Frank

Return of the Seven

Sgt. Kolowicz

Merrill's Marauders

Blackburn

The Lonely Man

Big soldier

The Proud and Profane

George Mandy

The Human Jungle

Sheriff Warren A. Butcher

The Night Stalker

Robards

Tentacoli

Man (uncredited)

How the West Was Won

Speck Parks

Falling from Grace

Sheriff Sam Ketchem

Monster in the Closet

Seely Jones

A Distant Trumpet

Harley Medford

The Baron and the Kid

Hooker

A Man Called Sledge

Sergeant

Yellowstone Kelly

Sgt. Henry Foggers

Waterhole #3

Grandpa / Narrator

Pecos Bill

Nathan Crane

The Curse

Sgt. Ben Puzo

Skyjacked

Truck Driver

Hot Summer Night

Chief 'Gordy' Gordon

The Sharkfighters

Elwood Coates

Ride Beyond Vengeance

Ben Hindeman

The Burning Hills

Sheriff Jim Forrest

Pushed Too Far

Slade

The Great Bank Robbery

Lt. Cmdr. Farber

Don't Give Up the Ship

S.T. Crawford

Claudelle Inglish

Pastor William Clay

Seasons of the Heart

Krausman

Incident at Phantom Hill

President Theodore Roosevelt

The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw

Poznicki

Onionhead

Jack Devlin

Where Evil Lives

Bill Ames

Johnny Moccasin

Bert Springer

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

Aaron Grant

Joe Dakota

Caleb Brandt

Frontier Rangers

Lobo Jackson

Flap

Dr. Matthews

Medical Story

Chick Carrington

Black Gold

Woody Stone

Concrete Cowboys

Jim Reedy (uncredited)

Man with the Gun

Sheriff Tom Hartley

The Norliss Tapes

Oscar Billingham

Killer on Board

Ernie Dorata

River of Mystery

Sonny Pruitt

In Tandem

Detective

Porgy and Bess

Sheriff Lobo

B.J. and the Bear

Sheriff Cox

Grass Roots

Winkler

The Sea Chase

Lt. Ramsey (uncredited)

The Raid

Captain Mason

First to Fight

Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)

From Here to Eternity

Lem

Johnny Concho

Gus Berste

Little Mo

Rev. Jeremiah Brown

Inherit the Wind

Matt

Timber Tramps

Deputy Sheriff Rafe Collins

The Solid Gold Girl

Billy West

Murder in Music City

Matty Pavelich

Down Three Dark Streets

Marty Brennan

Battle Stations

Bill Pogue

Manhunt for Claude Dallas

Police Officer (uncredited)

Witness to Murder

Joe Blair

Ebony, Ivory and Jade

Theodore Roosevelt

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

Connie Brennan

The Death Squad

Rake

Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon

Carl

Desperate Intruder

Vance Morgan - Henchman

Bitter Creek

Detective Lucky Douglas

Twisted Fear

Cliff Henley

Yesterday's Child

Hog Peyson

Hound-Dog Man

Pete Logan

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm

Punch Logan

Lock, Stock and Barrel

Mr. Trumbull

Master Ninja

Styran

Shadow of Fear

Harry Grant

Kiss Me, Kill Me

Sheriff Will

Bus Stop

Stanley 'Stan' Swenson

Eric

Kibby

Mothers, Daughters and Lovers

Narrator

Computeritis: The High-Tech Hazard

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

88

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-05-25

Place of Birth

Nelson, Georgia, USA

Also Known As

Клод Экинс