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| 3 | Claude Audrey Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) was an American character actor best known for ''Film/BattleForThePlanetOfTheApes'' (1973), ''Film/RioBravo'' (1959), and ''Film/InheritTheWind'' (1960). |
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| 5 | He was married to Theresa Fairfield and they had three children. |
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| 7 | Akins died in 1994 at the age of 67 from stomach cancer. |
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| 9 | ----- |
| 10 | !!Filmography |
| 11 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[folder:Film roles]] |
| 14 | * 1953: ''Film/FromHereToEternity'' as Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom ({{uncredited|role}}) |
| 15 | * 1954: ''Film/BitterCreek'' as Vance Morgan |
| 16 | * 1954: ''Film/WitnessToMurder'' as Police Officer (uncredited) |
| 17 | * 1954: ''Film/TheCaineMutiny'' as Seaman 'Horrible' Lugatch |
| 18 | * 1954: ''Film/{{The Raid|1954}}'' as Lt. Ramsey (uncredited) |
| 19 | * 1954: ''Film/ShieldForMurder'' as Fat Michaels |
| 20 | * 1954: ''Film/DownThreeDarkStreets'' as Matty Pavelich |
| 21 | * 1954: ''Film/TheHumanJungle'' as George Mandy |
| 22 | * 1954: ''Film/TheAdventuresOfHajjiBaba'' as Chief Executioner's Aide (uncredited) |
| 23 | * 1955: ''Film/TheSeaChase'' as Winkler |
| 24 | * 1955: ''Film/ManWithTheGun'' as Jim Reedy (uncredited) |
| 25 | * 1956: ''Film/BattleStations'' as Marty Brennan |
| 26 | * 1956: ''Film/TheProudAndProfane'' as Big Soldier (uncredited) |
| 27 | * 1956: ''Film/JohnnyConcho'' as Lem |
| 28 | * 1956: ''Film/TheBurningHills'' as Ben Hindeman |
| 29 | * 1956: ''Film/TheSharkfighters'' as Chief 'Gordy' Gordon |
| 30 | * 1957: ''Film/HotSummerNight'' as Truck Driver |
| 31 | * 1957: ''Film/TheKettlesOnOldMacDonaldsFarm'' as Pete Logan |
| 32 | * 1957: ''Film/TheLonelyMan'' as Blackburn |
| 33 | * 1957: ''Film/JoeDakota'' as Aaron Grant |
| 34 | * 1958: ''Film/TheDefiantOnes'' as Mack |
| 35 | * 1958: ''Film/{{Onionhead}}'' as Poznicki |
| 36 | * 1959: ''Film/RioBravo'' as Joe Burdette |
| 37 | * 1959: ''Film/PorgyAndBess'' as Detective |
| 38 | * 1959: ''Film/DontGiveUpTheShip'' as Lt. Cmdr. Farber |
| 39 | * 1959: ''Film/YellowstoneKelly'' as Sergeant |
| 40 | * 1959: ''Film/HoundDogMan'' as Hog Peyson |
| 41 | * 1960: ''Film/ComancheStation'' as Ben Lane |
| 42 | * 1960: ''Film/InheritTheWind'' as Rev. Jeremiah Brown |
| 43 | * 1961: ''Film/ClaudelleInglish'' as S.T. Crawford |
| 44 | * 1962: ''Film/MerrillsMarauders'' as Sgt. Kolowicz |
| 45 | * 1962: ''Film/BlackGold'' as Chick Carrington |
| 46 | * 1962: ''Film/HowTheWestWasWon'' as Man (uncredited) |
| 47 | * 1964: ''Film/ADistantTrumpet'' as Seely Jones |
| 48 | * 1964: ''Film/TheKillers'' as Earl Sylvester |
| 49 | * 1966: ''Film/RideBeyondVengeance'' as Elwood Coates |
| 50 | * 1966: ''Film/IncidentAtPhantomHill'' as Krausman |
| 51 | * 1966: ''Film/ReturnOfTheSeven'' as Frank |
| 52 | * 1966: ''Film/{{Sidekicks|1966}}'' as Walter |
| 53 | * 1967: ''Film/FirstToFight'' as Capt. Mason |
| 54 | * 1967: ''Film/WaterholeNumber3'' as Sgt. Henry Foggers |
| 55 | * 1968: ''Film/TheDevilsBrigade'' as Pvt. Rocky Rockman |
| 56 | * 1969: ''Film/TheGreatBankRobbery'' as Slade |
| 57 | * 1970: ''Film/AManCalledSledge'' as Hooker |
| 58 | * 1970: ''Film/{{Flap}}'' as Lobo Jackson |
| 59 | * 1971: ''Film/LockStockAndBarrel'' as Punch Logan |
| 60 | * 1971: ''Film/RiverOfMystery'' as Ernie Dorata |
| 61 | * 1972: ''Film/TheNightStalker'' as Sheriff Butcher |
| 62 | * 1972: ''Film/{{Skyjacked}}'' as Sgt. Ben Puzo |
| 63 | * 1973: ''Film/TheTimberTramps'' as Matt |
| 64 | * 1973: ''Film/TheNorlissTapes'' as Sheriff Tom Hartley |
| 65 | * 1973: ''Film/BattleForThePlanetOfTheApes'' as Aldo |
| 66 | * 1974: ''Film/TheDeathSquad'' as Connie Brennan |
| 67 | * 1975: ''Film/MedicalStory'' as Dr. Matthews |
| 68 | * 1975: ''Film/{{Eric|1975}}'' as Stanley 'Stan' Swenson |
| 69 | * 1976: ''Film/KissMeKillMe'' as Harry Grant |
| 70 | * 1977: ''Film/YesterdaysChild'' as Cliff Henley |
| 71 | * 1977: ''Film/{{Tentacles}}'' as Robards |
| 72 | * 1977: ''Film/KillerOnBoard'' as Oscar Billingham |
| 73 | * 1977: ''Film/TarantulasTheDeadlyCargo'' as Bert Springer |
| 74 | * 1978: ''Film/LittleMo'' as Gus Berste |
| 75 | * 1979: ''Film/TheCountryWesternMurders'' as Billy West |
| 76 | * 1979: ''Film/EbonyIvoryAndJade'' as Joe Blair |
| 77 | * 1979: ''Film/TheConcreteCowboys'' as Woody Stone |
| 78 | * 1982: ''Film/{{Bus Stop|1982}}'' as Sheriff Will |
| 79 | * 1983: ''Film/DesperateIntruder'' as Carl |
| 80 | * 1984: ''Film/TheBaronAndTheKid'' as Harley Medford |
| 81 | * 1986: ''Film/MonsterInTheCloset'' as Sheriff Sam Ketchem |
| 82 | * 1986: ''Film/ManhuntForClaudeDallas'' as Bill Pogue |
| 83 | * 1987: ''Film/TheCurse'' as Nathan |
| 84 | * 1987: ''Film/IfItsTuesdayItStillMustBeBelgium'' as Mo Wyshocki |
| 85 | * 1988: ''Film/PushedTooFar'' as Sheriff Jim Forrest |
| 86 | * 1989: ''Film/MothersDaughtersAndLovers'' as Kibby |
| 87 | * 1991: ''Film/TheGamblerReturnsTheLuckOfTheDraw'' as UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt |
| 88 | * 1991: ''Film/WhereEvilLives'' as Jack Devlin |
| 89 | * 1992: ''Film/SherlockHolmesIncidentAtVictoria'' as Theodore Roosevelt |
| 90 | * 1992: ''Film/FallingFromGrace'' as Speck Parks |
| 91 | * 1992: ''Film/GrassRoots'' as Sheriff |
| 92 | * 1993: ''Film/SeasonsOfTheHeart'' as Pastor William Clay |
| 93 | * 1994: ''Film/TwistedFear'' as Det. Lucky Douglas |
| 94 | [[/folder]] |
| 95 | |
| 96 | [[folder:Television roles]] |
| 97 | * 1953-1955: ''Series/YouAreThere'' as Fireman/Lewis Paine/Mob Participant (4 episodes) |
| 98 | * 1954: ''Series/{{Dragnet}}'' as Sgt. Jack [=McCreadie=]/Ellis (2 episodes) |
| 99 | * 1954: ''Series/{{Medic}}'' as Dr. Ralph Vincente |
| 100 | * 1954: ''Series/CityDetective'' as Hardy |
| 101 | * 1954-1955: ''Series/ThePepsiColaPlayhouse'' as Pete Nemeck/Saracki/Carl (4 episodes) |
| 102 | * 1954-1958: ''Series/TheLineup'' as Roy Gilman/Ed Long (4 episodes) |
| 103 | * 1954-1958: ''Series/SchlitzPlayhouse'' as Gus Garner (2 episodes) |
| 104 | * 1954-1958: ''Series/GeneralElectricTheater'' as Dave Blackby/Duke Williams/Steve Crawford (3 episodes) |
| 105 | * 1955: ''Series/TheManBehindTheBadge'' as Frederick 'Freddie' John Webster/Tony (2 episodes) |
| 106 | * 1955: ''Series/SoldiersOfFortune'' as Jonu |
| 107 | * 1955: ''Series/TVReadersDigest'' as Dupont/Casco (2 episodes) |
| 108 | * 1955: ''Series/FiresideTheatre'' as John West |
| 109 | * 1955: ''Series/LuxVideoTheatre'' as Mandy |
| 110 | * 1955: ''Series/TheMillionaire'' as Sgt. Mike Harden |
| 111 | * 1955-1956: ''Series/StarStage'' as Henley the Rodeo Clown (2 episodes) |
| 112 | * 1955-1956: ''Series/MyFriendFlicka'' as August Hoskins/Keenak/Matt Scott (3 episodes) |
| 113 | * 1955-1957: ''Series/Studio57'' as Al/Martin/Jed Evans (5 episodes) |
| 114 | * 1955-1972: ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'' as Howard Kane/Worth Sweeney/Marshal Clint Tucker/Sy Sherne/Art [=McLane=]/Ad/Solis/Hack/Jed Butler/Harry (10 episodes) |
| 115 | * 1956: ''Series/{{Frontier|1955}}'' as Bud |
| 116 | * 1956: ''Series/AdventuresOfSuperman'' as Ace Miller |
| 117 | * 1956: ''Series/{{Crusader}}'' as Glenn/Swain (2 episodes) |
| 118 | * 1956: ''Series/ILoveLucy'' as Claude Akins |
| 119 | * 1956-1957: ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' as Cop (2 episodes) |
| 120 | * 1956-1957: ''Series/StateTrooper'' as Janskey/The Rodeo Clown (2 episodes) |
| 121 | * 1956-1958: ''Series/TheAdventuresOfJimBowie'' as Miciah 'Big' Hart/Manion (2 episodes) |
| 122 | * 1956-1961: ''Series/ZaneGreyTheatre'' as Deputy Chuck Wagner/Simmy the Comanchero/Sheriff Adam Prescott/Walker Collins (4 episodes) |
| 123 | * 1957: ''Series/The20thCenturyFoxHour'' as Anton Budenieff |
| 124 | * 1957: ''Series/TheSheriffOfCochise'' as Harry Clegg |
| 125 | * 1957: ''Series/{{Whirlybirds}}'' as Roger Bronson |
| 126 | * 1957: ''Series/TheSilentService'' as Torpedoman Frank Herndon |
| 127 | * 1957: ''Series/TheOHenryPlayhouse'' as Rudy |
| 128 | * 1957: ''Series/Code3'' as Fred Ellis |
| 129 | * 1957: ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel'' as Dever |
| 130 | * 1957: ''Series/TheAdventuresOfMcGraw'' as Jim Bennett |
| 131 | * 1957-1958: ''Series/JaneWymanPresentsTheFiresideTheatre'' as Joe Doby/Frank Hedley (4 episodes) |
| 132 | * 1957-1959: ''Series/TheRestlessGun'' as Matt Pierce/Lex Springer/Rafe Marlowe/Wes Flagler (4 episodes) |
| 133 | * 1957-1961: ''Series/TalesOfWellsFargo'' as Rake/John L. Sullivan/John Leslie Nagel/Jefferson/Ralph (5 episodes) |
| 134 | * 1957-1961: ''Series/WagonTrain'' as Will Cotrell/Wes Varney/Garth Redmond/Rich Tacker (4 episodes) |
| 135 | * 1958: ''Series/PerryMason'' as Det. Sgt. Phillip Dix |
| 136 | * 1958: ''Series/{{Maverick}}'' as Paisley Briggs |
| 137 | * 1958: ''Series/RichardDiamondPrivateDetective'' as Kenny Lambert |
| 138 | * 1958: ''Series/{{Cheyenne}}'' as Sheriff Bob Walters |
| 139 | * 1958: ''Series/{{Bronco}}'' as Dirk Baggot |
| 140 | * 1958: ''Series/NorthwestPassage'' as Calib Brandt |
| 141 | * 1958: ''Series/ColonelHumphreyFlack'' as Rikkio |
| 142 | * 1958-1959: ''Series/YancyDerringer'' as Toby Cook (2 episodes) |
| 143 | * 1958-1960: ''Series/TheRifleman'' as Bletch Droshek/Tom Benton/Floyd Doniger (3 episodes) |
| 144 | * 1959: ''Series/SeventySevenSunsetStrip'' as Ed Bird |
| 145 | * 1959: ''Series/SteveCanyon'' as Sgt. Brecker |
| 146 | * 1959: ''Series/TheLorettaYoungShow'' as Robert Wilson/Carl Hodges/Matt Malone (4 episodes) |
| 147 | * 1959: ''Series/BatMasterson'' as Jack Fontana |
| 148 | * 1959: ''Series/TheTexan'' as Clay Fallon |
| 149 | * 1959-1960: ''Series/{{Riverboat}}'' as Beaudry Rawlins/Jarret Sutton (2 episodes) |
| 150 | * 1960: ''Series/LawOfThePlainsman'' as Sheriff Clifford Shaw |
| 151 | * 1960: ''Series/AdventuresInParadise'' as Sam Kayle |
| 152 | * 1960: ''Series/OverlandTrail'' as Jumbo |
| 153 | * 1960: ''Series/WantedDeadOrAlive'' as Jack Kelly |
| 154 | * 1960: ''Series/TheAlaskans'' as Constable Watts |
| 155 | * 1960: ''Series/DeathValleyDays'' as Caleb Luck |
| 156 | * 1960: ''Series/TheRebel'' as Tom Hall |
| 157 | * 1960: ''Series/TheTallMan'' as Dan Rees |
| 158 | * 1960: ''Series/{{Klondike}}'' as John Conrad |
| 159 | * 1960: ''Series/DanRaven'' as Sarge |
| 160 | * 1960-1961: ''Series/Surfside6'' as Harry Lodge/Mike Hogan (2 episodes) |
| 161 | * 1960-1962: ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' as Cmdr. William Fletcher/Steve Brand (2 episodes) |
| 162 | * 1960-1962: ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' as Col. Edward J. Dunwoody/Sam Hill/Ezekiel/Marshal Emmett Dowd (4 episodes) |
| 163 | * 1960-1963: ''Series/TheUntouchables'' as Vince Majesky/Karl Hansa/Jake 'Dodo' Ryan (3 episodes) |
| 164 | * 1960-1963: ''Series/{{Laramie}}'' as Britt Walker/Sheriff Tyler Shaw/Jim Dark/Sgt. Maj. Tom Cole (4 episodes) |
| 165 | * 1960-1965: ''Series/{{Rawhide}}'' as Jerry Boggs/Aloysius Claybank/Sgt. Parker/Gus Marsdon/Karse/Clete Manson/Jim Lark (7 episodes) |
| 166 | * 1961: ''Series/ShirleyTemplesStorybook'' as Peg-Leg the Pirate |
| 167 | * 1961: ''Series/TheDeputy'' as Jason Getty |
| 168 | * 1961: ''Series/Route66'' as Cam Bludge |
| 169 | * 1961: ''Series/TheRoaring20s'' as Mitch Mitchell/Capt. Maples (2 episodes) |
| 170 | * 1962: ''Series/FrontierCircus'' as Powcheek |
| 171 | * 1962: ''Series/BusStop'' as Harry Stumbo |
| 172 | * 1962: ''Series/{{Outlaws}}'' as Sgt. Ben Thompson |
| 173 | * 1962: ''Series/WideCountry'' as Bullriver |
| 174 | * 1962-1963: ''Series/{{Empire|1962}}'' as Joe Horvath (2 episodes) |
| 175 | * 1962-1965: ''Series/TheVirginian'' as Hezekiah/Lump (2 episodes) |
| 176 | * 1962: ''Series/TheAlfredHitchcockHour'' as Sheriff Jordan |
| 177 | * 1963: ''Series/AlcoaPremiere'' as Capt. Michael 'Gunner' Lujack |
| 178 | * 1963: ''Series/TheDickPowellTheatre'' as Police Lieutenant |
| 179 | * 1963: ''Series/TheDakotas'' as Tom Doucette |
| 180 | * 1963: ''Series/TheGreatAdventure'' as Father Kranz |
| 181 | * 1964: ''Series/{{Destry}}'' as Deputy Sheriff Rafe Collins |
| 182 | * 1964: ''Series/TheFugitive'' as Ralph Simmons |
| 183 | * 1964: ''Series/KraftSuspenseTheatre'' as Sgt. Phil Henning |
| 184 | * 1964: ''Series/MrNovak'' as Lou Myerson |
| 185 | * 1965: ''Series/{{Branded|1965}}'' as Ned Travis |
| 186 | * 1965: ''Series/DanielBoone'' as Toka |
| 187 | * 1965: ''Series/SlatterysPeople'' as Dr. Roy Kirk |
| 188 | * 1965: ''Series/AManCalledShenandoah'' as Fordy Brown |
| 189 | * 1965: ''Series/TheTrialsOfOBrien'' as Glen Daley |
| 190 | * 1965: ''Series/TheBigValley'' as Callahan |
| 191 | * 1965: ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE'' as El Supremo |
| 192 | * 1965-1972: ''Series/TheFBI'' as Jason Peale/Ben Gambriella (2 episodes) |
| 193 | * 1966: ''Series/TheLegendOfJesseJames'' as Harte |
| 194 | * 1966: ''Series/{{Hazel}}'' as Milwaukee Ames |
| 195 | * 1966: ''Series/TheMonroes'' as Bud Chapel |
| 196 | * 1966-1967: ''Series/{{Combat|1962}}'' as Rosie/Charlie Pelton/Mastin (3 episodes) |
| 197 | * 1966-1967: ''Series/{{Laredo}}'' as Cotton Buckmeister (5 episodes) |
| 198 | * 1967: ''Series/TheLucyShow'' as Lt. Finch |
| 199 | * 1967: ''Series/TheGunsOfWillSonnett'' as Turnbaugh |
| 200 | * 1967: ''Series/{{Hondo}}'' as Brock |
| 201 | * 1967: ''Series/JuddForTheDefense'' as Calvin Wolf |
| 202 | * 1968: ''Series/GarrisonsGorillas'' as Col. Pryor |
| 203 | * 1968: ''Series/{{The Outsider|1968}}'' as Det. Keller |
| 204 | * 1972: ''Series/McMillanAndWife'' as Freddie O'Neal |
| 205 | * 1972: ''Series/{{Longstreet}}'' as Flecker |
| 206 | * 1972: ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'' as Fizik |
| 207 | * 1973: ''Series/HecRamsey'' as Marshal Bert [=McCabe=] |
| 208 | * 1973: ''Series/MissionImpossible'' as Sam Hibbing |
| 209 | * 1973: ''Series/BarnabyJones'' as Eli Rile |
| 210 | * 1973: ''Series/MedicalCenter'' as Williams |
| 211 | * 1973: ''Series/TheRookies'' as Buck Sanborn |
| 212 | * 1973: ''Series/{{Cannon}}'' as Lt. Bill Blaine |
| 213 | * 1973: ''Series/MarcusWelbyMD'' as Jim Randall |
| 214 | * 1973-1978: ''Series/{{Police Story|1973}}'' as Officer Charles Stacy/Sgt. R.C. Pickett/Ken Shaner (3 episodes) |
| 215 | * 1974: ''Series/TheWideWorldOfMystery'' as Styran |
| 216 | * 1974: ''Series/TheStreetsOfSanFrancisco'' as Bob Mason |
| 217 | * 1974: ''Series/McCloud'' as Sheriff Floyd Bevins |
| 218 | * 1974: ''Series/{{Mannix}}'' as Sgt. Al Reardon |
| 219 | * 1974: ''Series/{{Toma}}'' as Bernie Travlos |
| 220 | * 1974-1976: ''Series/MovinOn'' as Sonny Pruitt |
| 221 | * 1977: ''Series/TheRhinemannExchange'' as Walter Kendall |
| 222 | * 1977: ''Series/Nashville99'' as Det. Lt. Stonewall 'Stoney' Huff |
| 223 | * 1977: ''Series/TheOregonTrail'' as Lemus Harker |
| 224 | * 1978-1979: ''Series/BJAndTheBear'' as Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo (5 episodes) |
| 225 | ** 1979-1981: ''Series/TheMisadventuresOfSheriffLobo'' as Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo |
| 226 | * 1979: ''Series/RamblinMan'' as Woody Stone |
| 227 | * 1981: ''Series/FantasyIsland'' as Calvin Pearson |
| 228 | * 1981: ''Series/{{Darkroom}}'' as Bert Haskell |
| 229 | * 1983-1984: ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' as Cappy/Col. Maddox (2 episodes) |
| 230 | * 1984: ''Series/TheMaster'' as Mr. Trumbull |
| 231 | * 1984: ''Series/{{Celebrity}}'' as Uncle Bun Luther |
| 232 | * 1984: ''Series/{{Masquerade}}'' as Ted Kelly |
| 233 | * 1984: ''Series/{{Legmen}}'' as Tom Bannon |
| 234 | * 1984: ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' as Capt. Ethan Cragg |
| 235 | * 1985: ''Series/{{Hotel|1983}}'' as Tyler Evans/Joe Lindstrom (2 episodes) |
| 236 | * 1986: ''Series/TallTalesAndLegends'' as Grandpa/Narrator |
| 237 | * 1986: ''Series/DreamWest'' as Tom Fitzpatrick |
| 238 | * 1987: ''Series/TheNewMikeHammer'' as Charlie Doureay |
| 239 | * 1989: ''Series/{{Matlock}}'' as Sam Taylor |
| 240 | * 1989: ''Series/{{Hunter|1984}}'' as Andy Polanski |
| 241 | * 1991: ''Series/InTheHeatOfTheNight'' as Benjamin Sloan |
| 242 | * 1992: ''Series/EerieIndiana'' as Grungy Bill |
| 243 | [[/folder]] |
| 244 | |
| 245 | [[folder:Short film roles]] |
| 246 | * 1956: ''Film/JohnnyMoccasin'' as Bill Ames |
| 247 | * 1959: ''Film/{{Wildcatters}}'' as Waco Houston |
| 248 | [[/folder]] |
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