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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.
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.
Claude Marion Akins was a popular American character actor. He had a long career on television, stage, as well as the big screen. His most notable works include his role of Sheriff Lobo in the comedy TV series ‘B.J. and the Bear’ as well as in its spin-off series ‘The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo’.
Jan 28, 1994 · 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 automobile transmission...
Jan 27, 2024 · Sliding into the gritty landscape of the Deep South’s heat, Claude Akins portrayed a Southern prison warden in “The Defiant Ones.” With racial tensions running high, Akins’s character became the linchpin in this intricate dance of prejudice, camaraderie, and redemption.
Jan 28, 1994 · ALTADENA, Calif. - Claude Akins, the burly, dark-haired actor whose regular-Joe looks got him such roles as Sheriff Lobo in television's "B.J. and the Bear," has died of cancer....
Jan 28, 1994 · Claude Akins, a craggy-faced hard guy who appeared in such movies as ``From Here to Eternity,'' ``The Caine Mutiny,'' ``The Devil's Brigade'' and ``Battle for the Planet of the Apes,'' died Thursday of cancer. He was 75. Akins' agent Rick Hersh said the actor died at home, surrounded by his family.
