Claude Akins
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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Acting History
2019
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration as Steve Brand (archive footage)
1994Twisted Fear as Detective Lucky Douglas
1993Seasons of the Heart as Pastor William Clay
1992Grass Roots as Sheriff Cox
1992Falling from Grace as Speck Parks
1992Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls as Theodore Roosevelt
1992Computeritis: The High-Tech Hazard as Narrator
1991The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw as President Theodore Roosevelt
1991Eerie, Indiana as Bank Robber / Grungy Bill
1991Where Evil Lives as Jack Devlin
1989Mothers, Daughters and Lovers as Kibby
1988Pushed Too Far as Sheriff Jim Forrest
1987The Curse as Nathan Crane
1986Manhunt for Claude Dallas as Bill Pogue
1986Monster in the Closet as Sheriff Sam Ketchem
1986Return of the Monster Trucks as Self / Host
1986Matlock as Sam Taylor
1986Pecos Bill as Grandpa / Narrator
1985Tall Tales & Legends as Grandpa / Narrator
1985Battle of the Monster Trucks as Self / Host
1984Crazy like a Fox
1984The Baron and the Kid as Harley Medford
1984Murder, She Wrote as Ethan Cragg
1984Hunter as Andy Polanski
1984Celebrity as Uncle Bun Luther
1984The Master as Trumbull
1984Legmen as Tom Bannon
1984Master Ninja as Mr. Trumbull
1983Masquerade as Ted Kelly
1983Desperate Intruder as Carl
1982Bus Stop as Sheriff Will
1982Hotel
1981Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo as Bert Springer
1979Concrete Cowboys as Woody Stone
1979The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo as Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo
1979Ebony, Ivory and Jade as Joe Blair
1979Murder in Music City as Billy West
1978B.J. and the Bear as Sheriff Lobo
1978Little Mo as Gus Berste
1977Killer on Board as Oscar Billingham
1977The Love Boat as Cappy
1977The Oregon Trail
1977Nashville 99 as Det. Lt. Stonewall Jackson 'Stoney' Huff
1977The Rhinemann Exchange as Walter Kendall
1977Tentacles as Robards
1977Yesterday's Child as Cliff Henley
1976Kiss Me... Kill Me as Harry Grant
1975Timber Tramps as Matt
1975Eric as Stanley 'Stan' Swenson
1975Medical Story as Dr. Matthews
1975Medical Story
1974Dinah!
1974Dinah! as Self
1974Movin' On as Sonny Pruitt
1974In Tandem as Sonny Pruitt
1974Shadow of Fear as Styran
1974The Death Squad as Connie Brennan
1973Battle for the Planet of the Apes as Aldo
1973Toma
1973Police Story
1973The Norliss Tapes as Sheriff Tom Hartley
1973Barnaby Jones as Eli Rile
1972The Streets of San Francisco as Bob Mason
1972The Rookies
1972Skyjacked as Sgt. Ben Puzo
1972The Night Stalker as Sheriff Warren A. Butcher
1971River of Mystery as Ernie Dorata
1971Lock, Stock and Barrel as Punch Logan
1971Cannon
1970A Man Called Sledge as Hooker
1970Flap as Lobo Jackson
1970McCloud
1969Medical Center
1969The Great Bank Robbery as Slade
1968The Outsider
1968The Devil's Brigade as Pvt. Rocky Rockman
1967Waterhole #3 as Sgt. Henry Foggers
1967Mannix as Sgt. Al Reardon
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett as Turnbaugh
1967Judd for the Defense
1967Hondo
1967Garrison's Gorillas
1967First to Fight as Captain Mason
1966Return of the Seven as Frank
1966Mission: Impossible
1966The Monroes
1966Incident at Phantom Hill as Krausman
1966Ride Beyond Vengeance as Elwood Coates
1965The F.B.I. as Ben Gambriella
1965The F.B.I. as Jason Peale
1965Laredo
1965The Big Valley as Callahan
1965The Legend of Jesse James as Harte
1965Branded
1964Daniel Boone as Toka
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as El Supremo
1964The Killers as Earl Sylvester
1964A Distant Trumpet as Seely Jones
1964The Solid Gold Girl as Deputy Sheriff Rafe Collins
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre as Sergeant Phil Henning
1963The Great Adventure as Father Kranz
1963Mr. Novak as Lou Myerson
1963The Fugitive as Ralph Simmons
1963The Dakotas
1962How the West Was Won as Man (uncredited)
1962Combat! as Mastin
1962Combat! as Rosie
1962Combat! as Charlie Pelton
1962The Lucy Show as Lieutenant Finch
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Sheriff Jordan
1962The Virginian as Lump
1962The Virginian as Hezekiah
1962Black Gold as Chick Carrington
1962Merrill's Marauders as Sgt. Kolowicz
1961Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon as Rake
1961Bus Stop
1961The Dick Powell Show as Police Lieutenant
1961Claudelle Inglish as S.T. Crawford
1960The Roaring 20's
1960Route 66
1960Surfside 6 as Mike Hogan
1960Surfside 6 as Harry Lodge
1960Outlaws
1960The Tall Man
1960Inherit the Wind as Rev. Jeremiah Brown
1960Comanche Station as Ben Lane
1959Hound-Dog Man as Hog Peyson
1959Yellowstone Kelly as Sergeant
1959The Untouchables as Vince Majesky
1959The Untouchables as Jake 'Dodo' Ryan
1959The Untouchables as Karl Hansa
1959Adventures in Paradise as Sam Kayle
1959The Rebel as Tom Hall
1959The Alaskans
1959The Twilight Zone as Steve Brand
1959Law of the Plainsman as Sheriff Clifford Shaw
1959Laramie
1959Riverboat as Jarret Sutton
1959Riverboat as Beaudry Rawlins
1959Bonanza as Marshal Emmett Dowd
1959Bonanza as Col. Edward J. Dunwoody
1959Bonanza as Ezekiel
1959Bonanza as Sam Hill
1959The Deputy as Jason Getty
1959Don't Give Up the Ship as Lt. Cmdr. Farber
1959Porgy and Bess as Detective
1959Rio Bravo as Joe Burdette
1959Rawhide as Clete Manson
1959Rawhide as Karse
1959Rawhide as Sergeant Parker
1959Rawhide as Gus Marsdon
1959Rawhide as Aloysius Claybank
1959Rawhide as Jerry Boggs
1959Frontier Rangers as Caleb Brandt
1958Onionhead as Poznicki
195877 Sunset Strip as Ed Bird
1958Bat Masterson as Jack Fontana
1958Yancy Derringer as Toby Cook
1958The Rifleman
1958The Rifleman as Floyd Doniger
1958The Texan
1958Bronco
1958Steve Canyon as Sgt. Brecker
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive as Jack Kelly
1958The Defiant Ones as Mack
1957Joe Dakota as Aaron Grant
1957The Restless Gun as Wes Flagler
1957Maverick as Paisley Briggs
1957Perry Mason as Detective Sgt. Phillip Dix
1957Boots and Saddles
1957Have Gun, Will Travel as Dever
1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Kenny Lambert
1957The Lonely Man as Blackburn
1957Meet McGraw as Jim Bennett
1957The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm as Pete Logan
1957Tales of Wells Fargo as John L. Sullivan
1957Tales of Wells Fargo as Ralph
1957Tales of Wells Fargo as Jefferson
1957Tales of Wells Fargo as Rake
1957Tales of Wells Fargo as John Leslie Nagel
1957Hot Summer Night as Truck Driver
1956The Sharkfighters as Chief 'Gordy' Gordon
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Walker Collins
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sheriff Adam Prescott
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Simmy, the Comanchero
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Deputy Chuck Wagner
1956State Trooper as Janskey
1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie as Manion
1956The Burning Hills as Ben Hindeman
1956Johnny Concho as Lem
1956The Proud and Profane as Big soldier
1956Johnny Moccasin as Bill Ames
1956Battle Stations as Marty Brennan
1955Man with the Gun as Jim Reedy (uncredited)
1955The 20th Century Fox Hour as Anton Budenieff
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Cop
1955My Friend Flicka
1955Frontier
1955Cheyenne as Sheriff Bob Walters
1955Gunsmoke as Harry
1955Gunsmoke as Jed Butler
1955Gunsmoke as Hack
1955Gunsmoke as Solis
1955Gunsmoke as Ad
1955Gunsmoke as Sy Sherne
1955Gunsmoke as Art McLane
1955Gunsmoke as Worth Sweeney
1955Gunsmoke as Marshal Clint Tucker
1955Gunsmoke as Howard Kane
1955The Sea Chase as Winkler
1955The Millionaire as Sgt. Mike Harden
1954The Human Jungle as George Mandy
1954The Adventures of Hajji Baba as Chief Executioner (uncredited)
1954Studio 57
1954Studio 57 as Al
1954Down Three Dark Streets as Matty Pavelich
1954Shield for Murder as Fat Michaels
1954The Raid as Lt. Ramsey (uncredited)
1954The Caine Mutiny as Horrible
1954Witness to Murder as Police Officer (uncredited)
1954Bitter Creek as Vance Morgan
1953The Man Behind the Badge
1953The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Pete Nemeck
1953Letter to Loretta as Matt Malone
1953Letter to Loretta as Carl Hodges
1953Letter to Loretta as Robert Wilson
1953City Detective
1953From Here to Eternity as Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)
1953General Electric Theater as Steve Crawford
1953General Electric Theater as Duke Williams
1953General Electric Theater as Dave Blackby
1952Adventures of Superman as Ace Miller
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Stanley Swensen
1951Dragnet
1951I Love Lucy as Claude Akins (uncredited)
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Gus Garner
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1950Lux Video Theatre as Mandy
1950The Bob Hope Show as Self