Claude Akins
Actor
Biography
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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.
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Filmography
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
as Aldo 1973
From Here to Eternity
as Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited) 1953
How the West Was Won
as Man (uncredited) 1962
Inherit the Wind
as Rev. Jeremiah Brown 1960
The Caine Mutiny
as Horrible 1954
The Defiant Ones
as Mack 1958
Return of the Seven
as Frank 1966
The Killers
as Earl Sylvester 1964
The Curse
as Nathan Crane 1987
The Night Stalker
as Sheriff Warren A. Butcher 1972
Tentacles
as Robards 1977
Comanche Station
as Ben Lane 1960
Monster in the Closet
as Sheriff Sam Ketchem 1986
The Devil's Brigade
as Pvt. Rocky Rockman 1968
Witness to Murder
as Police Officer (uncredited) 1954
Merrill's Marauders
as Sgt. Kolowicz 1962