Claude Akins

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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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Known For

Rio Bravo

Joe Burdette

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Aldo

The Twilight Zone

Steve Brand

From Here to Eternity

Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)

How the West Was Won

Man (uncredited)

Bonanza

Marshal Emmett Dowd

Bonanza

Ezekiel

Bonanza

Sam Hill

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2019	The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration MOVIE	Steve Brand (archive footage)
1994	Twisted Fear MOVIE	Detective Lucky Douglas
1993	Seasons of the Heart MOVIE	Pastor William Clay
1992	Grass Roots MOVIE	Sheriff Cox
1992	Falling from Grace MOVIE	Speck Parks
1992	Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls MOVIE	Theodore Roosevelt
1992	Computeritis: The High-Tech Hazard MOVIE	Narrator
1991	The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw MOVIE	President Theodore Roosevelt
1991	Eerie, Indiana TV	Bank Robber / Grungy Bill
1991	Where Evil Lives MOVIE	Jack Devlin
1989	Mothers, Daughters and Lovers MOVIE	Kibby
1988	Pushed Too Far MOVIE	Sheriff Jim Forrest
1987	The Curse MOVIE	Nathan Crane
1986	Manhunt for Claude Dallas MOVIE	Bill Pogue
1986	Monster in the Closet MOVIE	Sheriff Sam Ketchem
1986	Return of the Monster Trucks MOVIE	Self / Host
1986	Matlock TV	Sam Taylor
1986	Pecos Bill MOVIE	Grandpa / Narrator
1985	Tall Tales & Legends TV	Grandpa / Narrator
1985	Battle of the Monster Trucks MOVIE	Self / Host
1984	Crazy like a Fox TV	Self
1984	The Baron and the Kid MOVIE	Harley Medford
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Ethan Cragg
1984	Hunter TV	Andy Polanski
1984	Celebrity TV	Uncle Bun Luther
1984	Master Ninja MOVIE	Mr. Trumbull
1984	The Master TV	Trumbull
1984	Legmen TV	Tom Bannon
1983	Masquerade TV	Ted Kelly
1983	Desperate Intruder MOVIE	Carl
1982	Bus Stop MOVIE	Sheriff Will
1982	Hotel TV	Self
1981	Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo MOVIE	Bert Springer
1979	Concrete Cowboys MOVIE	Woody Stone
1979	The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo TV	Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo
1979	Ebony, Ivory and Jade MOVIE	Joe Blair
1979	Murder in Music City MOVIE	Billy West
1978	B.J. and the Bear MOVIE	Sheriff Lobo
1978	Little Mo MOVIE	Gus Berste
1977	Killer on Board MOVIE	Oscar Billingham
1977	The Love Boat TV	Cappy
1977	The Oregon Trail TV	Self
1977	Nashville 99 TV	Det. Lt. Stonewall Jackson 'Stoney' Huff
1977	The Rhinemann Exchange TV	Walter Kendall
1977	Tentacles MOVIE	Robards
1977	Yesterday's Child MOVIE	Cliff Henley
1976	Kiss Me... Kill Me MOVIE	Harry Grant
1975	Timber Tramps MOVIE	Matt
1975	Eric MOVIE	Stanley 'Stan' Swenson
1975	Medical Story MOVIE	Dr. Matthews
1975	Medical Story TV	Self
1974	Dinah! TV	Self
1974	Dinah! TV	Self
1974	Movin' On TV	Sonny Pruitt
1974	In Tandem MOVIE	Sonny Pruitt
1974	Shadow of Fear MOVIE	Styran
1974	The Death Squad MOVIE	Connie Brennan
1973	Toma TV	Self
1973	Battle for the Planet of the Apes MOVIE	Aldo
1973	Police Story TV	Self
1973	Police Story TV	Sergeant R.C. Pickett
1973	The Norliss Tapes MOVIE	Sheriff Tom Hartley
1973	Barnaby Jones TV	Eli Rile
1972	The Streets of San Francisco TV	Bob Mason
1972	The Rookies TV	Self
1972	Skyjacked MOVIE	Sgt. Ben Puzo
1972	The Night Stalker MOVIE	Sheriff Warren A. Butcher
1971	River of Mystery MOVIE	Ernie Dorata
1971	Lock, Stock and Barrel MOVIE	Punch Logan
1971	Cannon TV	Self
1970	A Man Called Sledge MOVIE	Hooker
1970	Flap MOVIE	Lobo Jackson
1970	McCloud TV	Self
1969	Medical Center TV	Self
1969	The Great Bank Robbery MOVIE	Slade
1968	The Outsider TV	Self
1968	The Devil's Brigade MOVIE	Pvt. Rocky Rockman
1967	Waterhole #3 MOVIE	Sgt. Henry Foggers
1967	Mannix TV	Sgt. Al Reardon
1967	Judd for the Defense TV	Self
1967	Hondo TV	Self
1967	The Guns of Will Sonnett TV	Turnbaugh
1967	Garrison's Gorillas TV	Self
1967	First to Fight MOVIE	Captain Mason
1966	Return of the Seven MOVIE	Frank
1966	Mission: Impossible TV	Self
1966	The Monroes TV	Self
1966	Incident at Phantom Hill MOVIE	Krausman
1966	Ride Beyond Vengeance MOVIE	Elwood Coates
1965	The F.B.I. TV	Ben Gambriella
1965	The F.B.I. TV	Jason Peale
1965	Laredo TV	Self
1965	The Big Valley TV	Callahan
1965	The Legend of Jesse James TV	Harte
1965	Branded TV	Self
1964	Daniel Boone TV	Toka
1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV	El Supremo
1964	The Killers MOVIE	Earl Sylvester
1964	A Distant Trumpet MOVIE	Seely Jones
1964	The Solid Gold Girl MOVIE	Deputy Sheriff Rafe Collins
1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre TV	Sergeant Phil Henning
1963	The Great Adventure TV	Father Kranz
1963	Mr. Novak TV	Lou Myerson
1963	The Fugitive TV	Ralph Simmons
1963	The Dakotas TV	Self
1962	How the West Was Won MOVIE	Man (uncredited)
1962	Combat! TV	Mastin
1962	Combat! TV	Charlie Pelton
1962	Combat! TV	Rosie
1962	The Lucy Show TV	Lieutenant Finch
1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV	Sheriff Jordan
1962	The Virginian TV	Lump
1962	The Virginian TV	Hezekiah
1962	Black Gold MOVIE	Chick Carrington
1962	Merrill's Marauders MOVIE	Sgt. Kolowicz
1961	Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon MOVIE	Rake
1961	Bus Stop TV	Self
1961	The Dick Powell Show TV	Police Lieutenant
1961	Claudelle Inglish MOVIE	S.T. Crawford
1960	The Roaring 20's TV	Self
1960	Route 66 TV	Self
1960	Surfside 6 TV	Mike Hogan
1960	Surfside 6 TV	Harry Lodge
1960	Outlaws TV	Self
1960	The Tall Man TV	Self
1960	Inherit the Wind MOVIE	Rev. Jeremiah Brown
1960	Comanche Station MOVIE	Ben Lane
1959	Yellowstone Kelly MOVIE	Sergeant
1959	Hound-Dog Man MOVIE	Hog Peyson
1959	The Untouchables TV	Vince Majesky
1959	The Untouchables TV	Jake 'Dodo' Ryan
1959	The Untouchables TV	Karl Hansa
1959	Adventures in Paradise TV	Sam Kayle
1959	The Alaskans TV	Self
1959	The Rebel TV	Tom Hall
1959	The Twilight Zone TV	Steve Brand
1959	Law of the Plainsman TV	Sheriff Clifford Shaw
1959	Laramie TV	Self
1959	Riverboat TV	Jarret Sutton
1959	Riverboat TV	Beaudry Rawlins
1959	The Deputy TV	Jason Getty
1959	Bonanza TV	Marshal Emmett Dowd
1959	Bonanza TV	Ezekiel
1959	Bonanza TV	Sam Hill
1959	Bonanza TV	Col. Edward J. Dunwoody
1959	Don't Give Up the Ship MOVIE	Lt. Cmdr. Farber
1959	Porgy and Bess MOVIE	Detective
1959	Rio Bravo MOVIE	Joe Burdette
1959	Rawhide TV	Clete Manson
1959	Rawhide TV	Karse
1959	Rawhide TV	Gus Marsdon
1959	Rawhide TV	Sergeant Parker
1959	Rawhide TV	Aloysius Claybank
1959	Rawhide TV	Jerry Boggs
1959	Frontier Rangers MOVIE	Caleb Brandt
1958	Onionhead MOVIE	Poznicki
1958	77 Sunset Strip TV	Ed Bird
1958	Bat Masterson TV	Jack Fontana
1958	Yancy Derringer TV	Toby Cook
1958	The Rifleman TV	Self
1958	The Rifleman TV	Floyd Doniger
1958	The Texan TV	Self
1958	Bronco TV	Self
1958	Steve Canyon TV	Sgt. Brecker
1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive TV	Jack Kelly
1958	The Defiant Ones MOVIE	Mack
1957	Joe Dakota MOVIE	Aaron Grant
1957	The Restless Gun TV	Wes Flagler
1957	Maverick TV	Paisley Briggs
1957	Perry Mason TV	Detective Sgt. Phillip Dix
1957	Boots and Saddles TV	Self
1957	Have Gun, Will Travel TV	Dever
1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective TV	Kenny Lambert
1957	The Lonely Man MOVIE	Blackburn
1957	Meet McGraw TV	Jim Bennett
1957	The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm MOVIE	Pete Logan
1957	Tales of Wells Fargo TV	Rake
1957	Tales of Wells Fargo TV	John L. Sullivan
1957	Tales of Wells Fargo TV	John Leslie Nagel
1957	Tales of Wells Fargo TV	Jefferson
1957	Tales of Wells Fargo TV	Ralph
1957	Hot Summer Night MOVIE	Truck Driver
1956	The Sharkfighters MOVIE	Chief 'Gordy' Gordon
1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV	Walker Collins
1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV	Sheriff Adam Prescott
1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV	Simmy, the Comanchero
1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV	Deputy Chuck Wagner
1956	State Trooper TV	Janskey
1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie TV	Manion
1956	The Burning Hills MOVIE	Ben Hindeman
1956	Johnny Concho MOVIE	Lem
1956	The Proud and Profane MOVIE	Big soldier
1956	Johnny Moccasin MOVIE	Bill Ames
1956	Battle Stations MOVIE	Marty Brennan
1955	Man with the Gun MOVIE	Jim Reedy (uncredited)
1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour TV	Anton Budenieff
1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV	Cop
1955	My Friend Flicka TV	Self
1955	Frontier TV	Self
1955	Cheyenne TV	Sheriff Bob Walters
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Harry
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Jed Butler
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Hack
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Solis
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Ad
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Art McLane
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Sy Sherne
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Marshal Clint Tucker
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Worth Sweeney
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Howard Kane
1955	The Sea Chase MOVIE	Winkler
1955	The Millionaire TV	Sgt. Mike Harden
1954	The Human Jungle MOVIE	George Mandy
1954	The Adventures of Hajji Baba MOVIE	Chief Executioner (uncredited)
1954	Studio 57 TV	Self
1954	Studio 57 TV	Al
1954	Down Three Dark Streets MOVIE	Matty Pavelich
1954	Shield for Murder MOVIE	Fat Michaels
1954	The Raid MOVIE	Lt. Ramsey (uncredited)
1954	The Caine Mutiny MOVIE	Horrible
1954	Witness to Murder MOVIE	Police Officer (uncredited)
1954	Bitter Creek MOVIE	Vance Morgan
1953	The Man Behind the Badge TV	Self
1953	The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse TV	Pete Nemeck
1953	Letter to Loretta TV	Matt Malone
1953	Letter to Loretta TV	Robert Wilson
1953	Letter to Loretta TV	Carl Hodges
1953	City Detective TV	Self
1953	From Here to Eternity MOVIE	Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)
1953	General Electric Theater TV	Steve Crawford
1953	General Electric Theater TV	Duke Williams
1953	General Electric Theater TV	Dave Blackby
1952	Adventures of Superman TV	Ace Miller
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Stanley Swensen
1951	Dragnet TV	Self
1951	I Love Lucy TV	Claude Akins (uncredited)
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	Gus Garner
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	Self
1950	Lux Video Theatre TV	Mandy
1950	The Bob Hope Show TV	Self

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