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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 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’. Born in Nelson, Georgia, in the US ...
Claude Akins (1926-1994) was a versatile actor who appeared in nearly 100 films and 180+ TV episodes. He played villains, cops, soldiers, and even a simian general in Planet of the Apes.
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- Nelson, Georgia, USA
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- 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)
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...
Learn about the life and career of Claude Akins, a versatile actor who played villains, cops and sheriffs in films and TV shows. Find out his birth and death dates, family, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
- May 25, 1926
- January 27, 1994
Jan 29, 1994 · Claude Akins, who played genial, rough-and-tumble characters on television and had supporting roles in many major films, died here on Thursday. He was 67. The cause was cancer,...
Claude Akins was an American actor who played tough guys in movies and TV shows. He is best known for his roles as Sheriff Lobo in B. J. and the Bear and The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, and as Aldo in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.