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Claude Aubrey Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) was a character actor with a long career on stage, screen, and television. He was best known as Sheriff Lobo on the 1979–1981 television series B. J. and the Bear, and later The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, a spin-off series.
Claude Akins. Actor: Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Broad-shouldered and beefy Claude Akins had wavy black hair, a deep booming voice and was equally adept at playing sneering cowardly villains as he was at portraying hard-nosed cops.
- May 25, 1926
- January 27, 1994
By all reports a very gregarious, likable and friendly person off screen, Akins was married for over 40 years to Theresa "Pie" Fairfield, and had three children, Claude Marion Jr., Michele & Wendy. Born May 25, 1926
- January 1, 1
- Nelson, Georgia, USA
- January 1, 1
- Altadena, California, USA
Claude Akins and John Russell in Rio Bravo (1959)- Claude Akins in McCloud (1970)
- Claude Akins and J.D. Cannon in McCloud (1970)
- Broderick Crawford, Claude Akins, Gene Reynolds, and Harlan Warde in Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
- Claude Akins and Rafael Campos in The Sharkfighters (1956)
- Victor Mature, Claude Akins, Philip Coolidge, and James Olson in The Sharkfighters (1956)
- Victor Mature, Claude Akins, and Rafael Campos in The Sharkfighters (1956)
- Claude Akins, Betty Field, Margo Moore, and Arthur O'Connell in Hound-Dog Man (1959)
- John Cassavetes and Claude Akins in The Killers (1964)
- Claude Akins in The Killers (1964)
Claude Akins was born on 25th May 1926 in Nelson, Georgia. Not much is known about his parents. He grew up in Bedford, Indiana.
Jan 28, 1994 · TIMES STAFF WRITER. Claude Akins, the rugged actor with a Dixie drawl who was best known for his television roles as a truck driver, a colorful rural sheriff and a pitchman for a chain of...
Jan 28, 1994 · Akins, who died yesterday, was 67, according to his son, Claude Akins Jr. But some film reference books gave his age as 75. A 6-foot-2, 200-pound figure with rugged features and slicked-back...
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Jan 27, 1994 · 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.
