Claude Akins
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as Joe Burdette Rio Bravo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claude Akins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Rio Bravo
as Joe Burdette
From Here to Eternity
as Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
as Man (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
as Rev. Jeremiah Brown
The Caine Mutiny
as Horrible
The Defiant Ones
as Mack
Return of the Seven
as Frank
The Killers
as Earl Sylvester
The Curse
as Nathan Crane
The Night Stalker
as Sheriff Warren A. Butcher
Comanche Station
as Ben Lane
Tentacles
as Robards
Monster in the Closet
as Sheriff Sam Ketchem
The Devil's Brigade
as Pvt. Rocky Rockman
Witness to Murder
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Merrill's Marauders
as Sgt. Kolowicz
Skyjacked
as Sgt. Ben Puzo
Man with the Gun
as Jim Reedy (uncredited)
The Sea Chase
as Winkler