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

The Fugitive

Perry Mason

Murder, She Wrote

Bonanza

Bonanza

Bonanza

Bonanza

The Love Boat

All Movies (91)

• The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration2019 · as Steve Brand (archive footage)
• Twisted Fear1994 · as Detective Lucky Douglas
• Seasons of the Heart1993 · as Pastor William Clay
• Grass Roots1992 · as Sheriff Cox
• Falling from Grace1992 · as Speck Parks
• Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls1992 · as Theodore Roosevelt
• Computeritis: The High-Tech Hazard1992 · as Narrator
• The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw1991 · as President Theodore Roosevelt
• Where Evil Lives1991 · as Jack Devlin
• Mothers, Daughters and Lovers1989 · as Kibby
• Pushed Too Far1988 · as Sheriff Jim Forrest
• The Curse1987 · as Nathan Crane
• Manhunt for Claude Dallas1986 · as Bill Pogue
• Monster in the Closet1986 · as Sheriff Sam Ketchem
• Return of the Monster Trucks1986 · as Self / Host
• Pecos Bill1986 · as Grandpa / Narrator
• Battle of the Monster Trucks1985 · as Self / Host
• The Baron and the Kid1984 · as Harley Medford
• Master Ninja1984 · as Mr. Trumbull
• Desperate Intruder1983 · as Carl
• Bus Stop1982 · as Sheriff Will
• Concrete Cowboys1979 · as Woody Stone
• Ebony, Ivory and Jade1979 · as Joe Blair
• Murder in Music City1979 · as Billy West
• B.J. and the Bear1978 · as Sheriff Lobo
• Little Mo1978 · as Gus Berste
• Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo1977 · as Bert Springer
• Killer on Board1977 · as Oscar Billingham
• Tentacles1977 · as Robards
• Yesterday's Child1977 · as Cliff Henley
• Kiss Me... Kill Me1976 · as Harry Grant
• Timber Tramps1975 · as Matt
• Eric1975 · as Stanley 'Stan' Swenson
• Medical Story1975 · as Dr. Matthews
• In Tandem1974 · as Sonny Pruitt
• Shadow of Fear1974 · as Styran
• The Death Squad1974 · as Connie Brennan
• Battle for the Planet of the Apes1973 · as Aldo
• The Norliss Tapes1973 · as Sheriff Tom Hartley
• Skyjacked1972 · as Sgt. Ben Puzo
• The Night Stalker1972 · as Sheriff Warren A. Butcher
• River of Mystery1971 · as Ernie Dorata
• Lock, Stock and Barrel1971 · as Punch Logan
• A Man Called Sledge1970 · as Hooker
• Flap1970 · as Lobo Jackson
• The Great Bank Robbery1969 · as Slade
• The Devil's Brigade1968 · as Pvt. Rocky Rockman
• Waterhole #31967 · as Sgt. Henry Foggers
• First to Fight1967 · as Captain Mason
• Return of the Seven1966 · as Frank
• Incident at Phantom Hill1966 · as Krausman
• Ride Beyond Vengeance1966 · as Elwood Coates
• The Killers1964 · as Earl Sylvester
• A Distant Trumpet1964 · as Seely Jones
• The Solid Gold Girl1964 · as Deputy Sheriff Rafe Collins
• How the West Was Won1962 · as Man (uncredited)
• Black Gold1962 · as Chick Carrington
• Merrill's Marauders1962 · as Sgt. Kolowicz
• Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon1961 · as Rake
• Claudelle Inglish1961 · as S.T. Crawford
• Inherit the Wind1960 · as Rev. Jeremiah Brown
• Comanche Station1960 · as Ben Lane
• Yellowstone Kelly1959 · as Sergeant
• Hound-Dog Man1959 · as Hog Peyson
• Don't Give Up the Ship1959 · as Lt. Cmdr. Farber
• Porgy and Bess1959 · as Detective
• Rio Bravo1959 · as Joe Burdette
• Frontier Rangers1959 · as Caleb Brandt
• Onionhead1958 · as Poznicki
• The Defiant Ones1958 · as Mack
• Joe Dakota1957 · as Aaron Grant
• The Lonely Man1957 · as Blackburn
• The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm1957 · as Pete Logan
• Hot Summer Night1957 · as Truck Driver
• The Sharkfighters1956 · as Chief 'Gordy' Gordon
• The Burning Hills1956 · as Ben Hindeman
• Johnny Concho1956 · as Lem
• The Proud and Profane1956 · as Big soldier
• Johnny Moccasin1956 · as Bill Ames
• Battle Stations1956 · as Marty Brennan
• Man with the Gun1955 · as Jim Reedy (uncredited)
• The Sea Chase1955 · as Winkler
• The Human Jungle1954 · as George Mandy
• The Adventures of Hajji Baba1954 · as Chief Executioner (uncredited)
• Down Three Dark Streets1954 · as Matty Pavelich
• Shield for Murder1954 · as Fat Michaels
• The Raid1954 · as Lt. Ramsey (uncredited)
• The Caine Mutiny1954 · as Horrible
• Witness to Murder1954 · as Police Officer (uncredited)
• Bitter Creek1954 · as Vance Morgan
• From Here to Eternity1953 · as Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)

All TV Shows (150)

• Eerie, Indiana1991 · as Bank Robber / Grungy Bill
• Matlock1986 · as Sam Taylor
• Tall Tales & Legends1985 · as Grandpa / Narrator
• Crazy like a Fox1984
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Ethan Cragg
• Hunter1984 · as Andy Polanski
• Celebrity1984 · as Uncle Bun Luther
• The Master1984 · as Trumbull
• Legmen1984 · as Tom Bannon
• Masquerade1983 · as Ted Kelly
• Hotel1982
• Darkroom1981 · as Ben Haskell
• The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo1979 · as Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo
• The Love Boat1977 · as Cappy
• The Oregon Trail1977
• Nashville 991977 · as Det. Lt. Stonewall Jackson 'Stoney' Huff
• The Rhinemann Exchange1977 · as Walter Kendall
• Medical Story1975
• Dinah!1974
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• Movin' On1974 · as Sonny Pruitt
• Toma1973
• Police Story1973
• Police Story1973 · as Sergeant R.C. Pickett
• Barnaby Jones1973 · as Eli Rile
• The Streets of San Francisco1972 · as Bob Mason
• The Rookies1972
• Cannon1971
• McCloud1970
• Medical Center1969
• The Outsider1968
• Mannix1967 · as Sgt. Al Reardon
• Judd, for the Defense1967
• Hondo1967
• The Guns of Will Sonnett1967 · as Turnbaugh
• Garrison's Gorillas1967
• Mission: Impossible1966
• The Monroes1966
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Ben Gambriella
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Jason Peale
• Laredo1965
• The Big Valley1965 · as Callahan
• The Legend of Jesse James1965 · as Harte
• Branded1965
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Toka
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as El Supremo
• Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Sergeant Phil Henning
• The Great Adventure1963 · as Father Kranz
• Mr. Novak1963 · as Lou Myerson
• The Fugitive1963 · as Ralph Simmons
• The Dakotas1963
• Combat!1962 · as Mastin
• Combat!1962 · as Charlie Pelton
• Combat!1962 · as Rosie
• The Lucy Show1962 · as Lieutenant Finch
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Sheriff Jordan
• The Virginian1962 · as Lump
• The Virginian1962 · as Hezekiah
• Bus Stop1961
• The Dick Powell Show1961 · as Police Lieutenant
• The Roaring 20's1960
• Route 661960
• Surfside 61960 · as Mike Hogan
• Surfside 61960 · as Harry Lodge
• Outlaws1960
• The Tall Man1960
• The Untouchables1959 · as Vince Majesky
• The Untouchables1959 · as Jake 'Dodo' Ryan
• The Untouchables1959 · as Karl Hansa
• Adventures in Paradise1959 · as Sam Kayle
• The Alaskans1959
• The Rebel1959 · as Tom Hall
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Steve Brand
• Law of the Plainsman1959 · as Sheriff Clifford Shaw
• Laramie1959
• Riverboat1959 · as Jarret Sutton
• Riverboat1959 · as Beaudry Rawlins
• The Deputy1959 · as Jason Getty
• Bonanza1959 · as Marshal Emmett Dowd
• Bonanza1959 · as Ezekiel
• Bonanza1959 · as Sam Hill
• Bonanza1959 · as Col. Edward J. Dunwoody
• Rawhide1959 · as Clete Manson
• Rawhide1959 · as Karse
• Rawhide1959 · as Gus Marsdon
• Rawhide1959 · as Sergeant Parker
• Rawhide1959 · as Aloysius Claybank
• Rawhide1959 · as Jerry Boggs
• 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Ed Bird
• Bat Masterson1958 · as Jack Fontana
• Yancy Derringer1958 · as Toby Cook
• The Rifleman1958
• The Rifleman1958 · as Floyd Doniger
• The Texan1958
• Bronco1958
• Steve Canyon1958 · as Sgt. Brecker
• Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Jack Kelly
• The Restless Gun1957 · as Wes Flagler
• Maverick1957 · as Paisley Briggs
• Perry Mason1957 · as Detective Sgt. Phillip Dix
• Boots and Saddles1957
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957 · as Dever
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective1957 · as Kenny Lambert
• Meet McGraw1957 · as Jim Bennett
• Tales of Wells Fargo1957 · as Rake
• Tales of Wells Fargo1957 · as John L. Sullivan
• Tales of Wells Fargo1957 · as John Leslie Nagel
• Tales of Wells Fargo1957 · as Jefferson
• Tales of Wells Fargo1957 · as Ralph
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Walker Collins
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Sheriff Adam Prescott
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Simmy, the Comanchero
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Deputy Chuck Wagner
• State Trooper1956 · as Janskey
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie1956 · as Manion
• The 20th Century Fox Hour1955 · as Anton Budenieff
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Cop
• My Friend Flicka1955
• Frontier1955
• Cheyenne1955 · as Sheriff Bob Walters
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Harry
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Jed Butler
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Hack
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Solis
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Ad
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Art McLane
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Sy Sherne
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Marshal Clint Tucker
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Worth Sweeney
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Howard Kane
• The Millionaire1955 · as Sgt. Mike Harden
• Studio 571954
• Studio 571954 · as Al
• The Man Behind the Badge1953
• The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse1953 · as Pete Nemeck
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Matt Malone
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Robert Wilson
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Carl Hodges
• City Detective1953
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Steve Crawford
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Duke Williams
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Dave Blackby
• Adventures of Superman1952 · as Ace Miller
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Stanley Swensen
• Dragnet1951
• I Love Lucy1951 · as Claude Akins (uncredited)
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Gus Garner
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Mandy
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self